Free Press Unlimited offers Emergency support

Free Press Unlimited invites journalists and media organisations in distress to apply for emergency support under its Reporters Respond.

The fund supports journalists who have been confronted with (online) harassment, intimidation or violence.

This international emergency fund provides direct assistance to journalists and media outlets, enabling them to resume work as quickly as possible when faced with a crisis.

The organizers offer medical assistance, subsistence costs, psychological support, work provisions, family support, preventive safety measures.

Interested applicants must be media organisations or practising media professionals.

Applicants should note that the assistance is not structural but provided on a one-time basis.

APPLY HERE

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Female filmmakers can submit entries for Women’s Film Festival

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 25, 2021 — Female filmmakers are invited to submit entries for the 28th Women Make Waves Int’l Film Festival (WMWIFF). APPLY HERE

 

Female journalists can apply for Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 25, 2021 — The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is now open to women-identifying and non-binary journalists whose work focuses on human rights and social justice issues. APPLY HERE

 

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