Deadline: 30 August 2024
For the first time in its 15-year history, the WAN-IFRA WIN Leadership Accelerator is open to mid-level newsroom managers (journalists and editors) from emerging, transitional, and fragile states worldwide. Journalists with 5-10 years of newsroom experience and a passion for the news industry are encouraged to apply. Furthermore, successful applicants will receive training in key newsroom and media management topics, while building a global network of peers. They will also benefit from one-on-one coaching sessions with a certified coach to create 3-5-year career plans. This program has a strong track record, with 60% of graduates experiencing career progression within 3 months of completion.
Required time input for this 12-week programme: 1-2 hours per week for 12 weeks, from 26 September 2024 to 28 February 2025. Weekly seminars and discussion-based tutorials will run on Thursdays from 12-12:45 CAT /18:00-18:45 SGT (DST).
Apply now to take part in this best-in-class programme. Deadline for applications: 30 August 2024.
Successful applicants will be notified by 7 September. Official launch date: 26 September 2024
The successful applicant will possess the following:
- 5-10 years direct newsroom experience as a journalist (reporter, correspondent editor)
- demonstrated passion for the news media industry and a commitment to gender equality and inclusion, as well as principles of press freedom
- identify as a woman and/or be drawn from a historically vulnerable/at risk community
- be located outside of the traditional WIN Accelerator markets
- possess strong spoken and written knowledge of English (the programme will be delivered primarily in English)
- the ability to commit 1-2 hours per week for 12 weeks in order to participate thoroughly in the programme (candidates who miss more than 2 seminars will be given an incomplete)
Upon
completion of the programme, participants will receive a certificate of
completion with professional designation from WAN-IFRA.
The Leadership Accelerator is supported by an experienced team that includes directors, country managers, coaches, mentors and trainers, the majority of whom have direct newsroom leadership and media management experience. Guest trainers and experts from WAN-IFRA’s global community of media executives are also drawn in to support or contribute to participants’ leadership and career development who have been headhunted at global level because of their expertise.
Please note: Applicants from current WIN countries are not eligible for this programme at this time. If you are from any of the countries listed below, please stay tuned for the 2025 WIN Accelerator call for applications later in the year.
Africa: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Arab Region: Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon Southeast Asia: The Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar
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