Media
Media development action with informed and engaged societies
Media
After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
Time to read
1 minute
Print
a- a+
Published 10 years ago
Last updated 1 year ago
Read so far

HIV Prevention Reporting Fellowship

0 comments
Image

This HIV Prevention Reporting Fellowship is designed to equip journalists with the knowledge and skills to report on Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) and its implementation as an HIV prevention method. The fellowship is being offered by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), in conjunction with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The fellowship was created as it was found that despite advances in expanding access to VMMC and increased awareness of its role as part of HIV responses, "local and national efforts to scale up VMMC are relatively underreported in priority country media."

Based on the applications, judges will select 20 journalists to take part in an intensive 4-day story lab in Nairobi, Kenya, in February 2016. The lab will include briefings on VMMC and HIV prevention, as well as sessions on journalism skill-building, site visits, and one-on-one mentoring sessions. The fellows will have two months to complete their reporting projects, while working with ICFJ mentors throughout the process. The three best published stories will be selected to take part in a study tour in the United States in late 2016. The study tour will focus more generally on HIV prevention methods, building on the participants' knowledge of VMMC.

Click here for more information about the fellowship.

Application Info

ICFJ invites Journalists from Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to apply for this fellowship.

Applicants are asked to submit proposed story ideas/reporting projects related to VMMC, with the understanding that the fellowship will help prepare selected applicants for reporting on the topic. ICFJ will also offer a webinar for potential applicants to ask experts their questions about VMMC and the programme. This webinar is scheduled to take place in September, and information about the webinar will be posted on ICFJ website.

Click here to apply for the programme.

Date
Source

ICFJ website on August 25 2015.