Maternal Figures partners with Code For Africa to offer solutions journalism fellowships
Maternal Figures will partner with Code For Africa (CfA), Africa’s largest federation of affiliated civic technology and data journalism laboratories, to offer reporting and editorial fellowships to journalists in Nigeria. Over the next year, the two organizations will support Nigerian journalists and editors interested in reporting on maternal health from a solutions journalism perspective.
This partnership will build on Maternal Figures existing reporting grants, which supports journalists reporting on maternal health in underreported communities in Nigeria. Support from Code For Africa will prioritize members of the CfA’s WanaData women data science/storytelling initiative.
The fellowship will be open to freelance and staff journalists as well as editors looking for support for their newsrooms. In total, the partnership will support 4-5 journalists each quarter with $400 each (payable in Nigerian Naira, of the official value at the time of payment) and the reporting period will be administered in three quarters of three months from January 2021 to September 2021.
Applications are currently open and interested journalists are invited to apply.
For more information, reach out to [email protected].
