Opportunities

Intellect, an independent academic publisher for scholars and practitioners teaching and researching in the arts, media and creative industries has a general call for papers. Authors are invited to visit individual journal pages to see the guidelines. 

The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE), which is modelled on what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has done for climate change, the IPIE works to elevate high-quality, policy-relevant research on algorithmic bias,...

Deadline: 13 December The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) seeks a highly motivated and results-oriented Programme Officer to spearhead the Media Support for Public Accountability and Civic Engagement in Uganda (M-SPACE) project. This individual will be a...

Date: 5 -6 December The African Women in Media will hold the AWiM24 conference in Dakar, Senegal to interpret media and sustainability from the key perspectives of the business and financial models of media businesses; the relationship between media and sustainable...

Date: 30 October - 1 November  The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) returns to Wits University in 2024 for its 20th edition. It brings another packed schedule of talks, panel discussions, masterclasses, workshops and networking sessions with some of...

Date: 1-3 October  The Media Institute of Southern Africa Malawi Chapter (MISA Malawi), the MISA Regional Secretariat, the Centre for Innovation and Technology (CITE), Namibia Media Trust (NMT), and DW Akademie will be hosting a conference under the theme: Building...

Deadline: September 30  An edited volume under the title Visual Political Communication from an Afrocentric Perspective is being planned to examine the under-researched area of visual political communication from Afrocentric or Decolonial perspectives is being...

Deadline: 18 September The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is an esteemed fellowship initiative designed to support educational projects at African higher education institutions. Managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and funded...

Deadline: 12 September Managing conflict in today’s newsroom is an initiative of the Aga Khan University’s Graduate School of Media and Communications (AKU-GSMC) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung's Regional Media Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa. This is a five-day course...

The World Journalism Education Council (WJEC) solicits academic paper abstracts related to the wider issue of journalism education in uncertain times. These will be presented as refereed research papers at the forthcoming WJEC Perth conference to be held on 1-3 July 2025.

The South African National Editors’ Forum in collaboration with the Pan South African Language Board and the United Nations invites journalists in radio, print and broadcast, language practitioners/experts and other stakeholders to attend the Indigenous African Languages & Media Seminar. The seminar aims to explore the critical role in promoting the use of indigenous African languages