The YaLa Academy’s Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism brings together leading journalists and new media experts to train Middle Eastern and African youth in basic journalism techniques, photo- and video-journalism and 21st Century activism. Building upon an initiative launched in 2014 in partnership with the U.S. Institute of Peace, this online program is a unique combination of new media training and peacebuilding experience. In regions where media is too often a tool for nationalism, division and fear, YaLa citizen journalists are being empowered to express themselves and tell a very different kind of story.
Eligibility
- The YaLa Academy’s Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism invites you to undergo a 4-month online training program (starting in March 2016), including weekly online classes and seminars to help you become “citizen journalists.”
- The program will be held in English and participants must come from, or live in, the Middle East or Africa.
- Participants (aged 17 to 36) will be asked to write blogs, run interviews, and take photos and videos.
- Students will be required to take part in bi-monthly live chat sessions and to be part of a private Facebook working group. Committing to the program means that participants will be active on their working Facebook group, submit 4 mandatory assignments and regularly check their emails.
Structures
The School recruited journalism and new media experts to train and engage young leaders
(Aged 17-36) from across the Middle East and Africa in the following topics:
- ‘Journalism 101’ – writing, editing, interviewing, and ethical journalism;
- Photojournalism – photography and photo-editing to tell a story through images;
- Video Journalism – shooting, editing and presenting video-based stories;
- New Media – leveraging the power of social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,
- Blogs, etc.) To spread citizen journalism blogs, articles, videos and photography.
Deadline: February 15, 2016
To apply and for more information visit here
