World Press Institute (WPI) is now accepting applications for the March 2023 program. The deadline for completed applications is September 15, 2022. The 2023 WPI fellows wil be announced in early December 2022. Becoming a WPI Fellow is a competitive process. Each year hundreds of talented journalists apply for 10 fellowship
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AIJC calls for applications for the AIJC2022 Fellowships
The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) offers a limited number of fellowships for participation in this three-day celebration of the continent’s investigative reporting. This year the conference will return to a face-to-face event in Johannesburg, Oct 31 – Nov 2 and will offer inspiring talks, engagement, networking and cutting-edge training
Mongabay launches Reporting Fellowship for aspiring environmental journalists
Mongabay has launched the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship on June 21 to bolster the capacity of aspiring environmental journalists – a field where such experience can be hard to acquire. “Mongabay has been long focused on helping create opportunities for environmental journalists in tropical biodiversity hotspots,” Mongabay founder and
Zambian media divided over media council act
Media bodies in Zambia are divided over the proposed Zambia Media Council Act, 2021 Bill seeking to regulate their mode of operation amid concerns by government of escalating ‘fake news’ and other shortcomings inimical to the profession and violate citizens’ rights. Calls for regulations of the media practitioners have mounted in
TVs, newspapers at loggerheads over online video contents in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s TV channels and newspapers are at loggerheads over publication of video contents by the online platforms of newspapers, with the concerned minister taking the side of the broadcasters to call it illegal. The Editors’ Council, representing the print media of Bangladesh, however ruled out any scope for creating controversy over
Mongabay is accepting story pitches about Bangladesh
Background The South Asian country of Bangladesh is home to a dynamic delta area facing the Bay of Bengal. The world’s largest mangrove forest lives at this intersection between land and sea. Fed by rivers flowing mostly from its upstream neighbor, Bangladesh relies on its river systems to sustain a densely
Mongabay is hiring a Staff Writer in Central Africa
Mongabay.com is currently expanding its coverage of environmental and conservation news in Africa in both English and French and is seeking a full-time staff writer position to produce news stories about conservation and environmental issues in Central Africa. The main reporting responsibilities include the conservation of Central Africa’s wildlife and their
Halt Taliban media autocracy
The unilateral decree or imposition by Taliban authority in Afghanistan on all women media personalities anchoring news on various public and private television stations to wear masks and cover their whole body except for the eyes or risk facing the wrath of the law makes sad reading. The new order effected
Taliban taunts female journalists
The subjugation of the human rights in Taliban-ruled-Afghanistan has reached fever pitch with a new decree demanding that all women including television presenters wear masks and cover their whole body from eyes or face the wrath of the law. Barely a year- since usurping power-the Taliban has autocratically flexed its muscle
