Awards & Fellowships

Nigerian Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship winners (1987 till date)

Application for Alfred friendly press partners fellowship for online, print and broadcast journalists in developing countries has opened. Click to apply The fellowship which is an annual program that brings journalists from different countries to American newsroom, has  been won by 12 Nigerian journalists from 1987-2011. They include: 1987: Dele Omotunde (Nigeria), hosted by The Philadelphia Inquirer […]

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Alfred Friendly Press Partners Offers Fellowship for Journalists

Application for Alfred friendly press partners fellowship is currently opened for print, broadcast and online journalists from developing countries. Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship is an annual program that brings journalists from different countries to American newsrooms. The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships are aimed at providing fellows with experience in reporting, writing and editing which will enhance future professional performance;

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May 21 deadline for Reham al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship

By Kelechi Amakoh The annual Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship is calling for applications from journalists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The deadline for the application is May 21. The four weeks programme at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City is slated to hold from September 11–29, 2017. The

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Amplify’s content creators fellows graduate

Amplify, Africa’s first paid-fellowship for content creators, has graduated its inaugural cohorts of three teams of young storytellers from Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria. The teams presented their final projects to an all-star panel of Africa’s leading business, media and technology personalities on Friday 7 April in Nairobi, Kenya. African Media Agency (AMA) reports that the Fellowship was

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Amplify's content creators fellows graduate

Amplify, Africa’s first paid-fellowship for content creators, has graduated its inaugural cohorts of three teams of young storytellers from Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria. The teams presented their final projects to an all-star panel of Africa’s leading business, media and technology personalities on Friday 7 April in Nairobi, Kenya. African Media Agency (AMA) reports that the Fellowship was

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Two Nigerian journalists named Childhood Development Reporting Fellows

Two Nigerian journalists, Toluwani Eniola, a correspondent with The Punch Newspaper and Chikezie Omeje, senior investigative and data reporter with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria have been named fellows for the 2017 Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship. Eniola and Omeje are among 12 fellows named for the programme by the International Center for

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I keep applying for awards and fellowships and I’m yet to get any, why ?

March 2017 Online #MediaCareerQ&A Hannah Ojo, Award-winning reporter with The Nation Keeping applying but learn from past mistakes. Read winning works and profiles of winning journalists. Wale Fatade, Executive Director, Media Support Centre Don’t give up, that’s all. I was named ‘fellowship editor’ until I got my first opportunity to travel outside Nigeria. Colleagues I

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I keep applying for awards and fellowships and I'm yet to get any, why ?

March 2017 Online #MediaCareerQ&A Hannah Ojo, Award-winning reporter with The Nation Keeping applying but learn from past mistakes. Read winning works and profiles of winning journalists. Wale Fatade, Executive Director, Media Support Centre Don’t give up, that’s all. I was named ‘fellowship editor’ until I got my first opportunity to travel outside Nigeria. Colleagues I

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Winners emerge for 2017 Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

Winners of the the 2017 Pan-African Reinsurance Journalism Awards have been announced. Mr Gareth Stokes of Commercial Risk Africa (South Africa) won the 2017 Pan-African Reinsurance Journalist of the Year Award, while Ms Josiane Kouagheu of Agripreneur d’Afrique (Cameroon) was awarded Best Re/Insurance Industry Feature Article. Mr Isaac Khisa of Independent Publications in Uganda won

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