Awards & Fellowships

Applications invited for West Africa Climate Change Media Fellowship

The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), through its Natural Resources Programme (NAREP), invites applications for its inaugural climate change media fellowship across west Africa. The fellowship is aimed at shedding light on the importance of climate change issues in West Africa including evidence and solutions to the crises. The training which will last […]

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13 African journalists selected for Solutions Journalism Network’s programme

13 African journalists are among the 49 mentees selected for the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) 2021 mentorship programme. On the list are five journalists from Nigeria, two from Kenya, another two from Zimbabwe and one each from Rwanda, South Africa, Cameroon and Malawi. While announcing the mentees, Julia Hotz, the Communities Manager for the Solutions

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Call for Paradigm Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship

Applications for the 4th edition of Paradigm Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship, DRIMF, for interested media professionals in Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe is open till June 22, 2021. DRIMF, a programme of the Paradigm Initiative, through academic and practical learnings, seeks to embed media professionals within the digital ecosystem and connect

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Dubawa unveils 26 Fact-Checkers for 2021 Fellowship

West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, Dubawa, has unveiled the twenty-six fellows selected for its 2021 cohort of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the sub-region. The platform, under the auspices of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), announced the commencement of the yearly fellowship in Abuja on Monday 17th May 2021. Now in

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Ghanaian digital producer, 21 others named Nieman fellows

A Ghanaian digital media producer and head of the digital strategy for the Tiger Eye Social Foundation, a media nonprofit, Selase Kove-Seyram has been named one of the 2022 Nieman Foundation Fellows for Journalism at Harvard University. Kove-Seyram @selasekove  and 21other fellows from across the globe were selected for the one-year on-campus study at the

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Media Programmes &Opportunities THISWEEK (May 24 – May 30, 2021), UPCOMING

Media Programmes and Opportunities THIS WEEK (May 24 – May 30, 2021) and UPCOMING include deadlines for projects, conference, training, lecture, fellowships and others Monday, May, 24 Paid INTERNSHIP AT AFRICA-CHINA REPORTING PROJECT May 24 is the deadline to apply for a paid internship for The Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP) at Wits Journalism is looking for an

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Call for Application: Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme

Friday, May 28 is the deadline for submission of application for the 2021 Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) Fellowship by Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). The fourth edition of the fellowship will focus on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and

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Otufodunrin: Four media awards, past winners reactions

Four media awards have so far been named after journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodnrin. Details of the awards and the reactions of the past winners highlighted in this report. The first time a media award was named after accomplished journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin was in 2018 by the

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