Application Guidelines & Procedures
Empowering The Media, Empowers Citizens
- Attend all Study tours and complete all face to face and online trainings
- Participate in all activities relating to the study tour and/or panels and take part in all communication activations (eg. Audio-visual interviews, photography etc)
- Produce their pitches in line of Agenda 2063 and must complete their work by the provided deadline
- Communicate about your participation in the program (e.g. through blog posts or sharing on social media)
- Publish - Ensure articles published by Fellows clearly indicate their participation in the AU Media Fellowship program.
- Work in a positive and respectful way with other fellows
- Complete a program evaluation questionnaire and short interview at the end, to support our learning for future programs.
Application Procedures
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants must be African Citizens.
- The fellowship is open to media professionals, journalists and thematic content creators (bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, etc.).
- The minimum age is 25; there is no maximum age limit.
- All applicants must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience.
- All applicants should have demonstrated talent and be actively involved in innovative media with a demonstrable impact- driven track record.
- All applicants must speak, read and write fluently in any of the 6 AU languages in order to fully participate in and benefit from the fellowship.
- All applicants of AU Media Fellowship must be experienced professionals in the working in media industry or in a related field including content creation.
- For applicants who are journalist they must be affiliated to media organisation or if working as a freelance journalist must be accredited by the national governing authority.
- However, all applicants must provide a reference letter or endorsement from a senior editor/ or project manager or professional in the same industry.
- With their application, the applicants confirm their willingness to report on African Union events and themes, as well as their availability to be interviewed about the fellowship by internal and international partners.
- All applicants must confirm their willingness to participate in events and workshops for the duration of the fellowship.
- The applicant who is already undertaking any other fellowship will not be eligible to apply for this fellowship.
- Applicants must meet all criteria for eligibility for international travel from their originating country, including but not limited to:
- Having a valid passport at least until December 2025.
- Having the necessary personal documentation required for visa applications.
Application instructions
The applicant should submit an expression of interest with the following documents:
- Completed application form (including copy of valid travel document)
- Curriculum Vitae
- Two work samples of any medium in English or with English translations
- Proposed pitch story (in line with the Agenda 2063 thematic tracks) and using the application template. You can either download the pitch form from this Link or you can fill the form here
- A letter of endorsement from employer if full time employee, or a letter of endorsement from an editor if a freelance journalist/visual journalist; refence letter from senior industry expert for content creators
- For employed journalists’ letter from editor to guarantee publication of news stories indicating that the stories will be published as part of AU Media Fellowship (AUMF);
- Freelance journalists and content creators see section in application template relating to guarantee of publish of works and content produced
If you are facing challenges to upload documents or to finalize your application please contact the team : AUMediaFellowship@Africa-union.org
