Ikeja Record Community Report Award 2024 (up to ₦500,000)

Deadline: December 10, 2024

Applications are open for the Ikeja Record Community Report Award 2024. The Ikeja Record, a community-focused publication, is proud to announce the launch of the Ikeja Record Community Report Award, a brand new initiative aimed toward spotlighting untold tales from Lagos communities. This prestigious award offers mid-career journalists with an OPPORTUNITY to obtain funds to analysis, develop, and publish impactful tales that deliver underrepresented narratives to gentle.

The Ikeja Record is a group newspaper that covers the Ikeja space of Lagos state and its environs. They produce authentic, non-partisan reporting on the politics, enterprise, and tradition of their group. Their journalism is guided by the necessity to present sensible data that may deepen democracy, enhance financial and social effectively being, and spark pleasure.

Award

• Selected applicant will obtain a sum of ₦500,000.

Eligibility

• Open to freelance journalists and people affiliated with media organizations;
• Be enthusiastic about telling tales that drive significant group engagement;
• Journalists are required to submit a narrative pitch by December 10, 2024, outlining the distinctive community-focused story they intend to pursue.

Entries can be evaluated on originality, relevance, feasibility, and the potential to amplify the voices of Lagos communities. The award displays Ikeja Record’s dedication to development-driven journalism and its mission to inform tales that matter.

Application

Interested journalists ought to submit their story pitches, together with a short bio and two hyperlinks to beforehand printed work, to [email protected] by December 10, 2024. No attachment is required however the e-mail topic line ought to embody ‘Community Report Award’.

For extra data, go to Ikeja Record Community Report Award.