Deadline: 28-Feb-21
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is inviting applications for its program entitled “Report on Illicit Financing in Africa”.
Journalists are only considered to have completed the program when they have completed all the elements, including, those who participate in the guidance and support plan, as well as the production of at least one article on illicit financial flows, and they only receive their certified at this point.
Program Elements
The Wealth of Nations program is a long-term commitment and participating journalists must commit to all elements of the program by signing an agreement to that effect. These elements include:
- Intensive training on reporting illicit financing, which will take place between Monday, March 15, to Friday, April 16, 2021;
- The production of articles on illicit financial flows;
- An orientation and support program that will help to produce these articles.
Funding Information
- The Foundation provides small grants to cover Internet/data costs.
- If selected for the orientation plan, the maximum grant that can award for the reporting is 1000 USD. Please note that the grants awarded vary depending on the expected resources needed to write the article. Proposed costs without detailed justification will not be considered.
Benefits
- If selected, will participate in an intensive virtual/online workshop that will address illicit financing, reporting on companies, accounts and budgets, and research techniques.
- The participant must propose one or more ideas for reports in which he/she intends to work within the scope of the program; if the orientation plan is confirmed and selected, we will provide experienced journalists who will follow up on their reports until publication/transmission.
- The applicant will have exclusive access to specialist knowledge through our network of illicit financing specialists.
- The applicant will also have access to ideas for reporting and editorial advice and will be invited to share knowledge and experience with participants from other regions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Journalists with a minimum of two years of professional experience who are fluent in Portuguese.
- It will be an advantage if applicants are familiar with investigative journalism and funding reporting and/or, more generally, have some experience with numbers, but if applicant has a strong motivation to know and understand these issues, the Foundation will consider application. Early-career journalists are invited to apply.
- Applicants must be willing to spend a significant amount of time working on reporting on illicit financing.
- Independent journalists and journalists linked to the media can apply. Journalists working for a media outlet must obtain authorization from their editor-in-chief to participate. Independent journalists must provide proof that one or more media outlets are willing to accept their work.
- Journalists working in one or more media can apply (print, digital, radio, or television).
- Journalists must be established in Africa and work for one or more media outlets.
- Candidate journalists must speak fluently in Portuguese.
Submissions
- Two examples of work. TV/radio journalists can send their texts and a short summary.
- If the examples of relevant work are written in the local language, have them accompanied by a translation into Portuguese (if the example of the work is in digital format, indicate the link so that the web page can be translated).
- A letter from your editor-in-chief authorizing your participation and confirming that you will publish an eventual article produced through the program.
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