Funding for journalists and filmmakers on health solutions reporting

DEADLINE: JUNE 17, 2024 — One World Media will fund 12 journalists and filmmakers in Kenya and Nigeria on projects related to health solutions reporting.

Through the Global Short Docs Forum, journalists and filmmakers wil participate in a collaborative project designed to enhance capacity and knowledge in solution-focused health reporting.

Global Short Docs Forum: Health Solutions 2024 aims to bring together these individuals to exchange skills and to experiment with visual storytelling techniques that explore health issues impacting both countries.

Twelve journalists and filmmakers will take part in a series of workshops in the first stage of the initiative. For the second phase, the best ideas will receive a production grant of $7,000.

Applicants must be working and living in Kenya or Nigeria and must be one of a filmmaker, broadcast or print journalist with 3 years or more worth of experience.

Have published human interest or health stories in the national media – on any platform.

The deadline for applications is June 17, 2024.

APPLY HERE

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