The MFOR Fellowship is uniquely designed to support senior or mid-career journalists to deepen their mastery of oil and gas reporting through a tailored professional capacity development program over a period of one year. Fellows will have the opportunity to engage in a range of formal and informal learning opportunities, including financial and technical support for the creation of extractives stories, attendance at international media events and participation in regional international extractive industries events.
WORTH
Subject to final agreement with the fellows, NRGI anticipates offering fellows benefits such as:
- Full sponsorship to fellows to participate in an international journalism conference/course
- Full sponsorship to fellows to participate in one NRGI regional course cum exchange meeting
- Financial support of up to USD 3,000 to complete reporting projects over the course of the fellowship
ELIGIBILITY
- Up to four years of continuous journalism experience
- Proven record of reporting on oil and gas topics
- Advanced journalism skills including the ability to apply more sophisticated journalism techniques
- Newsroom leadership potential
- Willingness and ability to commit to the demands of the fellowship
- Explicit support from their media organization to pursue all aspects of this fellowship or demonstrated relationships with media houses if a freelancer
- Female journalists are strongly encouraged to apply.
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