Deadline: 11-Sep-22
Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with MISA Zimbabwe, of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, is looking for Zimbabwean journalists who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means.
Wealth of Nations is a long-term engagement, and journalists who take part must commit to all elements of the scheme, signing an agreement to this effect. These items include:
- Intensive training on illicit finance reporting:
- The first workshop will take place from Wednesday, 21 to Friday, 23 September 2022 in Harare
- A follow-up workshop will take place from Wednesday, 19 to Friday, 21 October 2022 in Harare
- For selected attendees:
- The production of stories on illicit financial flows
- A mentoring support scheme that will help produce these stories
Please note: Applications are also open now for an identical Wealth of Nations scheme for Zimbabwean journalists taking place in Bulawayo later in 2022. Interested journalists who are not available during the above dates (for the Harare workshops) are encouraged to apply. Applicants will be asked to specify in the application form which scheme(s) they would be available to participate in. Applicants should not indicate a preference for a particular scheme based on the workshop location as successful applicants receive a bursary which covers transport costs to and from the workshops.
Benefits
- If selected, you will take part in two intensive workshops covering illicit finance, reporting on companies, accounts and budgets, and investigative techniques. The workshops will take place in Harare.
- You will propose one or more story ideas that you wish to work on within the scheme – if you are selected, the foundation will provide experienced journalists to help you pursue your stories right up to publication/broadcast.
- Selected participants will receive modest funding to help them realize their stories.
- You will have exclusive access to expertise through the network of illicit finance experts.
- You will also have access to story ideas and editorial advice and will be invited to share your own expertise with other participants.
Who Can Apply?
- Journalists who have not taken part in Wealth of Nations before.
- Journalists with at least two years of professional experience.
- It is an advantage if you are familiar with investigative journalism, reporting on finances and/or dealing with numbers more generally, but if you have a strong motivation to learn about and understand these issues then we will consider your application.
- You must be able to spend significant time working on illicit finance stories.
- Both freelancers and staff journalists may apply. Journalists working for a news organization will need consent from their editor to take part. Freelancers should provide evidence that one or more media organizations will be willing to take their work.
- Journalists working in any medium or multiple media are welcome to apply (print, online, radio or television).
- Journalists should be based in Zimbabwe and working for one or more Zimbabwean media organisations.
- Journalists applying must have fluent English.
For more information, visit https://tmsnrt.rs/3q1f9ne