Reporting Climate Change in Africa Workshop

Dialogue Earth and the Wits Africa-China Reporting Project invite journalists, media scholars and professionals in South Africa to submit applications to participate in the Reporting Climate Change in Africa Workshop, 1 November 2024, to be held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Reporting Climate Change in Africa project aims to help build the field of climate journalism in Africa. This supports the wider development of journalism and environmental civil society on the continent, and helps to create opportunities for media professionals, organisations and NGOs that demand a greater voice in the public sphere.

The Reporting Climate Change in Africa Workshop will feature expert-led discussions, interactive sessions and skills training on reporting climate change in Africa. The Workshop will engage six modules presented in the Reporting Climate Change in Africa Online Course, as well insights of its applicability to reporting African perspectives and contexts, with an emphasis on voices of women, youth, and other under-represented groups.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are African journalists, media scholars and professionals located in the continent and or outside of the continent. Fieldwork that is being proposed for the reporting grant must be undertaken in an African country.

Requirements

• Applications must present an interest and experience in reporting climate change in Africa, with the aims of developing their reporting skills and knowledge of climate change reporting centered in the continent, and of producing impactful journalism.
• Selected Workshop participants will have an opportunity, after the Workshop, to submit a reporting grant proposal application on their topic of choice relevant to their interests and/or community, with a total budget of no more than US$ 1,500.
• Applicants must have successfully completed the Reporting Climate Change in Africa Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), as a demonstration of their learning, in order to apply for a reporting grant, after the Workshop.

Application guidelines

The deadline for applications is October 18, 2024. For more information about this opportunity and to apply, please click here.