Deadline: 12-Jun-22
The British Council is seeking applications for the Future News Worldwide 2022 (FNW22) Virtual Summit with the theme of Building the skills, support and resilience needed for journalism to meet the challenges of a changed world.
FNW22 is a 3-day virtual summit bringing together some of the world’s best student journalists. Participants will join for 3 hours each day to hear from key note speakers, participate in a pitching workshop and network with other young journalists. The session will be repeated later in the day to allow participation from all time zones.
Future News Worldwide is a partnership programme between the British Council and some of the world’s leading media organisations; BBC, Google, Reuters, The Herald, The Quint and the UK schools of journalism. Together they identify, train and connect the next generation of global journalists.
The Future News Worlwide annual summit is a central focus of the programme, and brings together 100 young journalists each July to learn from broadcasters, editors and reporters and meet their peers around the globe. Following the conference delegates join the FNW alumni network. In 2022 the summit will be held virtually.
Prize Details
- The prize consists of a place at the Future News Worldwide 2022 digital conference, and inclusion in the Future News Worldwide alumni network.
- This includes the following:
- Attendance at the online Future News Worldwide 2022 conference.
- Inclusion in the Future News Worldwide alumni network with over 400 members.
- Winning participants must attend all days of the Conference and partake in all programmed activities unless by prior agreement with the British Council. Failure to comply with these terms will result in removal from the FNW alumni network and exclusion from future FNW events.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications are open to young journalists working in any form of media, who meet the eligibility criteria below:
- Aged 18-25 on 1 July 2022.
- A registered undergraduate or postgraduate student (of any subject), enrolled at a university or higher education institution OR a recent graduate who completed their course after 1 July 2021.
- A native speaker of English OR able to speak English at IELTS level 6.5 or equivalent.
- No previous participation in a Future NEWS or Future News Worldwide event.
- Dedicated to a career in journalism in any form.
- Available to attend all three days of the online conference 12, 13, and 14 July 2022 (3 hours per day).
Criteria
- Only one entry per person is allowed.
- Entry to the Competition is free of charge, although participants are responsible for any costs incurred connecting to the internet or otherwise in connection with entering the competition.
- The Competition is not open to British Council employees or contractors or members of their immediate families, or anyone else professionally associated with the Competition. They reserve the right not to award the prize or to select an alternative winner if they are aware or have reasonable
- grounds to believe that the winner is not eligible.
- Future News Worldwide is an online event. Delegates must access the event using a laptop or desktop (mobile or tablet is not supported) and will require internet access for the duration of the event.
- Participants are responsible for any costs incurred connecting to the internet and for complying with any terms and conditions of access to or use of the competition website(s).
For more information, visit https://www.britishcouncil.org/future-news-worldwide
