Deadline: 31 March 2020
Are you a seasoned journalist ideally full-time writers, print or broadcast journalists, filmmakers, bloggers or other media makers, with well- established records of publication, dissemination or broadcast in local, regional or national markets, or among targeted audiences or constituencies? If yes, then apply now for 2020 Civic Hive Media Fellowship.
This year, the Civic Hive Media fellowship program will be more focused on stories on Gender Inequality, Health, People with special needs, Agriculture, Education, Social Investment programs, civic issues, and the extractive industry.
Civic Hive is looking for stories that will advance and bring attention to transparency, accountability, and civic engagement in these thematic sectors. They do not mind the scale of the stories – local or international – and are open to the diverse use of technology – radio, text, print, IoT, machine learning, artificial intelligence or social media – as a channel to disseminate the stories. They are more focused on the impact on the people, the sustainability of ideas to deliver value and the unrelenting spirit of the journalists.
Benefits
- Civic Hive will provide a monthly stipend of N150,000 meant to cover feeding and logistics. They will also hold rounds of engagements with stakeholders on the ideas to receive feedback and potential support. Other sessions on Centring People in your stories, Storytelling for journalists, Making sense of the data, Data Visualisation Tools, Multimedia storytelling will be handled by the civic hive team.
- Civic Hive does not guarantee publishing of stories in the nigerian dailies as applicants are ideally full-time writers, print or broadcast journalists, filmmakers, bloggers, or other media makers, with well-established records of publication, dissemination or broadcast in local, regional or national markets, or among targeted audiences or constituencies.
- In the first cohort, Civic Hive was able to provide extended support of $200,000 to all of the journalists who were on board through their organization. Journalists like Eromo Egbejule, Mercy Abang, Olu Rotimi did stories that sent shock waves across Africa through the platform offered to them by BudgIT.
For more information, visit https://civichive.org/2020-civic-hive-media-fellowship-program/