TIMETABLE: The first semester begins on 12 February (career-entry classes begin on 14 February), and the WCJ looks forward to welcoming the class of 2024! Follow the link below to view the timetable and essential info ahead of the academic year.
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@Journ_SA
is looking forward to the keynote address by Investigative journalist
@RanaAyyub
and announcing the winners of the
#TacoKuiper
investigative journalism awards on March 16, 2018
#TKAwards
| Congratulations to our joint winners,
@rayjoe
and
@wicks_jeff
. Their work looking into the SA lottery scandal and assassination of whistleblower
#BabitaDeokaran
respectively, was exemplary, showing passion and determination in the uncovering of dark truths.
And the winner is
@TomOdula
from BBC Africa Eye! He takes the top honour at the inaugural African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award for his shocking investigation titled Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea. Exemplary work!
#AIJC2023
[Study] Applications are open for the Honours in Journalism and Media Studies degree at Wits Journalism in 2019. Apply online at . Check out this video for more information about the programme from current students and alumni
READ: โMobile journalism is the fastest way to change how Africa's story is toldโ, says
@yegonemmanuel_
of
@MoJo_Africa
.
In an interview with
@risj_oxford
, Emmanuel speaks about the potential this discipline has to reshape Africa's news industry.
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The newly established Wits Centre for Journalism is looking to appoint a Director to take overall responsibility for implementing its strategy and vision .
Applications close on 13 August 2021
APPLY: Are you a working journalist or student seeking to enrich your professional skills?
Sign up for Wits' journalism short courses, kicking off in June!
- Intro to financial journalism
- Online journalism
- Photo, TV and radio journalism
JOB OPPORTUNITY:
@Newzroom405
is looking for a results-driven reporter based in the Western Cape, who will be responsible for sourcing & crafting unique stories, writing scripts & curating submissions from citizen journalists.
๐๏ธ Deadline: 30 Nov
Details:
[Vacancy] The African Investigative Journalism Conference (
@AIJC_Conference
) seeks to fill the following posts: Programming assistant; Newsroom editor and a sub-editor. . Submit your applications by July 10.
And we're off!
@AntonHarber
officially opens the 18th
@AIJC_Conference
.
"It's our coming of age, and what a time to be doing it. It's the first time in three years we've been able to get together in person again."
#AIJC2022
READ: Veteran journalist and editor
@beetromp
is set to take the reins of the African Investigative Journalism Conference in 2024.
He talks about his career, stepping up, and excitement to convene one of the continent's flagship journalism gatherings:
[Opportunity] Thomson Reuters Foundation, in partnership with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism are looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means
APPLY:
@gijn
invites journalists from developing countries to apply for the GIJC Fellowship. This will assist those who wish to attend the
#GIJC23
conference but are unable to afford the cost of travel with airfare, accommodation and more.
Details:
[Study] Applications are open for the Honours in Journalism and Media Studies degree at Wits Journalism in 2019. Apply online at . Check out this video for more information about the programme from current students and alumni
[Opportunity] Thomson Reuters Foundation, in partnership with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, is looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means
APPLY:
@pulitzercenter
invites journalists to apply for the Ocean Reporting Network, working to uncover the harmful practices of the fishing and extractive industries, systemic threats to marine biodiversity and coastal communities, and more.
Details:
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Primedia Broadcastingโs
@ewnupdates
is looking for a
#reporter
to join its team in Sandton.
Applicants need at least four years of journalism experience in order to be considered for the role.
Deadline: 17 March.
Details:
[FELLOWSHIP] Civicus and its partners is inviting journalists, media professionals and producers reporting in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, or Portuguese to apply for the 2020 Media Fellowship worth $3000 .
Submit your application by 28 August 2020
The newly established Wits Centre for Journalism is looking to appoint a Director to take overall responsibility for implementing its strategy and vision โฆ.
Applications close on 20 August 2021
REGISTER: Ahead of the 2024 national and provincial elections,
@SAEditorsForum
and
@IECSouthAfrica
invite journalists to a one-day training session in Johannesburg on 'Media in Elections'.
๐๏ธ Tuesday 8 August, 8:30am to 4pm.
RSVP: dzudzie
@sanef
.org.za
๐Thabo Leshilo announces the joint winners of the 2021
#TacoKuiperAwards
๐
Pieter-Louise Myburgh, Daily Maverick, Digital Vibes and Susan Comrie and Dewald van Rensburg, amaBhungane, UPL Chemical Disaster.
Wits Journalism is pleased to announce the appointment of two Ruth First Fellows for 2019, Bongani Koma and
@NickolausBauer
. They are both doing research around this yearโs theme Migrancy and Populism
#RuthFirst2019
After a monumental 22 years at the WCJ, Prof
@franzkruger
steps down from his role as adjunct professor, leaving behind an important legacy as the driving force behind the departmentโs transition to a Centre, and pioneer of a thriving Wits Radio Academy.
The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Prof Ruksana Osman,
@SAEditorsForum
and Wits Journalism invite you to the 15th annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture . Niren Tolsi will speak on: Fire and Media: Towards a New South African Journalism
#RuthFirst
APPLY: Join our upcoming Wits accredited TV short course, designed for anyone wanting to take a refresher or transfer their skills to television or audio-visual media. Details below.
Complete this application form & email to admissions
@journalism
.co.za |
@NirenTolsi
@nirentolsi
: Media is mesmerised and blinded by the fire, and what it is burning: libraries, schools, tyres, vehicles, immigrants. There is rarely reporting on community issues before the protest or whether grievances were addressed afterwards.
#RuthFirst
APPLY:
@AfricanLiberty
invites aspiring op-ed writers to apply for its 12-month writing fellowship, designed to train those interested in pursuing a career in critical and analytical writing.
๐ Deadline: 30 April.
Details:
#TKAwards
| Congratulations to our runners-up
@aron_hyman
,
@GraemeHosken
, and Tankiso Makhetha from
@TimesLIVE
for their riveting investigation into the zama zama turf wars in western Johannesburg and Mogale City.
#SJP2023
WCJ Director
@DineshBalliah
: "This conference is a gesture of an international commitment to make journalism sustainable financially, socially, and culturally. We are deeply committed to sustainability and to journalism that is shaped by Africa & its everyday realities."
REGISTER:
@risj_oxford
has announced the next series of its global journalism seminars.
๐ All seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 1pm UK time, except the first (see image below).
๐ Details:
OPPORTUNITY: State of the Newsroom is looking for a country partner in Southern, Eastern or Western Africa to produce a State of the Newsroom report in English.
Deadline: 31 May 2022.
Congrats to runner-up of the 2023 African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award
@DewaldvanRensb1
from
@amaBhungane
for his thorough investigation into how "shape-shifting money launderers" infiltrated SA banks. Incredible work ๐
APPLY: Short Courses at the Wits Centre for Journalism
- Online journalism
- Intro to financial journalism
- Photo, TV and radio journalism
Courses start soon!
Weโve collated a list of fellowships, grants, awards and other opportunities with fast-approaching February deadlines | From
@jamlabafrica
, a Wits Journalism project
Apply for the Investigative Journalism course or certificate taking place from 28 Feb โ 07 June 2022.
This course will take you through the history, ethics, tools and practice of investigative reporting.
Find out more about the course here:
It's our pleasure to welcome Justice Bernard Ngoepe to deliver the keynote address at the
#WCJLaunch
. "So powerful is the media that it must have structural independence. The media can change the course of a country's history. We need to know how to use it."
A warm welcome to our career-entry honours class of 2024! It's been a busy and productive first week, and we look forward to seeing you shine in the
@WitsVuvuzela
newsroom in the months to come. ๐กโ๏ธ๐
And we're off!
@AntonHarber
gets the 19th
@AIJC_Conference
underway.
"We're proud to be the biggest gathering of working journalists on the continent. It's great to be amongst our people."
#AIJC2023
@AntonHarber
@AntonHarber
: We have much to celebrate and honour this year, for I know of only a few times in the history of a nation when journalists have played such a clear and crucial role in bringing a country back from the brink.
#TacoKuiper
KAS Media Africa is once again calling for suitably qualified African journalists to apply for a scholarship for a post graduate Journalism degree at the prestigious University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg
OPPORTUNITY:
@News24
has a number of internship positions open in its Joburg and Cape Town offices for digitally savvy journalists, as part of the Media24 Graduate Programme.
Deadline: 20 November. Twelve-month contract starting in Feb 2023.
Details:
Call for Applications | The Ruth First fellowship is intended to allow Fellows to pursue an in-depth project of original research that can be presented in ways that influence thinking, discussion and debate in RSA.
Find details on how to apply here
WCJ director
@DineshBalliah
pays tribute to the giants of industry who laid the foundations for what the Centre is today, and thanks everyone for attending what has been a special launch.
NEW: The Wits Centre for Journalism and
@RealAWiM
are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance their common goals of creating enabling environments for African women who work in media industries.
๐ Read more here:
REGISTER: Enhance your skillset with our Journalism for Communicators certificate, designed for anyone wanting to learn the basics of journalism.
๐ Classes start on 20 February at 4pm.
Complete this form and email it to admissions
@journalism
.co.za -
APPLY:
@AfricaCheck
and
@fojo_int
invite working African fact-checkers and journalists to apply for a 12-day fact-checking fellowship programme. Develop your skills to better fight disinformation and find reliable data.
๐ Deadline: 12 May.
Apply here:
Are you in your final year of studies? Are you interested in becoming a journalist? Apply to join the Wits Journalism career-entry Honours programme in 2019: .
@Journ_SA
The WCJ is pleased to welcome Dr
@JobMwaura
to the team, who joins us as a Research Associate. He brings a wealth of experience and passion to his new role, and we're looking forward to supporting his work in spaces of digital innovation.
๐ Read more:
READ: Worldwide, no one has been brought to justice in nearly 80% of the 263 cases of journalists murdered in retaliation for their work.
@babahyd
and
@PennySukhraj
call to end impunity for crimes against journalists at
@AIJC_Conference
.
Full article:
APPLY:
@mailandguardian
is inviting young journalists to apply for a fully paid internship at its Johannesburg offices.
Deadline: 18 March 2022.
More here:
APPLY:
@OCCRP
and
@OpenOwnership
invite journalists and researchers to apply for their Research and Data Fellowship, an 8-week hybrid program that kicks off in November. Travel costs for successful applicants are included.
๐๏ธ Deadline: 29 Sept.
Details:
INTERNSHIP: Broad Media, which owns
@mybroadband
,
@BusinessTechSA
and
@TopAutoSA
, is looking for a journalism graduate to join its latest internship programme in Centurion.
This is a paid position that runs for 3 months.
๐ Deadline: 12 June.
Details:
[Vacancy] Our newly established Wits Centre for Journalism is looking to appoint a Director to take overall responsibility for implementing its strategy and vision.
Apply by the 21st of January:
#witsuniversity
#wearehiring
#director
#witscentre
The African Investigative Journalism Conference officially starts with a welcome from
@AntonHarber
, โIt gives me great delight to welcome each one of you today for our 15th AIJCโ
#AIJC19
#DAY1
#Journalism
EVENT: Join us for the screening of award-winning documentary "Murder in Paris" from renowned director
@EnverSamuel
, a political thriller that traces the motives for the assassination of anti-Apartheid activist, Dulcie September.
๐ RSVP by 17 February. Details below:
JOB OPPORTUNITIES:
@Bhekisisa_MG
has three vacant positions:
1. Health journalist
2. Senior health journalist
3. Engagement and impact officer
Applications close on 18 July 2022
#JournalismJobs
We Are Hiring! Join Our Team
Wits Centre for Journalism is looking to appoint a Director to take overall responsibility for implementing its strategy and vision.
Apply by the 21st Jan 2021
Please apply by using this link:
#witscentre
#JobSeekersSA
Congratulations to
@africacheck
on winning the 2019 Fact Forward Fund worth $50,000 to invest in their WhatsApp fact-checking show, โWhatโs Crap on WhatsApp?โ
Congratulations to this year's Taco Kuiper Award winners, Jeff Wicks (
@wicks_jeff
) and Kyle Cowan (
@CowansView
) for their "Killing Kinnear" investigative piece produced for
@News24
. See their winning work here: .
#TKAwards
โณ Entries for the
@AfricaCheck
2021 African Fact-Checking Awards close at midnight GMT on Aug 1.
Winner of the working journalist category will get a prize of US$3,000, while the winner of the student journalist category will get $2,000.
Apply here
PAID INTERNSHIP: Broad Media calls on aspiring journalists to apply for its journalism internship programme, based in Centurion.
Learn to cover the latest news, produce interesting features, and sub-edit articles for publication.
Details:
DEADLINE IS TODAY | KAS Media Africa is once again calling for suitably qualified African journalists to apply for a scholarship for a post graduate Journalism degree at the prestigious University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg