Applications are now open for the 2025 Women in News Leadership Accelerator Programme. Journalists with a passion for the news industry, with a minimum 5-10 years of active experience in the newsroom, should apply.
About Women in News Leadership Accelerator Programme 2024
For the first time in its 15 year history, the WAN-IFRA WIN Leadership Accelerator will be made available to high potential mid-level newsroom managers (journalists and editors) from emerging, transitional and fragile states around the world.
This is a high-impact programme with demonstrable results: on average 60% of successful graduates report direct career progression (promotion, or lateral move of their choice) within 3 months of programme completion.
Commitment
Required time input for this 12-week programme: 1-2 hours per week for 12 weeks, from 26 September 2024 to 30 January 2024. Weekly seminars and discussion-based tutorials will run on Thursdays from 12-12:45 CAT /18:00-18:45 SGT (DST).
Timeline:
- Apply now to take part in this best-in-class programme. Deadline for applications: 30 August 2024.
- Successful applicants will be notified by 7 September. Official launch date: 26 September 2024
Benefits of Women in News Leadership Accelerator Programme 2024
- Successful applicants will receive training in key newsroom and media management issues, while establishing a global network of peers.
- Participants will also benefit from one-on-one coaching sessions with an ICF-certified coach to create their 3-5 year career roadmaps.
Women in News Leadership Accelerator Programme 2024 Requirments
Journalists with a passion for the news industry, with a minimum 5-10 years of active experience in the newsroom, should apply.
The successful applicant will possess the following:
- 5-10 years direct newsroom experience as a journalist (reporter, correspondent editor)
- demonstrated passion for the news media industry and a commitment to gender equality and inclusion, as well as principles of press freedom
- identify as a woman and/or be drawn from a historically vulnerable/at risk community
- be located outside of the traditional WIN Accelerator markets
- possess strong spoken and written knowledge of English (the programme will be delivered primarily in English)
- the ability to commit 1-2 hours per week for 12 weeks in order to participate thoroughly in the programme (candidates who miss more than 2 seminars will be given an incomplete)
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
30 August, 2024
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