Thomson Reuters Foundation
Reporting on Illicit Finance Africa Regional
Description
Thomson Reuters Foundation is looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means.
- Wealth of Nations is a long-term engagement, and journalists who take part must commit to all elements of the scheme, signing an agreement to this effect. These elements include Intensive training on reporting illicit finance taking place online between Monday, 09 September – Friday, 20 September 2024.
- The production of stories on illicit financial flows
- A mentoring support scheme that will help produce these stories, between 30 November – 30 December 2024
Journalists are encouraged to complete the scheme with all the elements, including, for those taking part in the mentoring support scheme, the production of at least one story on illicit.
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