Media professionals, storytellers needed at PPDC

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2021 — The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) seeks applications from qualified Media Professionals and Expert Storytellers.

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.

The deadline for applications is February 28th, 2021.

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