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Media houses can apply for Google Journalism Emergency Relief Fund

April 16, 2020 Funmilayo Oluwafunmilayo Comments Off on Media houses can apply for Google Journalism Emergency Relief Fund

DEADLINE: APRIL 29, 2020– Google has launched a global Journalism Emergency Relief Fund through the Google News Initiative to support small and medium-sized news organisations producing original news for local communities The Fund is aimed […]

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Journalists can apply for ‘stay at home’ Media Recognition Awards

April 13, 2020 Funmilayo Oluwafunmilayo Comments Off on Journalists can apply for ‘stay at home’ Media Recognition Awards

DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2020 – Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, has announced a special ‘Stay at Home’ Media Award to recognise journalists reporting coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa. The award, in collaboration […]

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Lagos NUJ carpets media houses for owing journalists

April 13, 2020 Funmilayo Oluwafunmilayo Comments Off on Lagos NUJ carpets media houses for owing journalists

The Lagos State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), has berated some media houses, who, it said, are owing their members of staff. The Chairman of the Council, Dr Quasim Akinreti, in a […]

Wits Journalism
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Attend Wits Journalism webinar on fake news and coronavirus

April 13, 2020 Funmilayo Oluwafunmilayo Comments Off on Attend Wits Journalism webinar on fake news and coronavirus

The Wits Journalism presents a webinar with the theme: “The Virus, Fake News and Journalism”. The webinar will explore how the current COVID-19 crisis has led to such an explosion of fake news. What should […]

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Attend Introduction to Global Forest Watch Resources webinar

April 10, 2020 Funmilayo Oluwafunmilayo Comments Off on Attend Introduction to Global Forest Watch Resources webinar

Introduction to Global Forest Watch Resources for Journalists is the first in a series of webinars hosted by the Rainforest Journalism Fund, an initiative of the Pulitzer Center. The Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund for […]

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Apply for GIJN webinar on reporting coronavirus pandemic

April 7, 2020 Funmilayo Oluwafunmilayo Comments Off on Apply for GIJN webinar on reporting coronavirus pandemic

The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) has unveiled its second webinar for journalists and the public on covering the coronavirus pandemic. The second GIJN Webinar in Investigating the Pandemic series, Resilience and Reporting, looks at […]

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Thomson Reuters Foundation launches Coronavirus Crisis Reporting Hub

April 7, 2020 Funmilayo Oluwafunmilayo Comments Off on Thomson Reuters Foundation launches Coronavirus Crisis Reporting Hub

DEADLINE: APRIL 16, 2020 ―  The Thomson Reuters Foundation has launched its Coronavirus Crisis Reporting Hub for journalists covering the global pandemic. The hub is a virtual training, knowledge-sharing and network-building platform which will leverage […]

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Awards

  • Sigma Awards 2026 open for entries

    November 20, 2025 Comments Off on Sigma Awards 2026 open for entries
    DEADLINE: JANUARY 11, 2026 — Journalists can apply for the 2026 Sigma Awards, which celebrate the best data journalism from around the world. The competition has no categories, allowing journalists and newsrooms to submit their [...]
  • 2026 INMA Global Media Awards open for entries
    November 11, 2025 Comments Off on 2026 INMA Global Media Awards open for entries
  • 2026 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
    November 6, 2025 Comments Off on 2026 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling

Fellowships

  • Knight Science Journalism fellowships open for applications

    November 23, 2025 Comments Off on Knight Science Journalism fellowships open for applications
    DEADLINE: JANUARY 9, 2025 — Knight Science Journalism (KSJ) is accepting applications for the Academic-Year and the Africa and Middle East Fellowships. The Academic-Year fellowship will be offered to 10 science journalists from around the [...]
  • Fellowship for health editors in Africa
    November 23, 2025 Comments Off on Fellowship for health editors in Africa
  • Knight-Wallace Fellowships accepting applications from journalists
    November 20, 2025 Comments Off on Knight-Wallace Fellowships accepting applications from journalists

Others

  • Media literacy poetry festival in Lagos seeks participants, poetry submissions

    December 2, 2025 Comments Off on Media literacy poetry festival in Lagos seeks participants, poetry submissions
    DEADLINE: DECEMBER 7, 2025 — Creatives and media enthusiasts can register for this youth-focused poetry festival on media and information literacy (MIL). Interested participants can also submit poetry materials, and selected poems will be included in [...]
  • Naija Feminists Media seeks contributors, writers
    July 27, 2025 Comments Off on Naija Feminists Media seeks contributors, writers
  • Investigative story projects on women and girls’ rights
    July 26, 2025 Comments Off on Investigative story projects on women and girls’ rights

Vacancies

  • Vacancy: Programme Officer for SRHR projects in Abuja

    November 20, 2025 Comments Off on Vacancy: Programme Officer for SRHR projects in Abuja
    DEADLINE: DECEMBER 12, 2025 — Lawyers Alert, an organisation working to promote human rights, seeks a passionate and experienced Programme Officer based in Abuja to support its Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR) projects. The [...]
  • Zikoko is hiring a Citizen Reporter
    November 16, 2025 Comments Off on Zikoko is hiring a Citizen Reporter
  • Communications and Public Relations Officer at PPDC
    October 24, 2025 Comments Off on Communications and Public Relations Officer at PPDC

Grants

  • UNESCO’s Global Media Defence Fund open for proposals

    November 20, 2025 Comments Off on UNESCO’s Global Media Defence Fund open for proposals
    DEADLINE: JANUARY 2, 2026 — The Global Media Defence Fund of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is accepting proposals. This call seeks to provide financial support to local, regional, and global not-for-profit [...]
  • IWMF’s Kim Wall Memorial Fund for women, nonbinary journalists
    November 11, 2025 Comments Off on IWMF’s Kim Wall Memorial Fund for women, nonbinary journalists
  • The Stringer Foundations’ reporting grants
    November 11, 2025 Comments Off on The Stringer Foundations’ reporting grants

Campus

  • 2025 Alfred Opubor Prize for Campus Journalism open for entries

    2025 Alfred Opubor Prize for Campus Journalism open for entries

    October 1, 2025 Comments Off on 2025 Alfred Opubor Prize for Campus Journalism open for entries
    DEADLINE: OCTOBER 10, 2025— The Centre for Journalism Innovation & Development (CJID) is inviting student journalists from universities and polytechnics across Nigeria to submit their best work for recognition in the 2025 edition of Alfred [...]
  • Youth Digest’s 2025 campus journalism awards open for entries
    October 1, 2025 Comments Off on Youth Digest’s 2025 campus journalism awards open for entries
  • Campus journalists across West Africa can submit pitches
    September 7, 2024 Comments Off on Campus journalists across West Africa can submit pitches
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