WAN-IFRA Global Leadership Accelerator 2025

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About WAN-IFRA Global Leadership Accelerator

The WIN Global Leadership Accelerator is now accepting applications for its transformative programme, designed for high-potential mid-level newsroom managers (journalists and editors) from emerging, transitional, and fragile states around the world.

Journalists with a passion for the news industry, with a minimum 5-10 years active experience in the newsroom, should apply. 

This is a high-impact programme with demonstrable results: on average 60% of successful graduates report direct career progression (promotion, or lateral move of their choice) within 3 months of programme completion. 

More than 1,500 journalists and editors have progressed through the WIN Leadership Accelerator since 2015. 

 

The Leadership Accelerator is supported by an experienced team that includes directors, country managers, coaches, mentors and trainers, the majority of whom have direct newsroom leadership and media management experience. Guest trainers and experts from WAN-IFRA’s global community of media executives are also drawn in to support or contribute to participants’ leadership and career development who have been headhunted at global level because of their expertise.

Upon completion of the programme, participants will receive a certificate of completion with professional designation from WAN-IFRA. 

• Sponsor Organisation: WAN-IFRA

Benefits of WAN-IFRA Global Leadership Accelerator

• Successful applicants will receive training in key newsroom and media management issues, while establishing a global network of peers.
• Participants will also benefit from one-on-one coaching sessions with an ICF-certified coach to create their 3-5 year career roadmaps. 

WAN-IFRA Global Leadership Accelerator Requirements

The successful applicant will possess the following:

• 5-10 years direct newsroom experience as a journalist (reporter, correspondent editor)
• demonstrated passion for the news media industry and a commitment to gender equality and inclusion, as well as principles of press freedom
• identify as a woman and/or be drawn from a historically vulnerable/at risk community
• be located outside of the traditional WIN Accelerator markets
• possess strong spoken and written knowledge of English (the programme will be delivered primarily in English)
• the ability to commit 1-2 hours per week for 21 weeks in order to participate thoroughly in the programme (candidates who miss more than 20% of seminars will be given an incomplete) 

Application Date and Process

Please note: Applicants from current WIN countries are not eligible for this programme at this time. If you are from any of the countries listed below, please stay tuned for the 2025 WIN Accelerator call for applications later in the year.

Africa: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Arab Region: Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon

Southeast Asia: The Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar

Apply using the website link below

Application Deadline

29 June, 2025

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