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CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE IN TMF/EJC DATA JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME

Do you know that gathering, filtering and visualizing what is happening beyond what the eye can see has a growing value? The orange juice you drink in the morning, the coffee you brew —  in today’s global economy there are invisible connections between these products, other people and you.

Is your media house looking for new possibilities that open up when you combine the traditional ‘nose for news’ and ability to tell a compelling story, with the sheer scale and range of digital information now available? 

Do you wish to shift the focus of your media house from being the first with the story to being the first one telling it in the most meaningful way? Does your media house want to see its journalists use engaging infographics and other forms of data visualisation to enrich their work?

If your answer to the above questions is yes, this opportunity is for you.

Tanzania Media Foundation (TMF) is a new organisation that emerged out of the successful implementation of the Tanzania Media Fund project from June 2008 until September 2015. In collaboration with the European Journalism Centre (EJC), an independent, international, nonprofit foundation dedicated to promoting the highest standards in journalism, TMF will run a three-month Data Journalism Fellowship Programme to strengthen the capacity of successful applicants in this exciting way of doing journalism in the digital era. This opportunity is currently open to just three media houses, each represented by a team of three trainees (one editor, one graphic designer/page maker and one journalist). 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

The applying media house should:

•        Express an interest in training its editor, graphic designer/page maker and one journalist in Data Journalism and an interest to use/ employ open data when possibble

•        Facilitate their full participation in the three-month fellowship

•        Have a team of journalists who are conversant with multimedia tools and be keen to tell stories that otherwise would not be told/would not be engaging  

•        Be passionate about and committed to transform itself and have an interest to use/employ open data when possible

Successful media houses will be informed by 23^rd May, 2016. Thereafter, the selection of trainees from each successful media house will involve TMF and EJC’s team of experts and will be finalised by 27^th May, 2016. The three month programme is expected to start on 31^st May, 2016.

HOW TO APPLY: 

i)        Interested media houses should send an expression of interest of not more than two pages responding to all FOUR eligibility criteria stated above, including at least five CVs of prospective trainees. 

ii)      Applications should also include an explanation of why the media house applying needs the training in data journalism and why it should be given the opportunity to participate in the fellowship programme.

iii)    All applications should be sent to info@tmf.or.tz copying esungura@tmf.or.tz not later than 20 May, 2016.

 

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MAAZIMIO YA WANAHABARI ZANZIBAR YALIOFIKIWA SIKU YA UHURU WA VYOMBO VYA HABARI DUNIANI MEI 3,2016