Jordan Higgins Deadline: Ongoing
Job Vacancy The Grants and Contracts Analyst (GCA) reports to the Director of the Grants and Contracts Department for Internews in USA and supports overall administration of proposals, awards, acquisition contracts, and procurement of goods, and assistance subawards.
Jordan HigginsOn July 9, 2020, Hannah Storm of the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) hosted a GFMD member-only webinar titled “Tips for covering a pandemic: how to practice ethical journalism during COVID-19”.
Jordan Higgins 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.
Jordan HigginsAs 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.
Jordan HigginsOn 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”.
Jordan Higgins Deadline: Ongoing
Job Opportunity Internews are searching for a Community Engagement Consultant for Latin America and The Caribbean to manage digital security grants, which includes overseeing applicant review and selection and providing ongoing support to grantees.
Jordan Higgins Deadline: 28 June 2020
Job Opportunity Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is seeking an experienced investigative journalist to oversee a series of investigative journalism roundtables and serve as a mentor to the journalists commissioned to carry out investigative reports.
Jordan HigginsOn May 7th, 2020, Scott Griffen, Deputy Director of the International Press Institute (IPI) and Kathryn Geels, Programme Director at the European Journalism Centre (EJC) hosted a GFMD member-only webinar focusing on their ongoing Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) grant programme.
Jordan HigginsCOVID-19 has caused major disruptions to the lives of journalists and media professionals. Beyond issues faced in efforts to cover the crisis safely, journalists must also deal with severe financial uncertainty. To alleviate this, several companies and organisations are committing to financially support journalism and news media.
Jordan HigginsOn April 2nd, Toby Mendel and Laura Notess of The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) hosted a GFMD member-only webinar titled Right to Information in the Time of COVID-19. CLD promotes fundamental rights for democracy, with an emphasis on freedom of expression, freedom of association, the right to information, and digital rights.
Jordan Higgins Deadline: 16 March 2020
Job Opportunity The QARIB program is a regional initiative focused on Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Iraq. Funded by AFD and implemented by CFI, the program aims to encourage social cohesion and the inclusion of citizens, in particular women, through improved media coverage.
Jordan HigginsThe spread of COVID-19 has had a major impact on travel and public gatherings internationally. At the time of writing, cases of COVID-19 have been detected in over 100 countries. As a result, several major media development and journalism events have been cancelled or postponed for the foreseeable future.
Jordan HigginsWAN-IFRA have released Episode Six of their media freedom Podcast, The Backstory. The newest episode outlines the steps journalists can take to keep themselves safe while covering protests, which are taking place internationally with increasing frequency.
Jordan HigginsThe World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) recently released Episodes 4 and 5 of Season 2 of “The Backstory”, their podcast series exploring media freedom issues from across the globe.
Jordan HigginsOn February 6th, IREX hosted a webinar titled “Towards Inclusive Safety Trainings: A discussion and training showcase with IREX’s Securing Access to Free Expression (SAFE) team”.
Jordan HigginsOn December 19, Rana Sabbagh, executive director of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism will host a GFMD member-only webinar titled “Investigative journalists under autocratic regimes: the work of ARIJ”.
Jordan Higgins Deadline: 24 January 2020
Consultation Process The United Nations invites civil society actors working on development, peace and security, human rights, and humanitarian issues to be part of a global online discussion on the UN’s role in protecting and promoting civic space.
Jordan HigginsThe World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) have recently launched the 2019 edition of their annual World Press Trends report, outlining the range of challenges currently faced by news publishers and media organisations internationally.
Jordan HigginsAs part of GFMD’s ongoing member-only webinar series, Anna Rohleder of Sourcefabric, presented a webinar titled “Circumventing censorship in the Balkans, Caucasus, and beyond with web-based technology”.
Jordan Higgins Deadline: 30 November 2019
Call for Applications Applications are now open for ICFJ’s “A Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America” to create a network of 36 new professional fellows, journalists, technologists, and media entrepreneurs across the region.