Deadline: 1-Jul-21
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is seeking applications for its Racial Justice: Reporting Hub Program to create a space for journalists across several countries to gather virtually for training, knowledge sharing, expert sessions, and network building, ensuring that they and their newsrooms remain on top of the story of the year.
Conducted remotely over 6 weeks for journalists reporting in Indonesia, Bangladesh, and India, the Hub will feature the latest platforms and interactive online tools to connect participants in engaging real-time video seminars with world-class trainers and experts.
Journalists will acquire relevant knowledge, trade tips and insights about their different contexts, master new digital skills, and access influential policymakers and officials for exclusive information and story ideas to help them cover the socio-political implications of racial injustices in their respective countries at a deeper, better-informed level.
The participants will meet once a week on a Tuesday for a total of four hours, including two live 90-minute virtual sessions and an offline study hour to work on tasks set by the training team.
Virtual live sessions will be led by trainers and/or expert guest speakers to ask questions, share ideas, learn new skills and practice these. The live sessions will be supplemented with extra material.
Post-session discussions and feedback on an exclusive hub forum will extend the learning process.
In addition to the two four hours sessions (90 minutes live session + 60 minutes practical session + 90 minutes live session), participants should allow for a further 2-3 hours per week of independent research, activities and group interaction on the forum.
At the end of the programme, journalists will be able to:
- Confidently write stories in an accurate, ethical and balanced manner
- Be able to understand the role of media and hidden nuances while reporting about race and creed
- Enhance their journalism skills in identifying new angles, reporting, sourcing and pitching informative stories
- Learn about different story structure formats and improve their writing and editing skills to better engage their audiences
- Get a good understanding of Solutions Journalism and discuss possible ideas around race
- Spotlight on Multimedia: Data-driven news and data visualization techniques to improve storytelling
Funding Information
- The programme is funded by the Skoll Foundation and delivered by Thomson Reuters Foundation.
- Support to Journalism Talent: Select participants will be able to access a two-month mentoring programme following successful completion of the programme, including $250 provision for a story grant to develop a story idea into an article which is subsequently published by their media outlet.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be nationals and based in Indonesia, Bangladesh, or India and working as full-time journalists or regular contributors for English-language media organizations.
- Participants must have a minimum of three years professional experience and have a good level of spoken and written English.
- Applicants must have access to a minimum internet speed of 8 MB/second.
- Applicants must be able to access the online workshops via a personal computer or laptop. Access from smart phones or tablets will not be possible.
- Exceptions might be made for nationals and based in any other Asian country covering transnational stories.
Submission Criteria
Complete this application form including:
- 2 relevant work samples (maximum file size 5 MB) – in English. TV/Radio journalists can send in their scripts and a brief summary.
- A biography of up to 250 words outlining your career.
- A statement of up to 250 words describing any factors affecting your work as a journalist during the pandemic.
- A statement of up to 250 words describing your motivations and how you hope to benefit from this training programme.
- A letter of support of your employer allowing you to participate in the training sessions during these five weeks, if possible.
- Your most updated CV including dates and location of your most recent employers.
For more information, visit https://tmsnrt.rs/3gh5sLW