FIJ Adejumobi Adegbite Fellowship 2025 for Young Journalists in Nigeria – YOA

Deadline: May 26, 2025

The Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) is accepting functions for the Adejumobi Adegbite Fellowship for Young Journalists, a one-yr program honoring the reminiscence of the late journalist and U.S. Consulate Lagos’ Information Specialist, who handed away in July 2023. With assist from the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, the fellowship is open to early-profession journalists with an curiosity in investigative, multimedia, and knowledge-pushed reporting.

FIJ’s objective for this fellowship is to empower 10 rising journalists with not more than 5 years of expertise in TV, radio, print, and on-line media to develop investigative, multimedia, moral journalism and knowledge-pushed reporting by means of workshops and mentorship.

U.S. Consulate Public Affairs Officer Julie McKay famous that Adegbite was an excellent journalist and a invaluable member of the U.S. Consulate Public Diplomacy Section.

Benefits

• The 10 profitable fellows will obtain cellular journalism instruments, steerage, and mentorship to supply impactful public curiosity tales.

Eligibility

• The fellowship is open solely to rising Nigerian journalists with lower than 5 years work expertise. Interns, freelance journalists, part-time and full-time media professionals are eligible.
• This is a completely Nigerian fellowship. Applicants should be energetic working journalists who’re completely resident in Nigeria and will not be alumni or prior contributors of any U.S. authorities trade packages.
• Each journalist should submit two investigative tales revealed in the 24 months previous the submission deadline.
• Entries that embrace options, analyses, and op-eds can be disqualified.
• Short-listed candidates should be obtainable to take part in the opening and shutting classes in Lagos, and two on-line classes in between.

Application

Applicants are to e mail the next to [email protected] on or earlier than Monday, May 26, 2025:

• Two investigative tales revealed in the 24 months previous the submission deadline.
• A private assertion of no more than 1000 phrases analyzing what evokes you as a journalist, and the way this fellowship can assist you advance your profession targets.
• A curriculum vitae.

For extra data, go to FIJ Adejumobi Adegbite Fellowship.