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Capacity Development
on Investigative Reporting for Nigerian Journalists WOLE SOYINKA Award
For Investigative Reporting
Capacity Development Training on
Investigative Reporting for Nigerian Journalists, February 2008.
Call for application
Nigeria's great economic promise is shackled by an alarming
elite culture of corruption, mismanagement, and squander mania.
With average annual revenue of about $50 billion, the Nigerian state is
unable to maintain descent infrastructure, schools hospitals and decently feed its estimated 140-million people, half of
the sub regional demographic force.
Its fledging democracy, under-written by gross elite greed and cronyism
needs to be attacked before the country can make progress.
The media has a strong role to play in that
process.. its investigative character is the surest guarantee to
building and
sustaining a culture of accountability.
In this regard, the Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Award (WSIRA)
www.wsira.org, with support from the British High
Commission and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
invites Nigerian professional journalists from the
print, broadcast and photography specialties to send in their
application to a two part regional training that is intended to
equip journalists with the necessary skills in covering issues related,
but not restricted to:
Accountability in public policy
Techniques of public expenditure survey
Budget tracking methods and analysis
Capital market operations
Forensic accounting
Forensic photograph
General anti-corruption reporting methodology and the Parliamentary
process.
Applying
Applicants should be professional journalists (freelancers are welcome)
with demonstrated interest and or experience in anti
corruption crusade and have a knack for investigation. To be considered,
applicants are expected to submit a portfolio that
contains two sample works published in the last twelve months and a
submission letter of not more than two pages that should
capture the journalists view of how the media can help reduce corruption
in Nigeria as well as sustain her democracy. The
submission letter must accompanied by a release from your editor for the
three-day training, and an assurance that pitched
stories shall be published. Your submission letter should ordinarily be
able answer the following questions:
What you hope to learn from this training?
How will you incorporate training into your daily work once you get back
to the newsroom?
What do you think could be the major impediment from applying this
training into your work?
Pitch one localized original story idea that could help expose or
prevent corruption in the private or public sector in
Nigeria.
Note:
Female journalists are particularly encouraged
to apply.
Applicants without relevant works but with demonstrated commitment and
promise may be considered.
Submission:
All entries must be submitted by close of work on Monday, January 21,
2008 at the WSIRA contact points; 1, Akin Oshiyemi
Street, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos, and 11, Niafounke Street, off
Aminu Kano Crescent, by Access Bank, Wuse 2, Abuja.
Online entries can also be mailed to training@wsira.org but
accompanying portfolio should still be sent by land mail.
Training takes place in Ibadan and Abuja in the second and third week of
February 2008. Participants shall receive an
allowance and a refund of all documented travel expenses as well as
mentoring opportunity.
Also Note:
Entries for the 2008 edition of the annual Wole Soyinka Investigative
Reporting Award opens From January 14, 2008. Contact
Steve Aborisade at steve@wsira.org for more
information or visit
www.wsira.org
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