DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 16, 2024 — DUBAWA, Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, invites applications for its 2024 Kwame Karikari Fact-checking Fellowship.
This fellowship aims to amplify media literacy and empower journalists to spread the gospel of information verification to grassroots communities.
Applicants must be full-time employees of a media organisation, especially from grassroots communities (television, online media, radio, and print).
Citizens residing in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, or The Gambia who possess exceptional writing skills can apply.
Applicants must be able to translate stories from English to one indigenous language.
The fact-checking fellowship call is also open to indigenous language journalists who can read, write, and speak fluently in either of these languages: Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin, Yoruba, Twi, or Krio.
Fellows will receive hands-on technical training based on current realities and trends in the fact-checking world.
The deadline for submission is February 16, 2024.
MEDIA AND JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES FROM I-79 MEDIA
Howard G. Buffett Fund for female journalists
DEADLINE: ROLLING — Female journalists around the world can apply for the Howard G. Buffett Fund offered through the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). APPLY HERE
O’Shaughnessy Fellowships offer innovative creators up to $100,000
DEADLINE: ROLLING — The O’Shaughnessy Fellowship is a one-year programme open to innovative creators around the world. APPLY HERE
Pulitzer Centre will fund investigative stories on science misinformation
DEADLINE: ROLLING — The Pulitzer Centre is offering grants for in-depth and investigative stories related to science misinformation, science denial, and the spread of pseudoscience. APPLY HERE
Grants for underreported stories in Sub-Saharan Africa
DEADLINE: ROLLING — The Pulitzer Center is offering grants for underreported stories in Sub-Saharan Africa. Proposals should focus on issues such as water and sanitation, land degradation and coastal erosion, education, maternal health, and climate resilience. APPLY HERE
Pulitzer Center is offering global reporting grants
DEADLINE: ROLLING —The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants support in-depth, high-impact reporting on critical issues that are often overlooked in the media, from global health to climate change. APPLY HERE
Call for applications: RCDIJ Africa Fund
DEADLINE: ROLLING —The RCDIJ Africa Fund is currently open for applications from journalists across Africa. APPLY HERE
Mongabay seeks pitches from journalists
DEADLINE: ROLLING — Mongabay seeks story pitches from journalists interested in writing about carbon credits, offsets or markets. APPLY HERE
Unbias the News seeks pitches on underreported stories
DEADLINE: ROLLING — Unbias the News is accepting pitches on underreported stories with global relevance. APPLY HERE
Reuters Institute’s journalist fellowship seeks applications
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 19, 2024 — Applications are open for the 2024/2025 cohorts of the Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute. APPLY HERE
Report for the World seeks to partner with newsrooms
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 20, 2024 — Report for the World wants independent news organisations to join its growing network of host newsroom partners. APPLY HERE
Apply for the Global Business Journalism programme
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2024 — The Global Business Journalism (GBJ) programme at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China seeks applications for the 2024-2025 academic year. APPLY HERE
2024 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing seeks fictional short stories
DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2024 — The 2024 edition of the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing invites fictional short stories. APPLY HERE
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