Deadline: Ongoing
Funding Opportunity As COVID-19 continues to impact communities around the globe, the National Geographic Society has launched an emergency fund for journalists who wish to cover COVID-19 and address the needs of the most vulnerable and underserved populations.
THE FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM COVID-19 FREELANCE GRANTS
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant The Fund for Investigative Journalism is providing rolling grants for U.S. Freelancers. FIJ’s Board of Directors is looking for stories on COVID-19 that break new ground and expose wrongdoing in the public and private sectors.
THE RORY PECK TRUST COVID-19 EMERGENCY HARDSHIP FUND
Deadline: Ongoing
Funding Opportunity The Rory Peck Trust have launched a COVID-19 Hardship Fund to support freelance journalists during the pandemic. This fund will be used to provide practical and financial support to freelance journalists whose work and livelihoods have been affected by COVID-19.
INTERNEWS FACT-CHECKING EDITOR FOR ETHIOPIA PROJECT
Deadline: Ongoing
Job Opportunity Internews is looking for an experienced Editor to research, plan, develop and implements its Fact Checking Desk. The Editor will be responsible for the management and content of the desk, guiding the planning and research and editing the content of different platforms.
CONSULTANT FOR OPEN-SOURCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT PROJECT
Deadline: Ongoing
Job Opportunity Internews’ BASICS project is improving the sustainability of critical open source privacy and security tools by building ties between tool teams and the communities they serve. Internews are seeking a consultant to assess the needs of the project.
INTERNEWS ETHIOPIA FACT-CHECKING CONSULTANT
Deadline: Ongoing
Job Opportunity Internews is seeking a fact-checking consultant with strong digital investigation skills to join their Ethiopia fact-checking team. The consultancy requires a digital background to easily navigate online and digital disinformation as well as mainstream media.
COVERING COVID-19: REPORTS, RESOURCES, AND TOOLS
As COVID-19 spreads internationally, so too does potentially harmful misinformation and disinformation. Many media organisations, including some of GFMD’s members and partners, have been working on programmes and projects to help prevent the spread of false information and encourage journalists to cover the coronavirus as accurately as possible.
GFMD JOINS APPEAL TO STOP USE OF SLAPP ACTIONS ACROSS EUROPE
GFMD has joined Media Freedom Rapid Response partners, journalist bodies, freedom of expression, and journalist support organisations to express concern about the legal threats made against EUobserver in Luxembourg and Belgium and call to stop the use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) actions against media organisations across Europe.
COLLABORATION AND CONVENING: A PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM AND MEDIA
On Thursday, June 4th, Devon Terrill and Kelly Smits from The Stanley Center for Peace and Security hosted a GFMD member-only webinar titled “Collaboration and Convening: A Programmatic Approach to Supporting Independent Journalism and Media”.
GFMD JOINS CALL FOR MORE TRANSPARENT ALGORITHM INSPECTION
GFMD has joined twelve other civil society organisations to call on Commissioner Breton, Vice-President Jourova, and Commissioner Reynders to ensure online public debate and associated algorithms are moderated and curated in a more transparent and accountable way by social media platforms.
INTERNEWS HIRING NEW HUMANITARIAN LIAISON OFFICER (HLO)
Deadline: Ongoing
Job Opportunity Internews are seeking a new Humanitarian Liaison Officer (HLO) to represent the Internews community’s perspectives and make sure that all project staff are up to date with the latest developments in the humanitarian and health response sectors.
GULF CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REGIONAL PROJECT COORDINATOR
Deadline: 26 June 2020
Job Opportunity GC4HR is searching for a project coordinator to promote the work of civil society activists in the Middle East and North Africa and to public awareness about human rights violations taking place in these countries through a project with Innovation for Change.
REPORTING ON REFUGEE COMMUNITIES AMIDST A PANDEMIC GRANTS
Deadline: 31 July 2020
Reporting Grant In partnership with the International Center for Journalists, the Facebook Journalism Project is now accepting applications for the second round of the ICFJ-Facebook Training and Reporting Grants Program: Reporting on Refugee Communities Amidst a Pandemic.
INTERNEWS MONITORING, EVALUATION, RESEARCH, AND LEARNING SPECIALIST
Deadline: Ongoing
Job Opportunity Internews are seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Specialist to assist efforts to disrupt and mitigate the flow of misleading, inaccurate or malign information for vulnerable populations affected by humanitarian crises during COVID-19,
OPEN INTERNET FOR DEMOCRACY LEADERS PROGRAMME
Deadline: 22 June 2020
Leadership Programme The Open Internet for Democracy Leaders Programme is a ten-month non-resident leadership programme that empowers emerging leaders from all across the globe to build their advocacy and organising skills in order to protect internet freedom.
MEDIA DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT FUND SEEKING PROGRAM MANAGER FOR ETHIOPIA
Deadline: Ongoing
Job Opportunity MDIF is searching for a Program Manager to join their PRIMED project in Ethiopia. The position is full-time, starting immediately, and based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia until September 2023.
EU MEMBERS STATES MUST SUPPORT THE RECOVERY OF THE EUROPEAN MEDIA SECTOR
Following the launch by the European Commission of its Recovery Plan for Europe, press freedom, media development, and journalists’ organisations call on EU Member States to adopt an ambitious Multiannual Financial Framework, to strengthen the European media sector and independent journalism.
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR PRESS AND MEDIA FREEDOM ADVOCACY OFFICER
Deadline: 14 June 2020
Job Opportunity ECPMF are seeking an Advocacy Officer to join their team in Leipzig, starting as soon as possible, to be responsible for all advocacy activities at ECPMF and represent ECPMF’s mission in the public and political debate.
INTERNEWS SENIOR MEDIA ADVISOR FOR TUNISIA
Deadline: Ongoing
Job Opportunity Internews is seeking a Senior Media Advisor for a media support project in Tunisia. The Senior Media Advisor provides technical expertise on reporting on capacity building in democratic and economic governance after discussions and coordination with traditional and online media.
FINAL EVALUATOR FOR WOMEN’S VOICES PROJECT IN IRAQ
Deadline: 15 June 2020
Job Opportunity Internews are seeking a final evaluator for the Women’s Voices project which will support journalists and women’s human rights activists to advance gender equality, to fight sexual and gender-based violence, and to work towards a more inclusive society.