ACME/International Land Coalition (ILC) Journalism Workshop for African Journalists (Fully-funded to Uganda) 2018

The Nairobi-based International Land Coalition (ILC) and the Kampala-based African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) invite applications from journalists interested in covering land rights/governance on the continent.

Application Deadline: 18th May 2018

Eligible Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

To Be Taken At (Country): Kampala, Uganda.

About the Award:  The goal of the training is to accelerate reporting on land rights/governance in Africa by bringing together investigative journalists and ILC members to lead data-driven and knowledge-based investigations and informed advocacy on land.

The journalists will work with experts from ILC and other entities on knowledge aspects, and with ACME trainers on skills elements such as investigation and compelling storytelling. Much of the training will be informed by Transparency International’s manual on Investigating Land and Corruption in Africa, and will be organised around land investigations planning, land rights and corruption, and land story research and presentation. ILC partners will share case studies. Each journalist will be expected to write at least one story after the training. A small grant for story research and production will be made available.

Type: Training, Workshop

Eligibility: The training targets five journalists primarily from sub-Saharan African countries with active ILC membership. Also participating in the training will be five ILC members. ILC operates in the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Number of Awards: 5

Value of Award: The organizers will cover participants’ travel, accommodation, meals and incidentals.

Duration of Programme: June 20 to 22 2018

How to Apply: Send in three sets of documents.

1. The first document is a letter indicating who you are (bio-data – including your contact info), your job title and media house, how long you have worked as a journalist for, whether you have reported on land issues before, and why you would like to participate in this training.
2. The second document is two samples of your best journalistic work.
3. And the third is a letter from your editor endorsing your application. The editor’s letter should include his or her email address and phone number.

Send the application materials to training@acme-ug.org with a copy to btabaire@acme-ug.org and israel@landcoalition.info before close of business on Friday, 18 May 2018.

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Award Providers: International Land Coalition (ILC), African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME).