Paradigm Initiative Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship 2018 for African Journalists
Deadline: May 30, 2018
Paradigm Initiative has unveiled its “Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship“, a new programme dedicated to improving media coverage of digital rights & inclusion issues. The Paradigm Initiative Digital Rights and Digital Inclusion Media Fellowship seeks to embed media professionals within the daily work of Paradigm Initiative in the fields of digital rights and digital inclusion in Africa. Fellowship will run from August to December 2018.
The Fellowship is a 5-month program designed to immerse outstanding, early career, journalists in digital rights and digital inclusion advocacy – and intervention efforts – in Africa. Selected journalists will work with Paradigm Initiative on various projects and contribute to improving public understanding of digital rights and inclusion issues.
Starting from August 2018, Media Fellows will work out of their offices in Yaba, Ajegunle Lagos; Aba, Abuja and Kano in Nigeria. Applications is open to Journalists working in Africa. This fellowship seeks to expose media professionals to an under-reported field of work in national development and hopes to increase reporting on digital rights and inclusion in Nigeria and beyond.
Program Components
- 2-day Orientation and Digital Rights/Inclusion training
- 2-week residency at Paradigm Initiative’s offices in Nigeria. The Fellow will spend time at the Yaba HQ, Aba LIFE Centre, Abuja office, Ajegunle LIFE Centre and Kano LIFE Centre
- 4-month virtual collaboration with Paradigm Initiative
- Fellowship may also include fully-funded local and international travels to participate in and cover relevant events
Interaction with leading stakeholders in digital rights advocacy
Eligibility
- The Fellowship is open to journalists affiliated with mainstream print and online newspapers in Africa
- Interested candidates must demonstrate previous coverage of human rights and/or tech issues and interest in advocacy journalism
- Interested candidates must not have spent more than ten years in journalism. We are most interested in outstanding, early career journalists
Requirements
- Fellows will be expected to participate in all scheduled activities
- Fellows will be expected to publish, in their affiliated newspapers or magazines, at least twelve reports on digital rights and inclusion issues during the fellowship period. Fellows will retain full editorial direction on the stories
- Fellows will be expected to continue to provide coverage to digital rights and inclusion issues after their fellowship
- Paradigm Initiative will provide fellows with a monthly stipend, and a one-time research grant, during the fellowship period.
Application