The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites applications from female journalists in Nigeria for the 2025 Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) Fellowship, Champion Building edition. This year’s fellowship is open to mid-career female investigative journalists with a passion for leadership with at least four years of work experience (post NYSC) who are currently in leadership roles or demonstrate strong leadership potential. Applications open on Tuesday, 4 February and closes on Tuesday, 18 February 2025. Apply here – https://bit.ly/FRLP2025.
Successful applicants will participate in an intensive residential training on leadership, investigative reporting and mainstreaming of issues of access and abuse that affect girls and women in the news. They will also receive six months of mentorship to produce investigative stories and leadership projects that address equity gaps in the news and newsrooms. This initiative, supported by the Gates Foundation, is part of the Report Women! News and Newsroom Engagement programme.
Since its inception in 2014, the Report Women! Programme has worked to increase the quantum and quality of reports on issues affecting girls and women in Nigeria. The Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) which includes a fellowship was introduced in 2017. It has produced 86 fellows across five cohorts, driven intentional efforts to place women in leadership roles within newsrooms and put the issues of girls and women on the front burner in the news.
In the last ten years, WSCIJ, through the Report Women! programme, has supported story and leadership projects by both female and male reporters, published four research works on women’s representation in newsrooms and news, produced documentaries, launched a female experts source guide and hosted House-to-House training and engagements on parity between men and women in newsrooms. The initiative has trained 537 reporters from Nigeria and Ghana.
Signed:
Motunrayo Alaka
Executive Director/CEO, WSCIJ
