Jobs and Opportunities 

• Journalists and students wanting to develop their investigative skills can sign up for AFP’s new level-based online courses on tackling misinformation. The courses are free of charge and available in four languages. Click here for details.

• Pulitzer Center is seeking ambitious reporting proposals from freelance and staff journalists around the world who wish to report on vital ocean and fisheries issues and are in need of support. Rolling deadline. Click here for details.

• Sharpen your ability to find and vet story ideas, craft effective pitches, report and write impactful stories and more with the Open Notebook’s virtual science journalism masterclasses. Sign up at any time and get started immediately. Click here for details. 

• Pulitzer Center seeks proposals for reporting projects on underreported issues impacting communities in sub-Saharan Africa, including water, land degradation, education, maternal health, climate resilience, and more. Rolling deadline. Click here for details.

• Caxton Local Media is looking for a seasoned journalist with a keen news sense to pursue in-depth stories that resonate nationally. Degree/diploma & at least five years’ experience in a similar role required. Deadline: 10 Oct. Click here for details.

• Journalists, communicators and human rights activists can apply to join the 2025 Reporting on Children in the Media workshop, facilitated by Jamaine Krige of Media Monitoring Africa. Ten bursaries are available – deadline for applications: 15 October. Click here for course & application details.

• Daily Maverick has a vacancy for a mid-level journalist based in Johannesburg. The successful candidate will cover a variety of beats, from local governance to service delivery, the environment, business, and the social pulse of the city. Deadline: 18 October. Click here for details.

• Caxton Local Media has a vacancy for a social media specialist to lead and enhance its group-wide social media presence. Excellent copywriting, visual editing and scheduling skills & relevant degree are required. Deadline: 24 October. Click here for details.

• Registrations are now open for the JournalismAI Festival (11 to 12 Nov), organised by Polis. The 2025 theme focuses on exploring how AI supports news production, editorial workflows, audience engagement and distribution. Click here for details.

• African sports journalists are invited to enter the 2025 AIPS Sport Media Awards, celebrating excellent work published between 5 November 2024 and 4 November 2025. First place receives US$5,000. Deadline: 4 November. Click here for details.

• The AIJC, Wits Centre for Journalism, Committee to Protect Journalists and Wits University Faculty of Humanities invite you to the 14th annual Carlos Cardoso Memorial Lecture on 5 November, to be delivered by human rights defender and journalist Issaka Lingani from Burkina Faso. RSVP: tshepiso.ntombela@wits.ac.za

• Join the Wits Centre for Journalism’s upcoming one-day workshop designed to equip financial journalists and communicators with techniques to transform dry, complex financial data into compelling stories that resonate with their audiences. 19 November, 9am to 4pm. Click here for details.