BBC News Komla Dumor Award 2025 – YOA

Deadline: March 20, 2025

Applications are open for the BBC News Komla Dumor Award 2025. In its tenth 12 months, the BBC News Komla Dumor Award shall be made to an excellent particular person residing and dealing in Africa, who combines robust journalism abilities, on air aptitude, and an distinctive expertise in telling African tales with the ambition and potential to change into a star of the long run.

Komla Dumor was a journalist from Africa. His ardour was to inform African tales to the world with honesty and integrity. It’s a legacy that the BBC desires to proceed. 

The winner of the BBC World News Komla Dumor award will obtain a as soon as-in-a-lifetime coaching and improvement OPPORTUNITY with the BBC in London, beginning in early September 2025 and working for 3 months. Working with groups from throughout BBC News, the winner will produce an African story for the BBC and have their story and their voice shared throughout the continent and the world.  They shall be supported by a excessive-degree BBC mentor and attend programs run by the BBC’s world-class coaching division, the BBC Academy. 

Benefits

• The BBC can pay for the winner’s flights to and from the UK and for his or her visa. They may even organize and pay for the winner’s lodging in London throughout their placement.
• The winner will obtain a fundamental journalist wage throughout the three months in London (tax and deductions shall be made as applicable).

Eligibility

• To apply for this prestigious award, you should be presently residing and dealing as a journalist in Africa.
• You should even have the next abilities and expertise:
  • Excellent journalism abilities, together with in digital and social media;
  • Broadcasting expertise is preferable;
  • An glorious broadcasting character, voice and powerful presenting abilities with the power to carry out on the microphone and in entrance of the digital camera with aptitude;
  • The potential to determine and pitch a robust authentic African story thought, aligned to the BBC editorial pointers.

Application

• You should present a CV (most two pages) 
• You should maintain or be capable of receive by March 31, 2025 a passport that’s legitimate till not less than January 31, 2026
• You should not be a present or former member of BBC workers
• If profitable, your employer should be prepared to launch you for 3 months from September 2025  so that you can journey by yourself to take up your placement in London
• The visa requires that you simply maintain a level or are finding out in direction of a level equal to a UK Bachelor’s diploma from a recognised college
• References, proof of employment, delivery certificates, passport, an applicable UK visa and proof of degree of English shall be required from shortlisted candidates

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