DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 — HumAngle wants freelancers across Africa to submit pitches for investigative stories.
Every quarter, HumAngle funds investigative stories that cover accountability and good governance; climate change, energy, and environment; conflict and humanitarian crises; development; disinformation; displacement and migration; election security; extremism; gender; and human rights.
From video editing to data, illustrative, and open-source intelligence resources, the organisation will provide the necessary resources to selected applicants.
HumAngle has a bias for pitches with a multimedia component, which could be a video explainer, feature podcast, animated video, or short documentary.
Pitches should be submitted alongside a budget that includes projected expenses on lodging, movement, fixer fees, and per diem.
The deadline for this round of applications is September 21, 2023.
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