Awards & Fellowships

Ojo : 10 months, 3 international journalism opportunities

Within ten months of her first full time employment as a journalist, Hannah Ojo has benefited from three journalism opportunities; trip to New York, Kenya and funded investigative assignment. Read and learn from her experience. Three journalism opportunities have stood out for me since 2015 till date. In May 2015, barely a month after being […]

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The Sun editor bags Chinese media Fellowship

Ikenna Emewu, Editor Nation’s Capital of The Sun, has been nominated as the Nigerian candidate for the 2016 Public Diplomacy Association Fellowship {CP- DAF}. The international fellowship aimed to bond Africa/China media relationship will commence at the end of this month till December in Beijing, China. Emewu according to the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria was

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Scholarship programmes for Master Degrees

UNICAF officially announces its 2016 Scholarship programmes targeted for Africans. The programmes are targeted for students that domicile in Africa with interest in starting and/or continuing their Education. The Scholarship programmes are operated and sponsored by UNICAF, in partnership with internationally recognized institutions in USA, UK and f EU, to offer various Master Degree programmes.

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Entries invited for reinsurance journalism awards

Journalists from across Africa have until the 29th February 2016 to submit their entries for the inaugural pan-African reinsurance Journalism Awards. Dr Femi Oyetunji, Group MD/CEO of Continental Reinsurance said: “The insurance and reinsurance sector has a valuable role to play in Africa’s economic growth and development and we want to recognise the respected contribution of the media to the sector’s growth.” Continental Reinsurance Plc launched

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Invitation for fellowship application

The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists from developing countries for its 2016 fellowship program. The application deadline is March 18, 2016. The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, from developing countries who are interested in coming to New York to

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Entries open for 2015/16 Promasidor Quill awards

Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell milk, and organisers of the prestigious Promasidor Quill Media Awards has invited entries for the 2015/16 edition. Seven categories of the award which are available for interested journalists this year are as follows: 1. Best Report on Children and Nutrition 2. Best CSR & Industry Report of the Year

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Call for Fellowship nomination

The United Nations Department of Public Information is currently seeking applications from Nigerian young journalists and broadcasters for the 2016 Reham Al-Farra (RAF) Memorial Journalists Fellowship Programme. The Programme provides journalists with an opportunity to gain first-hand experience in the work of the United Nations. It is also an opportunity to meet journalists from other

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Lessons from 2014 CNN African journalists award

The CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the Year is one of the prestigious media awards which will be competed for this year. In this piece, Lekan Otufodunrin brings you some useful career lessons about the winners and winning entries. Become multimedia skilled Teblo Timse, reporter of Mail and Guardian Centre for Investigative Journalism SA has a

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