Deadline: 8th June 2021 | Age 18-25 | In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this years Future News Worldwide conference will again be online. 2021’s theme is ‘Climate, COVID-19 and the rise of disinformation: how journalism can best serve a world in crisis’.
Future News Worldwide is a partnership programme between the British Council and some of the world’s leading media organisations. The aim is to support young people to develop a wide range of journalism skills and to establish the UK as a global leader in the nurturing of young journalists and media figures.
Each year 100 of the world’s most talented, motivated and passionate student journalists are brought together to attend an intensive media training programme. Participants receive exclusive coaching from world-leading editors, broadcasters, writers and reporters, and see how publishers around the world are using technology to find stories and bring them to life like never before.
Who Can Apply?
The programme is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students aged 18-25, and to graduates who completed their degree course after 1 July 2019. It is not essential for you to be studying journalism, but you should be fully committed to a career in media.
Those who applied for the 2020 conference should have received a message to their registered email address they used when applying last year. You should not have particpated in the in-person conference in Edinburgh or London before.
You must be available to attend a conference session on either 14th or 15 July 2021.
Applicants can come from any region of the world and must speak a very good level of English – the equivelent of IELTS 6.5 or above.
The Competition is open to individuals of any nationality who meet all the criteria in the Terms and Conditions set out here:
Find out more and apply at the official link below:
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Apply before 8th June, 2021