Al Jazeera Media Institute has announced a project for small and community institutions and initiatives, and invited applications for support for the initiatives and ideas for media projects.
This project is part of efforts to shed light on important development issues and work to build a better future for communities in the Arab region as part of the Global South, within the second cycle of the project to support independent initiatives.
The project, called “Voices from the South”, comes during a difficult period in the Arab region, characterised by the war on the Gaza Strip, which imposed major challenges on small institutions working to provide information to the public.
The project aims to strengthen independent media voices representing the communities of the Global South and those associated with it.
The Al Jazeera Media Institute invites institutions and initiatives concerned with journalism and media to apply to the project by submitting the team’s CVs, and providing a letter of recommendation from a society or person capable of recommending the project, in addition to other conditions.
The project seeks to support initiatives concerned with the areas of digital media development, media education, and the development of storytelling.
It is aimed at institutions and initiatives that work to improve and develop the ability of journalists to narrate news stories, in addition to specialised and community journalism, in-depth and analytical journalism, and sustainable development.
The institute provides in-kind support to the initiatives amounting to no more than $5,000, entailing free training courses to raise the efficiency of the initiative’s personnel, strategic plans to develop the initiative’s management, and meetings with specialists to develop the idea and content, digital platforms, visual identity, and journalistic narration tools.
It should be noted that the project does not provide grants based on cash support, nor does it cover salaries and bonuses for journalists.
The project does not cover the purchase of equipment and devices.
The last date for submitting applications is July 23.
