UN Reham Al-Farra (RAF) Memorial Journalism Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 3, 2026

Applications are invited for the UN Reham Al-Farra (RAF) Memorial Journalism Fellowship 2026. The Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship was mandated in December 1980 by United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution 35/201. Formerly often known as the DPI Training Programme for Broadcasters and Journalists from Developing Countries, the programme was renamed in 2003 in honor of Reham Al-Farra, a 29-yr-previous Jordanian UN Public Information Officer who was killed within the 19 August 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad.

The fellowship is a novel OPPORTUNITY for younger working journalists (between the ages of twenty-two-35) from growing international locations and international locations with economies in transition to cowl the UN. Hosted each autumn by the UN, the programme allows this choose group of journalists to study first-hand concerning the UN’s work and to cowl the General Assembly for his or her information retailers.

During the programme, fellows have a possibility to hearken to particular briefings, interview senior UN officers, and change concepts with colleagues from around the globe. In earlier years, RAF fellows have met with the UN Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, President of the General Assembly, consultants from the UN Secretariat, companies, funds and programmes, in addition to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations from their nation.  Fellows additionally meet with information organizations in New York and have numerous coaching periods with media consultants.

Eligibility

• The RAF fellowship is open to full-time working journalists between 22 and 35 years of age who’re nationals of the next growing international locations and international locations with economies in transition:
  • Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Assessment Criteria

• Applicants are assessed based mostly on a sequence of things, together with: your age, your skilled expertise, your protection of the UN’s work, the power of your portfolio, and your viewers attain. Consideration can be given to geographic variety and gender parity.

Application

You will want to submit the next together with the application kind: 

• At least 5 (5) work samples associated to the UN and/or its precedence points revealed within the final 6 months. These will be submitted in your native language. 
• Copy of your passport/nationwide ID.  
• Your CV in English. 
• Two reference letters.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to UN RAF Memorial Journalism Fellowship.