Deadline: July 25, 2025
Applications are open for the AIJC Investigative Journalism Masterclass 2025. The African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC2025), a project of the Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) 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 5 to 7 November 2025 at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The masterclass on digital forensics, OSINT tools, AI and data verification, conducted by the Bellingcat team in English, will run from Sunday 2 to Tuesday 4 November. The Masterclass fellowship also covers attendance of the AIJC conference and training sessions.
Costs
- Fellows can apply for 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 31 October/1 November to 8/9/10 November 2025.
Eligibility
- Open to experienced investigative journalists, editors and trainers from African countries.
- The Masterclass will be conducted in English, submitting the application serves as confirmation that you are fluent in English and questions should be answered in English.
- Fellows who attended AIJC Masterclasses in previous years are not eligible to apply.
- Only applicants with valid passports will be considered.
Application
Applications close on 25 July and successful applicants will be contacted before the end of August.
For more information, visit AIJC Masterclass.
