Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) Fellowship 2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: January 31, 2027

Applications are open for the Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) Fellowship 2027. The fifteenth Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) will probably be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from October 19 – 23, 2027, and is being co-hosted by GIJN and De Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten (VVOJ) — the Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists — which has performed an outsized position in selling high quality investigative reporting within the area and throughout Europe since its founding in 2002. The convention venue will probably be de Deolen ICC Rotterdam, an iconic live performance and congress middle positioned within the coronary heart of town.

Like its many predecessor occasions, GIJC27 will function greater than 150 state-of-the-artwork professional panels, slicing-edge workshops, and the most effective networking within the enterprise. They will cowl on-line search methods, panels on investigating and utilizing AI, finest practices for cross-border collaboration, exiled media ideas and instruments, and extra. They will probably be internet hosting prime journalists who’ve developed modern makes use of of know-how to carry energy to account, and others who’ve labored in environments with press freedom limitations and refined methods to proceed investigating whereas sustaining excessive requirements and decreasing dangers. There will probably be specialists on satellite tv for pc imagery, synthetic intelligence, local weather change, corruption, and information journalism, amongst others. It may also be a novel OPPORTUNITY to community and collaborate together with your colleagues from 100-plus nations.

With the help of their sponsors and companions, the convention is providing fellowships to journalists from the Global South, and people from traditionally underrepresented teams to take part. Competition is eager, so it’s essential persuade the organisers that you’ll make nice use of the coaching that GIJC27 presents.

Benefits

GIJC27 Full Fellowships embody:

• Round-trip airfare to Rotterdam, The Netherlands (or nearest main airport);
• Transport between airport and the convention lodge;
• Hotel lodging for 4 nights;
• Cocktail reception on the night of October nineteenth;
• Breakfast on convention days (October 20 – 23);
• Lunch on full convention days (October 20 – 23);
• Award ceremony dinner on the night of October twenty second;
• Conference registration price.

Eligibility

• Open to skilled print, on-line, tv, video, radio, documentary, and multimedia journalists, together with freelance journalists in creating or transitioning nations;
• Experience in investigative or information journalism a plus;
• They prioritize journalists from the Global South, and people from traditionally underrepresented teams. If you’re unable to cowl the price to attend the convention, and are from a rustic that’s not part of the list, apply anyway and inform them extra info beneath “Additional Notes.”

Application

Following the convention, fellows are required to both produce a narrative instantly associated to GIJC27 or give a presentation based mostly on the information you gained at GIJC27 to your colleagues or the journalism group at giant. You’ll want a working information of English, because the convention panels and workshops will probably be carried out on this language. Submit your fellowship application in English.

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For extra info, go to GIJC Fellowship.