Training opportunity for journalists: Reporting on Vulnerable Children in Care Systems (Deadline: April 14,2018)
Training opportunity
for journalists: Reporting on Vulnerable Children in Care Systems (Deadline:
April 14,2018)
Programme: Caring for Vulnerable Children in a
Fractured World
This is a
unique opportunity to develop your investigative and analytical skills around
an under-reported topic close to the heart of the debate about sustainable
development.
For years,
conventional wisdom held that the best place to care for an orphan or
mistreated child was in an institution. Charities and religious groups followed
a similar logic. Historic abuse or neglect in institutions, adoption scandals,
fake orphanages and the experiences of children themselves have given policy
makers and professionals alike pause for thought.
Today,
that thinking is changing.
Champions
of an alternative approach cite decades of research which says children belong
in families not in institutions. Personalities such as Harry Potter author J.K.
Rowling have thrown their star power behind the campaign.
This programme encourages journalists to explore the risks faced by vulnerable
children, and different domestic and international strategies to protect them.
This is an
intensive five-day training programme to provide practical skills, tools and
strategies to report on this complex topic. It includes opportunities to meet
experts on the issue, combined with field trips.
It focuses
on public and private initiatives to protect orphans or children sold by
impoverished families, and to offer them a future. Could government money and
private donations be better spent on keeping children with their families and
in their communities?
It places
it in the context of the international community’s 2030 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).
This programme challenges you and your readers, listeners or viewers to answer the question: “Is there an innovative home-grown solution just waiting to be discovered in OUR country?
This programme challenges you and your readers, listeners or viewers to answer the question: “Is there an innovative home-grown solution just waiting to be discovered in OUR country?
ELIGIBILITY
Journalists working in English for domestic media across Africa may apply. We
are particularly interested in journalists from: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,
Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
Journalists
working in any medium may apply – print, radio, TV, online
Journalists
must be fluent in English
Journalists
must have a minimum of one year’s experience. They should either be working
full-time for a media organisation, or a freelancer whose main work is
journalism
FUNDING
We will
cover all travel and subsistence costs of journalists participating in this
programme, by providing accommodation, meals and transport.
SUBMISSIONS
When
applying you will be asked to upload the following documents – please have
these ready:
Two work samples (maximum file size 5 MB)
A letter from your editor consenting to your participation in the programme and committing to publish/broadcast resulting stories.
Two work samples (maximum file size 5 MB)
A letter from your editor consenting to your participation in the programme and committing to publish/broadcast resulting stories.
For more
information,please visit African Centre for media excellence
Application deadline: April 17,2018
This
programme is supported by UBS Optimus Foundation
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