Pulitzer Center Lavwa Lenpak – Africa Content Creators Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: August 26, 2026

Are you a content material creator in Africa and keen about forest governance and human rights? Apply for the second cohort of Pulitzer Center Lavwa Lenpak, this system for content material creators in Africa, and learn to use investigative journalism to interact your group and make an impression. This second version of this system is devoted to governance and human rights within the forestry sector, with a selected concentrate on the Congo Basin.

They are in search of African content material creators to contribute in strengthening their standing as trusted voices inside their communities, drawing inspiration from journalism. By equipping content material creators to raised perceive problems with public curiosity, strengthen their vital pondering, and produce dependable content material, Lavwa Lenpak builds a bridge between Pulitzer Center-supported journalism and audiences in Africa, remodeling advanced journalistic investigations into accessible, participating digital content material tailor-made for social media.

Benefits

• Access to Pulitzer Center-supported reporting and journalistic assets. 
• Opportunities to collaborate with journalists, in addition to personalised suggestions on their content material. 
• Masterclasses on disinformation and the position of trusted voices, inventive storytelling, and scriptwriting. 
• A participation stipend of $500, paid on the finish of this system upon approval of all required deliverables.
• The OPPORTUNITY to contribute to a broader dialog on accountability, forest governance and human rights in Africa.

Eligibility

• Open to African candidates.
• They are on the lookout for content material creators, influencers, trusted messengers, journalist-creators, and group voices who’re keen about informing and fascinating their audiences by significant storytelling.

Application

Only shortlisted candidates can be contacted. If you don’t hear from the organisers inside the weeks following the application deadline, it means your application was not chosen for this version.

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For extra data, go to Pulitzer Center Lavwa Lenpak.