African journalists with at least five years of experience are invited to participate in a six-week online course.

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is offering a course, “Covering Development in Africa," which will be held May 20 - June 28.

The course, which will be offered in English and French, will cover topics including: how to identify good development stories; key Issues in reporting agriculture, mining and the environment; development journalism and education, health and social welfare; using data to enrich development stories; and reporting on the role of government, international organizations and foreign aid.

Participants must be willing to spend time reading materials, researching assignments and interacting online with instructors and fellow participants.

The course will be led by two media consultants with extensive experience working in Africa. Christopher Conte has worked in the United States, Africa and Asia. He is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and editor who later spent three years as a Knight International Journalism Fellow based in Uganda. Sputnik Kilambi, a former journalist with Radio France International, has worked in Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana as a Knight Fellow and in Sierra Leone for the United Nations.

The deadline is May 6.

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