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Students under the aegis of the Association of Student Communicators (ASCOM), The Polytechnic, Ibadan are to enjoy a free and funded workshop training on Media Profession as organized by the Africa Foundation for Young Media Professionals (AFYMP)
AFYMP, who organize a special program in Ibadan and Lagos (South - West), South - South and South - East have decided to train students in four different funded workshop of which Mass Communication Students in The Polytechnic, Ibadan will have the opportunity to partake in two each.
The workshop programs are Women in Journalism, Media Entrepreneurship, Campus Journalism and Disability & Social Inclusion of which student trainees who perform extraordinarily would be paid and sponsored.
Trainees from The Polytechnic, Ibadan Mass Communication Department would have access to 2 night free hotel accommodations. Feeding, transport, total cost of participation and cost of training.
Consultant in contact with ASCOM President, Com. Ayanboade Kehinde, Mr. Yinka Olaito added that Mass Communication Students need to take charge of the opportunity in the very short time left before the registration close.
Application started between April 15 to May 15, 2022 of which student applicant must send a maximum of 250 words motivation for application plus school, age (not mandatory), course, sex and a link to personal media portfolio, if any, to email: info@afymp.org
Only serious candidates will be selected.
The 8 funded workshops will hold in Batches (Batch A and B). Batch A (Four workshops in all will hold in the Southwest (Lagos and Ibadan), while Batch B (four) will hold in the South East and South-South (Owerri and Port Harcourt).
The 8 workshops have the following themes:
1-Media Entrepreneurship, thought leadership, sustainability and professionalism (one in each zone)
2. Campus journalism: ethics, governance, safety and dynamics of investigative, data driven journalism (one in each zone)
3. Increasing and building visibility of women in the media through new talent development (exclusively for female media students/campus journalists). (one in each zone)
4. Media industry, disability and challenges of practice (for physically challenged media students or social inclusion advocates) (one in each zone)
Eligibility:
To participate in any of these workshops in batch A (South West), you must be a media student, campus journalist, social inclusion advocates in the Southwest. Same for batch B (South East, South South). An applicant can only submit nomination for only two of the above within the region. Preference may be given to those who already have proven or established media portfolios but not mandatory.
Participants will be required to show sufficient evidence of meeting the criteria for selection which include being a mass communications student in a higher learning in his/her region or an active member of a campus journalist union. Having published some stories may be an advantage etc.
AFYMP will pay the total cost of participation: which includes transport fare to and fro, feeding, 2 nights hotel accommodation, training expenses while the participant will take care of their personal security to and fro the location of the training to their base.
Participants with viable media business proposal will receive funding and there are recognitions in cash or support for post training application of knowledge gained. A training certificate of completion for the training attended will also be given.