Media professionals invited to participate in media fellowship programme

Community Network for Empowerment (CoNE) is inviting media professionals of the state to participate in its media fellowship programme that aims to strengthen media advocacy on issues of viral hepatitis through a human rights lens.  The major aim of the fellowship is to create mass awareness among the general public on issues surrounding viral hepatitis by creating opportunities for state journalists to research and report stories about the scenario of viral hepatitis in the state with special focus on hepatitis B, its myths and misconceptions, government’s sensitivity towards the issue, stigma and discrimination associated with it,  issues and concerns of PLHBV, services provision and gaps and challenges under the National Viral Hepatitis Control Program (NVHCP). The duration of the fellowship will be for a period of 1 year effective June 2022. During this time period journalists will have an option to produce news articles, features or audio-video content/documentary that highlights the issues surrounding viral hepatitis. The pieces can be long features, advocacy-focused, data driven, or documentary style and human-angle stories. Fellows will be required to publish/broadcast two (2) stories monthly focussing on any of the designated themes. The selected fellows will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 3500, CoNE said in a release today. Stipends will be released only after the articles/video documentaries are published in the respective dailies/media outlets, it said.