Media General’s Laud Adu-Asare has been selected to participate in the second phase of the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Journalism Fellowship.
Hosted by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in collaboration with Co-Develop, the fellowship runs from November 6, 2024, to January 31, 2025, with additional post-fellowship activities continuing through to April 2025.
Adu-Asare, who currently serves as a legal affairs correspondent and social media executive with Media General Ltd, brings over eight years of experience in multimedia journalism.
He has covered impactful storytelling across diverse platforms, including political, court, and digital reporting.
This fellowship aims to enhance his expertise in reporting on digital public infrastructure, an area gaining critical importance as West Africa advances in digital transformation.
The DPI Journalism Fellowship, now in its second phase, selected 45 journalists from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin and Togo.
This cohort will undergo intensive training to deepen their understanding of digital infrastructure and its implications for governance, privacy, and societal development.
The fellowship’s goal is to equip journalists with the skills to critically analyze and report on digital systems, supporting informed public discourse.
The selected journalists will engage in multiple training sessions on DPI/DPGs and receive editorial support to produce in-depth and well-researched stories for publication or broadcast.
Additionally, the selected Fellows will have access to a dynamic dedicated DPI/DPGs website that provides more content on DPI/DPGs development in West Africa and Africa and also features impactful stories produced on DPI/DPGs from across the region.
They will also have the opportunity to join an active national and regional network of DPI/DPG Journalism Fellowship Alumni.
As a form of remuneration, each fellow will receive a monthly stipend of $250 for the first three months of the fellowship to support their participation.
Their respective media organisations will also be supported with $1,000 under a DPI/DPGs Newsroom Partnership Programme to support editorial production and publication of DPI/DPG related stories.
Fellows will also be eligible for DPI/DPGs Reporting Grants to support impactful reporting throughout the programme.
Travel grants will also be available for top-performing DPI/DPG reporters to participate in international training sessions or c onferences, which will further enhance their expertise on DPI/DPGs issues.
Throughout the fellowship, each Fellow will be expected to produce at least two reports on DPI/DPGs each month and at least three compelling stories by the end of the Fellowship.
Stories produced by the Fellows will be published on their respective news media organisations. Fellows who successfully complete the programme will receive a Certificate of Honour.
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