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Applications are currently being accepted for The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Eastern Africa Media Fellowship Programme 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The MSF Eastern Africa Media Fellowship Programme aims to support and empower journalists to tell compelling and impactful stories about pressing humanitarian issues that MSF is responding to in Eastern Africa. Launched in 2024, the fellowship supports journalists with skills, resources and access to MSF projects that will enable them to produce high-quality, nuanced narratives that shine a light on critical health issues and humanitarian challenges across Eastern Africa.
The Fellowship is an initiative designed to empower and collaborate with journalists committed to covering critical humanitarian and health issues across the region. By providing fellows with specialised training, and unique access to MSF’s field operations and medical expertise, the programme aims to deepen the quality and impact of reporting on underreported crises, from conflict and displacement to infectious disease outbreaks and malnutrition. This fellowship serves as a vital bridge between the humanitarian world and the media, fostering a network of informed journalists who can bring much-needed visibility to emergencies.
The MSF Media Fellowship provides journalists in Eastern Africa with a chance to get a first-hand glimpse into various humanitarian and health interventions in the region. Fellows will receive:
