MAXIMISING OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS BY MOTUNRAYO FAMUYIWA-ALAKA Twitter: @ssussaine

SCRIPTURAL REFRENCES Be diligent to present yourself approved unto God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth (II Timothy 2:15 - NKJV)

SCRIPTURAL REFRENCES Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings. He will not stand before unknown men. (Proverbs 22:29)

ABOUT WSCIJ The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism is a non-governmental organisation registered in September 2009 as the Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) . The initiative started in 2005 as the first and only award for investigative reporting in Nigeria. WSCIJ is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria with a reach throughout the country.

ABOUT WSCIJ The Centre is named after Professor Wole Soyinka in recognition of his life-long work in support of the freedom of expression, freedom to hold an opinion, freedom to impart them without fear or favour and without hindrance or interference. It has held ten editions of annual awards in investigative reporting, eight editions of its media lecture series and trained over four hundred journalists, among other capacity development initiatives for the media.

ABOUT WSCIJ The WSCIJ has trained about 600 journalists since inception

DEFINITIONS Training: short-term capacity development programmes geared at improving the competencies of participants in one area or the other

DEFINITIONS Fellowship: research based long term programme to add to the body of knowledge on a chosen field.

DEFINITIONS Award: Reward or honour for outstanding performance in a particular endeavour

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Dos Read instructions well Give your application the best shot Apply within stipulated deadline Share best past stories Keep to time

Dos Read instructions well Give your application the best shot Apply within stipulated deadline Share best past stories Keep to time Keep your word

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Benefits of media awards and fellowships Exposure Capacity development Networking

Some media opportunities International Centre for Journalists Thomson Foundation Thomson Reuters Foundation Bloomberg Media Initiative: Africa Executive Training Programme Radio Nederland Training Centre (RNTC) CNN Award – Deadline 24 March

Opportunities for female reporters International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) 2016 Opportunities With The IWMF The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, the first funding initiative of its kind, enables the IWMF to dramatically expand its support of women journalists. Promoting the work and advancing the role of women in the news media across the globe is critical to transparency and the diversity of voices. The Fund will award $2.3 million to women journalists over the next ten years and will support projects including educational opportunities, investigative reporting and media development initiatives. Emergency funds are available

Special opportunities for freelancers Rory Peck Trust

Online courses Future Learn Coursera

Organisations that fund investigative reporting Global Investigative Journalism Network Fund for Investigative Journalism – May 16 is next deadline  

Maximising opportunities Attend only relevant meetings Use lessons learnt and give feedback to organisers Network and reach out to new contact Participate

Untapped opportunities In-house training Group tutorials Peer mentoring and experience

BACK TO SCRIPTURES I JOHN 1:5-2:6 The journalists has no claim beyond credibility Ethics matter, moreso because we are Christians