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jhr Fellowships
Journalism Fellowships – jhr offers a limited number of fellowships each year to local journalists. Journalists are invited to submit applications on an issue they would like to cover in-depth.The journalists must express how they feel covering this issue will positively contribute to local and/or national change. Successful candidates are provided with a stipend and ongoing mentorship from jhr trainers for the duration of the Fellowship. jhr Fellowships winners in:
Raymond Luneko
Subject: The Plight of Pygmies
Medium: Television
Considered among the oldest populations of Africa, standing no higher than 1.45 m (4 ft 10 inches), Pygmies are hunter and gathers that live in the rainforests of equatorial Africa. This televised documentary aims to sensitize the general public to the ongoing discrimination faced by Pygmies and bring about a push for this vanishing population’s human rights.
Larissa Diakanua
Subject: Children Accused Witchcraft
Medium: Radio
 Guylain Makusu Kinsala
Subject: Education and Sanitation Systems in Kinshasa's Slums
Medium: Newspaper
Focusing on the difficult daily lives of those living in the sprawling slums of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, this article will look at the basic needs that are not being met and the human rights abuses that are going unnoticed. With some of the lowest Human Development Indicators in the world, this feature will look at how the government is failing to provide infrastructure and sanitation for its people.
Guylain works for AfricaNews in the Kinshasa, DRC. Désiré-Israël Kazadi & Sylvestre Saïdi Nyota
Subject: Victims of the International Criminal Court
Medium: Newspaper
  Désiré-Israël Kazadi and Sylvestre Saïdi Nyota are journalists at Le Phare, a daily newspaper in Kinshasa, Congo. Abu-Bakaar Jalloh
Subject: Political Corruption in Sierra Leone
Medium: Film
An investigative look at the alleged involvement of Sierra Leone’s Energy and Power Minister in awarding a fraudulent contract to Income Electrix, a Nigerian electrical engineering solutions provider for Africa.
Abu-Bakaar is a freelance reporter for Associated Press Television News, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as well as an independent documentary filmmaker and producer. His latest film, Scrap Metal and the Agony of the Child, won jhr’s Investigative and Human Rights Report of the Year in Sierra Leone. Anara Bangura
Subject: Mental health issues in Makeni, Sierra Leone
Medium: Radio
A three-part radio series examining attitudes and perceptions of mental illness in Sierra Leone. The series will take an in-depth look at the local belief that mental illness is associated with witchcraft, as well as the national government’s stance and the difficulties of day-to-day living for the mentally ill.
Anara Bangura is a reporter with Radio Mankneh, based in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Mohamed Massaquoi
Subject: Prison Rights, Child Rights and Women's Rights
Medium: Newspaper
Three investigative stories centering around human right’s violations in Sierra Leone. The first feature will examine the abuses of accused persons in police custody and in prison, describing torture, deprivation of basic facilities, unlawful detention and overcrowding in prisons. The second article will take a closer look at child labour in mining communities. The final story will investigate the exploitation of women’s rights in rural communities and the impact of recently-passed gender laws.
Mohamed Massaquoi works for Concord Times in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Sheik Daud Fofanah
Subject: Injustice Faced by Juveniles in Sierra Leone's legal System
Medium: Radio
Focusing on three major cities in Sierra Leone - Freetown, Kenema and Makeni - this program will explore the lack of social workers in the court system, the problems associated with rehabilitation schools, and the impact incarceration has on child prisoners.
Fofanah is a journalist with Radio Kalleone based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Matthew A. Kanu
Subject: Compensation for War Veterans
Medium: Radio
 Matthew is a broadcaster, producer and reporter at Radio Maria in Makeni, Sierra Leone. In the past he has worked for the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service and served as the Assistant Secretary General of Sierra Leone’s Association of Journalists. Sarah Bomkapre Kamara
Subject: Prostitution, Barriers Faced by the Disabled and Music Piracy
Medium: Radio
Three radio features will be produced for Cotton Tree News Radio. The first will explore the life of a commercial sex worker, examining the government's efforts to make sure girls have access to education and skills training. The second program will investigate the obstacles to higher education faced by people with disabilities. The third program will focus on the effect of copyright piracy on Sierra Leone’s music industry.
Sarah is a producer and broadcaster with the radio station Cotton Tree News (CTN), located in Freetown, Sierra Leone. |
  
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