DEADLINE: ROLLING — BBC Africa Eye is currently accepting pitches for investigative story ideas.
BBC Africa Eye is an investigative documentary programme that makes films from across the continent.
The kind of stories that can be pitched include investigative documentaries, investigations, hard access stories, social investigations, compelling characters and open source investigations.
Gripping stories that are of intense interest to African audiences; stories that uncover new information, expose serious wrongdoing, and hold power to account; stories that take audiences into situations they’ve never seen before; stories on social issues; stories built around a strong character in a difficult or dynamic situation; and stories that use publicly available information – mobile phone videos, satellite imagery, social media posts, vehicle tracking data – and applies forensic levels of scrutiny to make new discoveries can be pitched.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
MEDIA AND JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES FROM I-79 MEDIA
Howard G. Buffett Fund for female journalists
DEADLINE: ROLLING — Female journalists around the world can apply for the Howard G. Buffett Fund offered through the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). APPLY HERE
O’Shaughnessy Fellowships offer innovative creators up to $100,000
DEADLINE: ROLLING — The O’Shaughnessy Fellowship is a one-year programme open to innovative creators around the world. APPLY HERE
Pulitzer Centre will fund investigative stories on science misinformation
DEADLINE: ROLLING — The Pulitzer Centre is offering grants for in-depth and investigative stories related to science misinformation, science denial, and the spread of pseudoscience. APPLY HERE
Grants for underreported stories in Sub-Saharan Africa
DEADLINE: ROLLING — The Pulitzer Center is offering grants for underreported stories in Sub-Saharan Africa. Proposals should focus on issues such as water and sanitation, land degradation and coastal erosion, education, maternal health, and climate resilience. APPLY HERE
Pulitzer Center is offering global reporting grants
DEADLINE: ROLLING —The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants support in-depth, high-impact reporting on critical issues that are often overlooked in the media, from global health to climate change. APPLY HERE
Call for applications: RCDIJ Africa Fund
DEADLINE: ROLLING —The RCDIJ Africa Fund is currently open for applications from journalists across Africa. APPLY HERE
Mongabay seeks pitches from journalists
DEADLINE: ROLLING — Mongabay seeks story pitches from journalists interested in writing about carbon credits, offsets or markets. APPLY HERE
Unbias the News seeks pitches on underreported stories
DEADLINE: ROLLING — Unbias the News is accepting pitches on underreported stories with global relevance. APPLY HERE
2024 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing seeks fictional short stories
DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2024 — The 2024 edition of the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing invites fictional short stories. APPLY HERE
Scholarships available to attend HIV Research for Prevention Conference
DEADLINE: APRIL 10, 2024 — Individuals aged at least 18 years old working, volunteering or studying in the area of HIV prevention, can apply for this scholarship. APPLY HERE
2025 Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity programme
DEADLINE: APRIL 11, 2024 — The 2025 edition of the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity programme is currently open for applications. APPLY HERE
Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award seeks science journalists
DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2024 — The 2024 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award is open to mid-career science journalists anywhere in the world. APPLY HERE
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