Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development Conference

About the Organisation

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is committed to fostering the highest standards of journalism worldwide. We believe accurate, impartial and independent journalism leads to better-informed societies. It holds power to account, strengthens the rule of law and contributes to economic and social development.

About the Event

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is inviting journalists for its Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development workshop.

In order to ensure the daily issues faced by rural poor people and their communities are acknowledged, it is important that their stories are heard and their voices are amplified. With funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the specialised UN agency, they will bring together journalists from around the world to attend this workshop aimed to enable journalists to tell the story of rural development.

IFAD works with those most affected by poverty, food security, gender inequality, environment and climate change.

Benefits

• Being at the conference will allow journalists access to high profile delegates, leading experts in the issues, including IFAD and UN technical experts, as well as a number of small holder farmers who will be invited.
• Thomson Reuters Foundation, through IFAD funding and support, offers full bursaries for journalists from developing world countries working for established media organisations.
• Bursaries would include air travel expenses (economy class), accommodation, local transfers and meals.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be full-time journalists or regular contributors to a media organisation. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a commitment to a career in journalism in their country, and should have at least two years’ professional experience and have a good level in spoken and written English.

They would also like to see professional evidence of applicant’s interest in the field of rural peoples’ issues and development.

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