Reporting on HIV and AIDS in South Africa, IWMF, January 2011

The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is offering 10 fellowships to  enhance news media coverage of complex issues surrounding HIV and AIDS in South Africa.À¨À¨ The IWMF will  partner with media organisations in South Africa to identify eligible senior reporters working on HIV and AIDS. The selected  professionals will participate in four training sessions  starting in January 2011 and led by experts in the fields of journalism and HIV and AIDS.    Participants will receive ongoing one-on-one coaching by media trainers and stipends to conduct interviews and research.

Journalists will gain the skills necessary to produce in-depth, investigative reporting on HIV and AIDS from new and  provocative perspectives.   Media organisations participating in the project will publish a combined total of 30 to 40 investigative pieces produced by  participants in the  programme. These reports,  disseminated through broadcast, print and new media outlets, will reach a wide spectrum  of South African news consumers.

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