Deadline: 02-Jun-21
In partnership with the U.S. State Department’s Africa Regional Services (ARS), the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has announced the applications for Africa Regional Journalism Workshops to provide an in-depth training program focused on equipping African journalists with relevant resources, tools, and knowledge covering existing and new challenges, such as COVID-19 and disinformation.
This program aims to help African journalists improve their work as well as create lasting professional ties between African and American journalists rooted in a shared understanding and appreciation for the role of responsible journalism in fostering democracy.
Participants are encouraged to use this program as an opportunity to expand their networks, engage in learning actionable skills and acquire helpful resources.
Participants will gain a deeper understanding on how to identify and report newsworthy events to inform constructive public discourse, the fundamentals of investigative reporting and how digital and legacy newsrooms in the United States are experimenting with new business models for the digital era and diversifying revenue streams to sustain their operations.
Participants will also eventually be invited to submit articles to IJNet on the new skills and best practices covered during the training. Following the training participant will be encouraged to contextualize their newly honed skills for use in their daily work.
Criteria
- These workshops are for journalists in Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique and São Tomé and Principe only.
- The sessions will cover topics relevant to journalists at various levels of experience, including ethical reporting, investigative journalism, mobile journalism and media entrepreneurship, helping participants improve their journalistic work and navigate the ever-changing news landscape.
- Online sessions in English, French and Portuguese will cover topics relevant to journalists across experience levels including:
- Ethical news gathering
- Investigative journalism
- Mobile journalism
- Media entrepreneurship
For more information, visit https://www.icfj.org/our-work/africa-regional-journalism-workshops