The Dialogue Journalism Fellowship is a unique journalism fellowship in the Arab region that focuses on the role of media in peacebuilding by using dialogue. It is a one-year fellowship that aims to support journalists in becoming more effective and critical in promoting peaceful coexistence and common citizenship through constructive dialogue, accuracy, fairness and balance, as well as respect for diversity, ethnicity and religion as inscribed in national and international codes of ethics.
About the Fellowship
On 11 November 2021, KAICIID designed and launched the Media for Peace programme that aims at developing strategies and tools for promoting dialogue journalism and journalism’s ethics in reporting religions, ethnicities, and cultures in the Arab region throughout this fellowship and bringing together policymakers, religious leaders, and senior editors to promote ethical journalism and media during a regional Media Policy Forum.
The one-year fellowship is offered to 20 journalists in the Arabic language in the following forms:
Online mentorship sessions are held by senior trainers who are experts in their respective fields, such as dialogue, peace journalism, and conflict journalism.
Three training workshops aim to train journalists on dialogical techniques to serve their contributions and interventions in peacebuilding and intercultural dialogue.
Production of individual and joint initiatives to produce stories related to interfaith and intercultural dialogue supported by grants of up to 2,000 euros for each participant.
Who can apply?
Fellows must have at least five years of experience in journalism or other relevant fields. Any platform counts as a journalistic experience (print, podcast, digital).
Fellows must be native to one of the mainly developing countries of the Arab Region;
Fellows must currently live in and write for media in the Arab Region;
Fellows must be between the ages of 28 and 40;
Fellows must be currently employed as professional journalists for press, television, radio or electronic journalism organizations. Full-time and freelance journalists are invited to apply.
Fellows should have an interest in interreligious dialogue and journalism, peacebuilding, and social cohesion.
Timeline
Applications are due by 24th of October 2024.
By mid-November, shortlisted candidates will be invited to interviews, which are scheduled for late November 2024.
The fellowship programme will start at the end of January 2025 in the form of an online launch, followed by on-ground training scheduled for the third week of March 2025.
What does the commitment look like?
Accepted participants will be required to complete two in-person workshops before receiving the grant to begin production.
Required documents
CV (no longer than 3 pages)
Photo
Motivation letter (indicating your interest and the focus of your proposed production and its connection to interreligious dialogue).
Recommendation from a current media outlet that you have worked with.
Video introducing yourself and explaining what you expect to get from this opportunity (not longer than one minute).
Links to three previous work samples (articles, video reports, TV programs, documentaries… etc).
Hosted by:
KAICIID
KAICIID is a unique intergovernmental organization that brings together followers of different religious traditions, religious leaders, policymakers, secular peacebuilding practitioners and civil society organizations to create intercultural and interreligious cooperation and secure consensus to promote peaceful coexistence and common citizenship. KAICIID trains young people, community, and religious leaders to become advocates for dialogue in their own communities as well as to highlight the positive contribution of religious communities to our societies, and to ensure that the perspectives of religious communities can be shared at policy-making levels. KAICIID supports voices of dialogue to be heard in the midst of rising hate speech and incitement to violence around the world, and it operates as convenor and facilitator, bringing religious leaders, policymakers and experts to the dialogue table so that they can find common solutions to shared problems.
To apply, please use the following link to the application form.