DW Akademie Dialogue Fund: Innovation and Integrity 2025 – YOA

Deadline: November 23, 2025

Applications are open for the DW Akademie Dialogue Fund: Innovation and Integrity 2025. The subsequent chapter of journalism in Southern Africa can be about how journalists and newsroom use Artificial Intelligence (AI) – particularly machine studying, generative AI, pure language programming.

The Dialogue Fund helps constructive dialogue: they’re open on your concepts! They need to help fingers-on, modern options for dependable and balanced journalism within the public curiosity. You can apply for the fellowship with an concept to develop or implement a use case of AI for journalism. 

DW Akademie is Deutsche Welle’s heart for worldwide media growth, journalism coaching and data switch. Their tasks strengthen the human proper to freedom of expression and unhindered entry to data. DW Akademie empowers folks worldwide to make unbiased choices based mostly on dependable details and constructive dialogue.

Benefits

The fellowship contains:

• a stipend of 4000 Euros
• teaching in your AI innovation and integrity mission
• specialised coaching, should you want additional expertise to implement your concept   
• check-ins with fellow group media innovators from Southern Africa

Eligibility

• Your concept and your participation must be endorsed by your organisation.
• You should no less than be 21 years previous (or older) and have a passport (if from exterior Namibia) and be capable of journey to Windhoek in Namibia (journey bills can be coated).
• You have to be based mostly in Namibia, Malawi, Zimbabwe or in Botswana, Zambia, Eswatini, Lesotho.
• You should commit to moral journalism and its tips (just like the core ideas of the Ethical journalism Network)

Application

• Application: You pitch your concept to a variety panel. 
• Selection: They will contact brief listed functions for brief observe-up conversations earlier than awarding the fellowships.
• IdeaLab: One week. Refine your concept. Build a prototype. Exchange with different modern journalism practitioners from Southern Africa. 
• Build: Use the sources and teaching of the fellowship to develop your concept in observe. DW Akademie will present seed funding in addition to teaching and technical help.  
• Exchange: Engage with fellow media innovators from Southern Africa and get suggestions in your concepts. Join a group for innovation.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to DW Akademie.