Applicants will create and share compelling human-angle stories to activate empathy and help build connections.
This is aimed toward changing attitudes, raising awareness, and provoking the people and the government to take action and exact positive social change.
Interested candidates must be creative storytellers that can create stories that are deeply grounded in values and are necessary to the path of social and political change.
Applicants must show evidence of previous work.
MORE MEDIA AND JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES FROM I-79 MEDIA
Apply for Maternal Figures’ Solutions Journalism Fellowship
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 26, 2021 — Maternal Figures invites journalists to submit entries for the April-June Quarter of its Solutions Journalism Fellowships. APPLY HERE
Submit nominations for 2021 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2021 — International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) invites nominees to apply for the 2021 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award. APPLY HERE
Student Journalists can apply for Lekan Otufodunrin Award
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2021 —The Lekan Otufodunrin Award for student journalists seeks impactful investigative pieces from student journalists in Nigeria. APPLY HERE
African journalists can apply for SADC Media Awards
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2021 — The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) invites journalists to compete in the 2021 SADC Media Awards. APPLY HERE
Call for Nominations: IWMF’s 2021 Courage in Journalism Awards
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2021 — The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) seeks nominations for its annual Courage in Journalism Awards which honour women journalists. APPLY HERE
Apply for Joan Shorenstein Center Fellowship
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2021 — Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government is currently accepting applications for the Joan Shorenstein Center Fellowship in Cambridge, Massachusetts. APPLY HERE
Journalists can apply for SEJ Awards
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2021 — Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) invites journalists to apply for her 20th annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment. APPLY HERE
Apply for CAiT fellowship to investigate collective actions
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2021 — Collective Action in Tech (CAiT) and Jain Family Institute has launched a fellowship program to work on stories of collective actions in the Global South. APPLY HERE
Campus Journalists can apply for CNJF Workshop
DEADLINE: MARCH 5, 2021 — Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF) invites students from higher institutions across north-central Nigeria to apply for two-day workshop for campus journalists. APPLY HERE
VACANCY: Fact-check editor, two reporters needed at TheCable
DEADLINE: MARCH 8, 2021 — TheCable invites fact-check editors and criminal justice system and climate change reporters to submit applications. APPLY HERE
Multimedia journalists can apply for Mobile Filmmaker’s International Fest
DEADLINE: MARCH 10, 2021 — Mobile Filmmaker’s International Festival is inviting filmmakers to submit their works to compete in this festival. APPLY HERE