29 Opportunities for Journalists and Young Professionals 2024 are Currently Open – September 26, to DECEMBER 2024

1. Kectil Program 2025 for Youth Leaders

“KECTIL” is an acronym that refers to the Knowles Educational and Charitable Trust for International Leadership. The Program connects talented youth leaders born for greatness in developing countries worldwide for deep discussion and networking about issues that matter, as well as proposed actions to improve the quality of life locally and globally. The Program is offered for free from the Malmar Knowles Family Foundation. Youth in the Kectil Program are referred to as Kectil Colleagues.
Click here for details | Deadline: Ongoing

2. Oxford Climate Journalism Network 202

This is a unique opportunity to join a global network, and learn from peers and academics, while developing your own expertise and career in climate journalism. Members of the network will participate in a six-month online programme with access to world-leading experts, dedicated workshops and a community of 100 journalists from all continents.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 13

3. Youth Look Up Innovation Challenge 2025 (Up to $2,500) 

This challenge is for exceptional youth advocates, storytellers, and innovators with bold ideas to address the youth mental health crisis through digital wellbeing and youth-led movements and solutions.
Click here for details | Deadline: November 15

4. Grow Your Career with the Youth Transition Program 5.0 are now open

The Youth Transition Program (YTP) is an initiative of Access through the implementation of NerdzFactory Foundation to equip young individuals across South West Nigeria and beyond with a unique opportunity to be equipped with digital skills and positioned for emerging opportunities globally.
Click here for details | Deadline: September 30, 2024

5. Internet Society Youth Ambassador Program 2025

Each year, the Internet Society chooses fifteen young, passionate people to participate in their Youth Ambassador Program, equipping the next generation of Internet leaders to collaborate and innovate for a better world.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 8, 2024 

6. Collier Award for Ethics in Journalism 2025: (Deadline 9 December, 2024)

The Peter F. Collier Award for Ethics in Journalism celebrates acts of journalism by student and professional journalists that meet the highest ethical standards in the face of pressure or incentives to do otherwise. The award is administered by the Ethics & Journalism Initiative at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. This is the award’s inaugural year, and it will be granted annually.
Click here to apply | Deadline: December 9

7. ICUA/UNESCO IITE Youth Innovation Contest 2024

Are you passionate about protecting our planet? Do you have creative ideas that could help tackle global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, or sustainable living? Then this is your chance to shine.
Click here for details | Deadline: September 30, 2024

8. Solutions Journalism Network European Climate Fellowship 2024/2025

Are you an editorial leader in Europe looking to transform climate change coverage in your newsroom? Apply now for the Solutions Journalism Network European Climate Fellowship 2024/2025. The Solutions Journalism Network and the European Journalism Centre invite 12 forward-thinking media leaders to join their new fellowship programme aimed at revolutionising how climate issues are reported across Europe.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 6

9. Youth Innovation Essay Prize 2024 (R10,000 Grand Prize) 

The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town, along with Douglas Knowledge Partners, are thrilled to announce the fourth annual Youth Innovation Prize (YIP) in partnership with the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 18

10. CERC Migration Journalism Fellowship Program 2025

Journalists who would like to deepen their professional knowledge about immigration and migrant integration research are invited to apply for a one-month residency with CERC Migration at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 1

11. Reporting Together: German Ukrainian Journalist Exchange 2025 (stipend of €1,000) 

n-ost, in cooperation with the Prague Civil Society Center, invites 10 journalists from Ukraine and Germany to take part in the “Reporting Together: German-Ukrainian Journalist Exchange”. This project is designed to strengthen the professional ties between journalists in both countries and foster on-the-ground reporting on Ukraine in the German media. The project will begin with an in-person meeting in Berlin on 12-15 November 2024 and run till the end of January 2025.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 6

12. True Story Award 2025 for journalists ($20,000 Prize) 

 The True Story Award is the first global journalism prize. Its aim is to make reporters’ voices known beyond the borders of their home countries, and in doing so to increase the diversity of perspectives offered in the media. The True Story Award will be conferred by an independent foundation and honours reporters writing in 10 languages, who have distinguished themselves by the depth of their research, the quality of their journalism and its social relevance.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 22

13. EJN Investigative Story Grant and Training Program for Indigenous & Tribal Journalists 2025

To increase Indigenous representation-and by extension, knowledge equity-in environmental reporting, EJN is launching a training program for up to 6 Indigenous journalists looking to investigate and produce stories about these varied issues.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 16

14. UNESCO × SEVENTEEN “Going Together – For Youth Creativity and Well-Being” Grant Scheme 2024

The  “Going Together – For Youth Creativity and Well-Being”, the Global Youth Grant Scheme with UNESCO and K-pop group SEVENTEEN, will fund 100 youth-led action projects worldwide.
Click here for details | Deadline: September 30

15. AIJC African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award 2024 

All African journalists are invited to submit entries for the 2024 WCJ/AIJC African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award. The Award, supported by Absa, recognises outstanding examples of investigative reporting from Africa that reveal untold stories, hold the powerful to account, question those in public life and serve the public interest.
Click here for details | Deadline: September 30

16. Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work 2025 

Organised and delivered by the Commonwealth Youth Programme, the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work aims to recognise and celebrate young people in the Commonwealth who are spearheading impactful, sustainable development work in their communities. This year, the Commonwealth Foundation and the Khalili Foundation have joined as their partners for the 2025 Awards to offer additional grants and prizes to eligible applicants.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 18

17. Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) Policy Forum 2024

This program offers a unique opportunity to learn, share and contribute to the development of effective and progressive social enterprise policies. Join policymakers, thought leaders and social enterprises from around the world as they spotlight best practice, raise awareness and foster the transfer and replication of successful social enterprise policies.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 23

18. YOCILAB Young Graduate Fellowship 2024

The Young Graduate Fellowship is a comprehensive program designed to empower young graduates aged 18 to 29 in Cameroon. Recognizing the challenges faced by young graduates in accessing opportunities and transitioning into the workforce, this fellowship aims to equip them with essential skills in entrepreneurship, mental health, and employment readiness. By providing training, mentorship, and networking opportunities, the fellowship seeks to enhance their employability, promote mental well-being, and foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 15

19. Call for Pitches For Journalistic Stories for Whistleblowing 

Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection is announcing a 2nd round for story ideas about whistleblowing and whistleblowers. The goal is to stimulate the journalists in the region to use whistleblowers as good source of information, and the whistleblowers to see media and journalists as good partner in combating organize crime and corruption.
Click here for details | Deadline: December 31

20.  EJN Journalist Fellowship for Infrastructure Reporting in Southeast Asia 2024-2025

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is launching its second Journalist Fellowship for Infrastructure Reporting in Southeast Asia to equip early- to mid-career journalists with training, mentoring and story grants to report on infrastructural development and its impacts on the environment and human rights.
Click here for details | Deadline: September 30

21, 22, 23,….,29 Exciting Internship Opportunities with United Nations Development Programme IT Management (UNDP ITM) 2025 (Paid) 

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