HABARI NDIO HIYO,,,, Wajibika na Utatetemeshwa. U.S. - TopicsExpress



          

HABARI NDIO HIYO,,,, Wajibika na Utatetemeshwa. U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section United Nations Avenue P.O. Box 606 Village Market 00621 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: 254-20-3636203 Fax: 254-20-3636445 ________________________________ $1M Grant to Fund Great Storytelling on Key African Issues Nairobi, June 6, 2013 - A new $1 million programme of reporting grants for African journalists was launched in Addis Ababa on May 26 during the African Union 50th anniversary celebrations. The African Story Challenge will award over 100 reporting grants for stories on development issues. The new competition will offer journalists grants to support investigative, multimedia and data-driven stories that aim to improve health and prosperity across the continent. Journalists chosen for the grants will come together for intensive sessions to improve their project ideas. Grantees who produce the best stories published or broadcast in media that reach African audiences will win cash prizes or a major international reporting trip. The Story Challenge is a project of the African Media Initiative (AMI), the continent’s largest association of media owners and operators. AMI content development director and Knight International Journalism Fellow Joseph Warungu is leading the project. The Knight Fellowships are administered by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). The African Story Challenge is supported by an $800,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The African Story Challenge will run in five themed cycles. Grant requests for stories focusing on agriculture and food security, the first theme, will be accepted from May 26 to June 14, 2013. Other themes will include health, business and technology. For more information or to request an interview, contact: Maimouna Jallow Tel: + 254 788 279 091 / [email protected] Joseph Warungu Tel: +254-722-708-370 / [email protected]
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:27:46 +0000

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