Deadline: 6 August 2017
Interested in becoming an influencer and leader for children’s development in your country? If producing high quality reporting and solution-orientated stories about nutrition and early childhood development issues is one of your passions, then apply for Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship Program to improve news coverage of child health and form a global network of reporters covering this critically-important issue.
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), in partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, is recruiting for 10 Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellows. This is the second of three groups of fellows that will be recruited over the next two years. The fellowship term for this second cohort will run from October 2017 – October 2018.
During the year-long program, the fellows will receive virtual training, mentoring and financial support to produce regular stories on nutrition and early-childhood development, relevant to their home countries. The program will begin with a virtual orientation (webinar) after which each fellow will be assigned a mentor who will work with them as they produce stories on early childhood development issues. ICFJ will conduct regular webinars during the year of the fellowship.
Benefits
- The program also includes two reporting trips. ICFJ will send all fellows to a country that is implementing a successful and innovative approach to supporting childhood development.
- The fellows will meet with early childhood development experts in the field and will produce stories with the help of their mentors.
- ICFJ covers all of the travel expenses, including visas, flights, hotels and local transportation.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Fellowship is open to journalists covering issues of child health and development for news outlets based in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania.
- Journalists from all mediums are encouraged to apply: radio, broadcast, print, and online. An ideal candidate will have previous experience covering early childhood development issues, but journalists who currently cover health or nutrition-related topics and are interested in increasing their coverage of children’s issues are welcome to apply.
- Successful applicants must be employed by a news outlet or have a commitment to publish/broadcast from a news outlet to participate.
- Applicants must be proficient in English. Stories submitted may be written in their native language; however, reporting project proposals must be submitted in English.
How to Apply
To become a 2017 Fellow, candidates must complete a Fellowship application. Applicants should include
- A resume or CV
- Examples of stories produced on early-childhood development
- A reporting-project proposal that outlines story ideas the Fellow will pursue and a reporting and publishing/broadcasting plan
Eligible Countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania
For more information, please visit Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship.