Deadline: 28 February 2016
The Leading Change Journalism Bursary program invites young persons from the commonwealth region, who are keen to develop their journalism skills and experience while building a portfolio.
Award Information
5 bursaries of up to £900 will be awarded to one young person from each commonwealth regions.
Eligibility Criteria
- The young people from the following commonwealth regions can apply: Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, Caribbean and Americas and Pacific.
- To be considered for the bursary, participants need to tell the usage of money to prepare content for Leading Change, be it written articles, photo-journalism, radio or video content.
- Participants can send their pitch in any format- from a Word doc to a short video.
- The pitch may include the following-
- Stories to be covered;
- People to be featured;
- Places to be reported from- giving sense of those places to people who’ve never been there;
- Number of stories that can be produced in a respective format and duration;
- Interesting features in the stories to attract the young leaders in commonwealth;
- Lessons to be learnt or inspirations to be taken from the stories for the audience; and
- Total bursary amount being applied for.
How to Apply
The pitch can be sent through an email with ‘Leading Change Journalism Bursary’ as the subject line.
For more information, please visit Leading Change.
