Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters and exclusion from healthcare in more than 65 countries.
Following MSF India’s successful launch a fellowship programme for media in India focussing access to medicines, MSF India and MSF Southern Africa are now partners in implementing an international media fellowship during 2018.
For the first time, MSF Southern Africa and MSF India are inviting applications for the “MSF Media Fellowship”. The fellowship will fully fund reporting assignments for one South African journalist who can demonstrate the potential for incisive and original reporting.
WORTH
- A fellowship to the total value of Euro 3,500
- The fellowship will cover round-trip air tickets to India, local travel while in India, accommodation, per diem and other administrative issues
- To provide all the necessary support i.e. visa processing, payment for required vaccinations among other administrative issues
- Briefings from MSF experts on (medical) humanitarian principles and our work
ELIGIBILITY
- Professional journalists, including freelancers, working in print, television or online media in South Africa.
- Applicants must demonstrate a minimum of three to four years of professional experience of covering health, business, the pharmaceutical industry, intellectual property related issues, public policy and/or related issues.
To apply and for more information visit here
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