Teaching journalism during a pandemic

Opportunities & Awards

Fact-checking Development Grant // TBC // The Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) will receive $1 million in funding from YouTube to support the fact-checking community in its battle against misinformation. Fact-checking organisations from all over the world can apply for up to $50,000.

Money Trail grants // 15 June // In Money Trail, Journalismfund.eu offers working grants for (teams of) African, Asian and European journalists to investigate cross-border illicit financial flows, tax abuse and corruption in Africa, Asia and Europe.

lsu Elihle Awards // 30 June // Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) invites journalists within the African continent to apply for the lsu Elihle Awards. MMA’s awards seek to give children a voice and highlight the status of children in Africa.

Interested in any of these? Follow this link for information on these opportunities.

Coming up

Radio Days Africa // 1 – 3 July // Radio Days Africa is the largest radio conference in Africa. It is presented by Wits under the auspices of the Department of Journalism at the University of Witwatersrand. The conference aims to stimulate learning, engagement, conversation, and thinking around various aspects of the radio business in an African context.

For your calendar. Find more details on the above listed events and check out the international journalism event calendar.