Apply for WAN-IFRA WIN Leadership Accelerator Program

This is a high-impact programme with demonstrable results: on average 60% of successful graduates report direct career progression (promotion, or lateral move of their choice) within 3 months of programme completion.

Successful applicants will receive training in key newsroom and media management issues, while establishing a global network of peers. Participants will also benefit from one-on-one coaching sessions with an ICF-certified coach to create their 3-5 year career roadmaps.

WIN Global Accelerator Modules 

• Leadership and Management
  • Leadership and Management Fundamentals Exploring Organizational Contexts and Cultures Strategy 101 for Inclusive Organizations
• Adapting Business Development Thinking for Newsrooms
  • Strategic thinking and building a business development mindset
• Age of Al in the Newsroom
  • Understand the practical usages and risks for newsrooms
• Digital Strategy Part 1
  • Navigating digital disruption and the foundations of digital strategy
• Digital Strategy Part 2
  • Devising a content strategy Audience engagement
• Change Management
  • importance of building good teams for maximum delivery
• Finance for Non-Finance Managers
  • To provide finance literacy and techniques
• Gender Equality and Inclusion in Content
  • Provide skills on how to ensure content is balanced for media business
• Managing and Preventing Sexual Harassment
  • Create awareness on how to be safe and help protect colleagues from sexual harassment
• Digital Security and Online Harassment
  • Prevent online threats and boost digital security

Eligibility Criteria 

• The successful applicant will possess the following:
  • 5-10 years’ direct newsroom experience as a journalist (reporter, correspondent editor).
  • demonstrated passion for the news media industry and a commitment to gender equality and inclusion, as well as principles of press freedom.
  • identify as a woman and/or be drawn from a historically vulnerable/at risk community.
  • be located outside of the traditional WIN Accelerator markets.
  • possess strong spoken and written knowledge of English (the program will be delivered primarily in English).
  • the ability to commit 1-2 hours per week for 12 weeks in order to participate thoroughly in the program (candidates who miss more than 2 seminars will be given an incomplete).
  • Age Limit 26-30

For more information, visit WAN-IFRA WIN.