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African Story Challenge

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The Story Challenge is a two-year project by the African Media Initiative (AMI) in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) that seeks to challenge the media to expand coverage of fundamental issues that matter to Africans including good health, quality education, access to clean water, good nutrition, and a reliable source of income. This new $1 million programme will offer African journalists reporting grants to support investigative, multimedia, and data-driven stories to improve health and prosperity across the continent. The African Story Challenge will award approximately 100 reporting grants for stories on development issues.

According to the organisers, the African Story Challenge will provide incentives for African media to inspire new approaches that produce high-quality stories that elevate and advance the conversation about growth, health, prosperity and development. It also will encourage journalists to experiment with new content strategies and new ways to engage audiences, while promoting transparency, accountability, and a higher quality of life for Africans.
The competition is divided into five themes:

  • Agriculture and food security
  • Diseases: Prevention and treatment
  • My Africa 2063
  • Maternal and child health
  • Business and technology

Click here for more information about the award.

Application Info

Deadline for the first theme - Agriculture and Food Security - is June 14, 2013 (now passed).

 

Deadline for the second theme - Diseases: Prevention and treatment - November 3, 2013.

 

Other theme deadlines still to be announced.

 

This competition is open to all African journalists aged 18 and above from around the continent, media organisations, online contributors with demonstrated followings, or affiliated freelance journalists and African journalists based outside the continent as long as they have an outlet for their stories that is accessible to audiences in Africa.

 

All participants, including freelance journalists, will have to ensure they have at least one confirmed outlet (TV, radio, print, or online) for their finished work. Entries will be accepted in English, French, Arabic, and Portuguese and proposals would have to address development topics, either answering the specific questions posed by the competition or an original idea.
Click here to apply online.

 

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African Story Challenge website on May 30 2013.