Applications open for Kalimat Sudania Project – Sudan

Categories

• There will be 2 categories of beneficiaries:
  • Media outlets or media initiatives/platforms covering the challenges that young people are currently facing in Sudan or established and run by young people, especially women from Sudan.
  • 2 to 4 journalists from each selected media outlet.
• Kalimat Sudania project strives to increase the inclusion of young people in public debate, streng then local journalism and boost collaboration between the media and civil society, notably through local digital media.

Training Programmes

• Online capacity building workshops for the 16 selected media outlets
  • The selected media outlets and initiatives will benefit from 5 online capacity building workshops of 4 days each, in addition to a 6th 4-days online workshop to be organised on journalism in crisis and the role of the media in times of crisis. The workshops will take place between December 2023 and January 2024.
  • These sessions, led by experienced trainers and coaches, will aim to strengthen the skills of the participants (especially young people) and to discuss issues of common concern to the beneficiaries. Through capacity-building activities, information production, verification processes and media usage will be better understood by the beneficiaries. The workshops, based on practical exercises, sharing of best practices and case studies, will be adapted to the level of specialization and experience of the selected participants (based on an assessment after the selection of the beneficiaries) and will allow in-depth work on the following themes:
    • fundamental principles of journalism (including ethics, integrity and responsibility of journalists);
    • content innovative editorials adapted to the consumption patterns of young Sudanese people;
    • technical developments, interactivity and social media management, taking into account the comments/impressions of young people and user experience (on the site or platform);
    • fundraising and marketing (including how to reach your audience, to attract more audiences, forge partnerships with high visibility, etc.);
    • fact-checking, information verification, use of social networks and cyber security.
    • journalism in crisis and role of the media in times of crisis.
• Workshops for 64 journalists
  • In order to stimulate local journalism and encourage the media to work on themes relating to the daily concerns of citizens (especially during the current armed conflict), 2 to 4 journalists will be selected from each media :1 per theme = 4 journalists for 4 themes in total per media outlet (i.e. a total of 64 journalists).
  • Each training cycle will consist of:
    • One 4-day training course followed by a coaching course with support to produce contents on each thematic (with a break between the 2 courses).
    • The themes are:
      • General theme (2 days) for all journalists:
        • Fact-checking and combatting fake news.
  • Then 4 thematic trainings (4 days each) will be held in December –1 journalist per theme from each media outlet:
    • Covering crisis and conflicts and human rights violations.
    • Combatting hate speech learning ways to foster inclusion, respect of diversity and social cohesion, and gender-sensitive reporting.
    • Reporting on specific issues of concern for citizens during times of crises (livelihood, economy, food security, environment and climate change).
    • Gender sensitive reporting, covering women and youth and minority groups issues, inclusion and rights.
  • The second session of each thematic training will be held in January (4 days each):
    • It will include online coaching with exercises, discussions and report writing/content production. Groups of up to 3 journalists can be formed for content production to encourage collaboration between journalists.
    • Reports will be published by the journalist(s)’s media outlet and will also be shared with the other selected media outlets to encourage sharing reports and collaboration.
    • The selection of beneficiaries will be made according to clear and transparent criteria. The trainings, divided into different components, will be covered by experts and professionals from Sudan and the MENA region.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be a media outlet or a media initiative/platform covering the challenges that young people in Sudan are currently facing and covering those issues that are of interest to them and/or established and run by young people, especially women in Sudan;
• The applicants must be a Sudanese media outlet/initiative based inside or outside Sudan;
• The applicants should submit a list of 2 to 6 of their journalists for the thematic training with the journalists’ CVs and an example of content produced by the journalist;
• The applicant must have an interest in producing contents related to the topics included in the trainings and the desire to increase their knowledge and deepen their skills;
• The participants from each selected media outlet should have the language proficiency to attend the trainings in Arabic;
• The journalists from each media outlet must commit to produce a content related to the training programme and authorize CFI to reproduce and disseminate them (non-commercial use);
• The applicant and proposed journalists must demonstrate knowledge of local context, priorities and sensitivities and respect for diversity and social cohesion.

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