Deadline: November 1st 2023 | SANEF Mentorship Programme To Support Journalism Story Production
| Title; | SANEF Mentorship Programme To Support Journalism Story Production |
| Organisation: | South African National Editors Forum |
| Fund/Grant: | Get a financial gift to help with the costs of the investigation, research, and publication of the story. |
| Deadline: | November 1st 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | South Africa |
For journalists in their early to mid-career, SANEF offers an exciting opportunity to get mentoring from global authorities. The Guild is providing funding, editorial support, and legal assistance through a project run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation to create high-quality journalism on issues linked to media capture in the South African press. In this context, the term “media capture” refers to a collection of detrimental and constricting circumstances that have an adverse effect on media independence. Both state and non-state actors may be a part in it. Media capture investigates how the two overlap.
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While developing the material, the mentorship process includes one-on-one help (often via remote communication) to offer comments on story ideas, journalism quality and accuracy, and ethical issues. In order to identify and handle pertinent legal risks and issues, successful applicants will also receive pre-publication assessment from highly qualified attorneys.
The agreement that the participating journalists will sign requires them to commit to all of the program’s requirements.
These elements consist of:
- Creating at least one piece of content on a media capture topic.
- Taking part in a mentoring programme to assist in the creation of material that is centred on quality and moral behaviour.
- Taking part in a mentorship process focused on identifying legal risks in the narrative and providing advice on how to mitigate them before it is published.
- Taking part in the mentoring programme for the full six-week period (around two hours each week).
- Until each of these requirements has been met, journalists will not be deemed to have finished the scheme.
Benefits
If chosen to take part in the mentorship programme, you will:
- Get a financial gift to help with the costs of the investigation, research, and publication of the story.
- Before publication or transmission, receive editorial advice from mentors with extensive experience in journalism.
- Have a lawyer available to you who can advise you on how to avoid legal pitfalls when creating your work, such as libel and defamation. Before publishing, the attorney will also check your article.
- Journalists having between two and eight years of expertise in their field.
- Journalists with credentials and membership in a professional organisation.
- Journalists having experience in investigative reporting, covering general concerns related to media freedom and/or freedom of expression.
- Journalists with a great desire to research and comprehend these problems.
- Journalists who can commit to the mentoring process as outlined above (2 hours each week for 6 weeks) and spend time working on their story. The time spent with the mentor and attorney throughout the specified timeframe is represented by this duration.
- Both staff writers and independent journalists. To participate, journalists employed by news organisations must receive prior written approval from their editor or newsrooms.
- Journalists who work in different media (such as print, web, radio, and television).
- Journalists who are based in South Africa or who are employed by one or more South African media outlets.
- English fluency is required of journalists.
- Journalists participating in the mentorship programme must be prepared to discuss their content and story plans with the chosen mentors and attorneys.
FUNDING
- The costs involved with the investigation, research, and publication of the article will be covered by the funding awarded to those whose applications are accepted.
APPLICATIONS
A story pitch should include a compelling story concept related to problems with media capture and a succinct outline of a strategy for conducting the necessary research and writing the story.
- The curriculum vitae.
- Broadcast journalists can submit their scripts and a summary as two examples of your work. If this piece was written locally, a translation into English would be appreciated. Please include a link if it is available online so that the website can be translated.
- A note from your editor approving your involvement in the mentorship programme and, preferably, stating that they will publish the piece.
- We will nonetheless take into account your application even if the letter from your editor does not specifically say that the piece will be published.
- Candidates must present a budget for their expenses.
- Applications should be sent to dzudzie@sanef.org.za.
For more information, visit the SANEF Mentorship program’s official website.
