Presentation of the programme:
In the frameworks of its projects in Sudan, CFI, the French media development agency, is pleased to invite journalists and content creators at various professional levels focusing on covering economic and financial issues and producing economic and financial related content in Sudan to apply for a training aimed at enhancing their skills that will be covering economic journalism and data journalism.
The training is particularly aimed at journalists in Sudan who have:
- Proven economic and/or financial journalistic skills and the desire to deepen them;
- An interest in economic issues in Sudan and the will to cover these topics.
This activity aims to produce, promote and publish quality reports on economic and financial issues in Sudan.
In partnership with Expertise France which is implementing a European Union funded project, CFI welcomes all applicants, especially women, youth and disabled people to apply.
The selection of beneficiaries will be made according to clear and transparent criteria. The training will be covered by experts and professionals from the MENA Region. Expenses related to the trainings (transportation, accommodation, etc.) will be covered by CFI.
Training programme
Two different components will be part of the training program that will take place in Khartoum:
- Understanding economic and financial data and producing journalistic contents (3 days) which will include the following:
– Economic and financial data sources and investigation
– Economic and financial journalism and media coverage of economic and financial issues and reforms
– Producing media contents based on facts and analysis
- Understanding data journalism and producing contents based on data and data visualisation (3 days) which will include the following:
– Data visualisation tools
– Data analysis and data storytelling
– How to create simple economic and financial content using data and data visualisation tools (interactive graphs and charts, infographics, etc.)
Participants will then create content related to their training with the support of coaches. The created content may also be adapted to correspond to the formats of social media. The contents produced will be evaluated by a jury and prizes will be awarded to the best contents. The produced content will then be published in Sudanese media outlets.
Candidates’ application
To apply for this training program, you must:
- Be a journalist living in Sudan – Youth, particularly women, and disabled people are encouraged to apply;
- Have proven economic or financial journalistic skills and the desire to deepen them;
- Have an interest in economic issues and economic reform and the will to cover these topics;
- Be available to attend the applicable training sessions in Khartoum and commit to attending them (travel and accommodation fees will be covered by CFI);
- Have the language proficiency to attend the trainings in Arabic;
- Commit to produce content related to the training programme and authorize CFI to reproduce and disseminate them (non-commercial use).
Evaluation grid
| Profile, skills and expertise
Subcategories:
– Languages
– Interest in main topics of the project
– Education / trainings |
25 |
| Experience
Previous relevant experience |
30 |
| Motivation
– Reasons for participation in training
– Wanting to learn and develop professionally
– Knowledge and interest in project topics
– Objectives for professional career |
25 |
| Sample of content produced on economic / financial issues
At least one example of content created |
20 |
| Total |
100 |
