Global Fund – Journalism Application Questions (West Africa 2025)

Personal Information

1. Country where you are based: *This question is required.

2. Gender: *This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

3. First name: *This question is required.

4. Family name: *This question is required.

5. Email address (please use an address you use on a regular basis): *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

6. Mobile phone number (including country code): *This question is required. This question requires a valid number format.

7. Age: *This question is required. This question requires a valid number format.

8. Nationality: *This question is required.

9. Do you hold a valid passport? (If passport is valid for less than six months from the date of the course, you will need to arrange a renewal prior to travel at your own cost): *This question is required.

10. If yes, please indicate the passport issuing country:

Professional background & referencing

11. Job title: *This question is required.

12. How long have you been a journalist, or working in a journalistic profession? *This question is required.

13. Who is your employer? (If you are a freelance journalist or contributor to a social media platform, please list the publications/platforms you usually publish through): *This question is required.

14. Editor details Please provide name and email of your editor. If you are a freelancer, please provide details of one or more editors/managers whom you report for: *This question is required.

15. Please list your educational qualifications (max 100 words): *This question is required.

16. Please list any formal training courses and professional development schemes you have taken part related to your profession, or relating to the health and human rights course theme, including any Thomson Reuters Foundation training courses. Please include approximate dates (max 150 words): *This question is required.

17. Are you involved in or affiliated with any professional networks or bodies, formal or informal, relating to your work, such as journalism associations, alumni networks, or other? If yes, please share details (max 250 words): *This question is required.

18. Please provide a biography of up to 250 words outlining your career (max 250 words): *This question is required.

19. Reference details - Please provide name, job title, organisation, email and phone number of one independent reference (not a colleague or family member). This person should be able to vouch for your abilities as a journalist/media contributor: *This question is required.

Name

Job title

Organisation

Email Address This question requires a valid email address.

Phone Number This question requires a valid number format.

20. If you are selected to participate in the programme, please confirm you will be able to provide TRF with a letter from your editor, or relevant manager, confirming your availability to participate fully in the course: *This question is required.

Motivation

21. Please explain why you want to take part in this programme (max 250 words): *This question is required.

22. Please provide a statement describing how you expect to benefit from this programme, how you plan to use what you learn in your professional work (max 500 words): *This question is required.

23. From your experience or observation, please share an example of a human rights-related barrier to health faced by young people, and the impact this barrier has on access to health services and/or health outcomes. Examples of human rights-related barriers to health include:

Criminalisation, punitive laws and policies
Stigma and discrimination in community, healthcare, workplace, education, and justice settings
Harmful gender norms, gender-based discrimination and violence
Discriminatory law enforcement practices
Discriminatory healthcare provision
Lack of legal literacy and access to justice
Lack of youth empowerment and meaningful engagement in advocacy for human rights

(Max 250 words):

*This question is required.

24. What, in your view, is the role of journalists and the media in tackling human rights-related barriers to health, especially in relation to HIV, TB, and malaria? (max 250 words): *This question is required.

25. Please share any other factors related to your work as a journalist/contributor which may be considered relevant to your application (max 250 words): *This question is required.

Uploads

26. Please upload an up-to-date version of your CV. The maximum file size is 5MB. *This question is required.

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27. Please provide two samples of your recent work (work published within the last 12 months
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28. Please indicate for which session you are applying: *This question is required.

29. The training location will be confirmed at a later date but will most likely be in Nigeria. Please confirm you are able to travel to Nigeria: *This question is required.

30. The training will take place over five days, with a daily time commitment of 9am-5pm. Please indicate you are able to attend in-person for the full five-day period: *This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

31. Please indicate you are able to participate in the longer-term programme engagement opportunities outlined in the Call for Applications (TRF recognise that career change or other unforeseen circumstances may impact future engagement, but in-principal commitment to long-term participation in the course is expected): *This question is required.

32. As part of the selection process, TRF and Global Fund may wish to discuss your application through an online interview. Please confirm you are able to take part in an interview using virtual meeting software, in English, at a time to be agreed between you and us: *This question is required.

33. Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements, or require specific support to enable your participation in an interview or to attend the course (max 250 words):

34. Terms and conditions: *This question is required.

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Global Fund – Journalism Application Questions (West Africa 2025)

"Breaking Down Barriers to Health Services in West Africa; a reporting programme for young journalists" - Application questions, Journalism