Deadline: August 30, 2024
Applications are open for the African Investigative Journalism Conference Masterclass Fellowships 2024. The African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC2024), in partnership with SKUP, the Association for Critical and Investigative Press in Norway, and Bellingcat, will host an intensive training course on the latest investigative journalism techniques, taking place over three days immediately preceding the annual AIJC conference scheduled for 30 October to 1 November 2024 at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The masterclass on digital forensics, verification and OSINT tools, conducted by the Bellingcat team in English, will run from Sunday 27 October to Tuesday 29 October. Masterclass fellows will also be able to attend the AIJC conference and training sessions.
Cost
- Fellows can apply for additional travel and accommodation support (excluding home-country transport, insurance, visas, personal in-country transport, or hotel incidentals).
- Successful applicants need valid passports and must arrange their own visas if required and must be available to travel from 25/26 October to 1/2/3 November 2024.
Eligibility
- Open to experienced investigative journalists and trainers from African countries;
- Applicants should have a track record and recent works on investigative journalism;
- They should be fluent in English.
Application
Applications close on 30 August and successful applicants will be contacted before the end of August.
For more information, visit AIJC.
