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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Knight Health Journalism Fellowships

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The Knight Health Journalism Fellowships focus on creating coverage that affects policy and helps save the lives of people threatened by diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. Veteran health journalists will be deployed to countries where they will be assigned to work with key media organisations to improve the quality, quantity, and impact of health coverage. Each Fellow spends at least one year training and mentoring journalists to produce penetrating coverage of health issues including HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, and hygiene. Fellows will help build networks of health journalists that connect with each other to develop sources and resources and serve as mentors for their colleagues. The programme is designed to promote better health policy decision-making in African countries through vigorous, credible journalism that holds leaders accountable.

Application Info

Candidates must be fluent in the language of the region where they are deployed and should have at least 10 years of experience in journalism or related fields such as media business management. Fellowships are open to any nationality for assignments of at least a year.

Candidates are encouraged to list geographic preferences on their applications.

Finalists may be invited to ICFJ offices in Washington, DC, United States for interviews. Decisions will be made shortly after the interviews take place.

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Source

International Center for Journalists website, March 11 2010.