Urbanization, resource extraction, forestry concessions, rangelands, the growth of agri-business: Property Rights underpin a myriad of major issues that African reporters cover every day. Access to land is crucial to boosting productivity, alleviating poverty and eradicating hunger, addressing gender inequalities, and identifying solutions to the barriers hindering agricultural growth on the continent.
This program, which is a collaboration between the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, will assist Southern African journalists to understand property rights and incorporate it in their reporting, whether they are coveridng business and industry, the environment, urban revitalization, indigenous rights, food security, or a range of other topics.
WORTH
We will cover all transport and subsistence costs for journalists from South Africa, and we will cover airfare, lodging, and subsistence for journalists from other Southern African countries.
ELIGIBILITY
- Journalists working for domestic media anywhere in Southern Africa are eligible
- Journalists working in any medium may apply—print, radio, TV, online
- Journalists must be fluent in English
- Journalists must have a minimum of one year’s experience. They should either be working full-time for a media organization, or a freelancer whose main work is journalism
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