Deadline: 20-Jun-22
The Thomson Reuters Foundation invites journalists from West Africa to register for this workshop, which will cover food security, food production, markets and climate issues and will include a skills lab on online verification, social media and digital storytelling.
The United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is sponsoring this course, which will develop expertise and increase knowledge of issues facing rural communities, help journalists present new viewpoints and to promote discussion on how small-scale agriculture can meet the growing demand for food and the critical need to support rural transformation as food insecurity, climate change and economic uncertainty escalate. intensify.
West Africa Food Security and Rural Development Report – Online Workshop July 18-21, 2022.
Benefits
- Attending this workshop will give you access to leading IFAD experts who will examine ways to address challenges related to climate change, food security and production issues, against the backdrop of rising prices and economic fallout from COVID-19 and global supply issues. You will have the opportunity to interview them on the problems of your country.
- This is not a one-time event. They expect all journalists present to continue reporting on these issues in their home countries after the workshop.
- They will also offer selected participants a small grant and support from Foundation mentors to help them produce these stories.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be full-time journalists or regular contributors working for media organizations based in the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
- Applicants should have a minimum of two years work experience, have a good level of spoken and written English and should explain in their application why they will benefit from attending this course, and how they intend to use the learning in their professional work.
- They would also like to see professional evidence of your interest in the field of rural people and development issues.
For more information, visit https://www.trust.org/media-development/opportunities/?sfid=a053z00000xws6MAAQ&sfProgId=a15D0000018F4CWIA0&areaOfFocus=Climate%20Change,%20Environment%20&%20Resilience
