Deadline: 29 February 2024
The DW Akademie, Deutsche Welle’s center for international media development, journalism training and knowledge transfer, offers a series of workshops for media professionals in Algeria and Mauritania.
These workshops are part of the project “Talking about the environment: media and civil society take up ecological issues”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Auswärtiges Amt). Its aim is to support media professionals in producing high-quality articles and journalistic productions on environmental issues in the MENA region.
At the end of the project, a multi-stakeholder conference will bring together media representatives, experts and activists from the Maghreb. The objective is to discuss current media coverage and the role of journalism on environmental and climate issues facing the region.
What do they offer?
- The DW Akademie offers a series of interactive training workshops (online and face-to-face) in French and Arabic on environmental journalism, bringing together media professionals from , Mauritania and Algeria.
- Quality journalism training, focused on media production.
- Several individual research and production grants for selected participants production grants of a maximum of €350.
- The DW Akademie will cover travel, accommodation, catering and visa costs for participants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Media professionals and citizen journalists, bloggers and influencers (minimum 1-2 years of professional experience) from Mauritania and Algeria.
- Experienced or strongly motivated by the theme of environmental journalism and/or climate change.
- Written and oral proficiency in French or Arabic is mandatory.
- A thematic presentation on the environmental aspects that you wish to address in your media productions (1 page maximum, including an estimate of the production cost) will be a plus for your application.
- Access to a laptop or PC with a stable internet connection is a prerequisite for participation in the training workshops (participation in the online training via smartphone/mobile phone will not be possible).
- They accept individual applications as well as team applications (maximum two people per team).
- They plan to respect gender parity.
- They encourage people from marginalized groups and people with disabilities to apply.
For more information, visit DW Akademie.
