African journalists can submit their ideas on innovative health stories.
The African Story Challenge is seeking applications to fund great story ideas on health. This is the second round of its pan-African journalism competition. The Story Challenge is a project by the African Media Initiative (AMI) in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).
Twenty projects shortlisted for the final prize will be awarded grants of up to $20,000. These stories will focus specifically on issues such as: sanitation and water-borne diseases; infectious and noninfectious diseases; neglected diseases; and vaccines and immunization. Submissions should include investigative, data-driven stories that employ multi-platform approaches and engage the public through social media and other digital tools.
The finalists will be brought together for intensive sessions to improve their project ideas. Cross-country reporting and collaboration or joint applications between different media organizations is highly encouraged.
Grantees who produce the best stories published or broadcast in media that reach African audiences will win cash prizes or a major reporting trip abroad.
Entries will be accepted in English, French, Arabic and Portuguese.
The African Story Challenge is supported by an US$800,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The deadline is Oct. 13.
For more information visit: http://africanstorychallenge.com/
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