BBC News Komla Dumor Award (13361)
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BBC News Komla Dumor Award
Contract type: 3
month FTC
Location: London
Job Application
Requirements:
• CV
• Questionnaire with opportunity to
detail your experience
Komla Dumor was a journalist of Africa. His passion was to tell African stories to the world with honesty and integrity. It’s a legacy that the BBC wants to continue.
The BBC News
Komla Dumor Award will be made to an outstanding individual living and
working in Africa, who combines strong journalism skills, on air
flair, and an exceptional talent in telling African stories with the
ambition and potential to become a star of the future.
The winner of the BBC World News Komla Dumor award will receive a once-in-a-lifetime training and development opportunity with the BBC in London, starting in early September 2024 and running for three months.
Working with teams from across BBC News, the winner will produce an African story for the BBC and have their story and their voice shared across the continent and the world. They will be supported by a high-level BBC mentor and attend courses run by the BBC’s world-class training department, the BBC Academy.
The BBC will pay for the winner’s flights to and
from the UK and for their visa. We will also arrange and pay for the
winner’s accommodation in London during their placement. The winner
will receive a £7000 allowance during the three months in London (tax
and deductions will be made as appropriate).
To apply for this prestigious award, you must be currently living and working as a journalist in Africa.
You must also have the following skills and experience:
• Excellent journalism skills, including in digital and
social media.
• Broadcasting experience is preferable.
•
An excellent broadcasting personality, voice and strong presenting
skills with the ability to perform at the microphone and in front of
the camera with flair.
• The ability to identify and pitch a
strong original African story idea, aligned to the BBC editorial
guidelines Wide and up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the
African continent, including politics, business, culture, history and
sport.
• Fluency in English as a first or equivalent language.
Additional requirements for all applicants
•
You must provide a CV (maximum two pages).
• You must hold or
be able to obtain by 31 March 2024 a passport that is valid until at
least 31st January 2025.
• You must not be a current or former
member of BBC staff.
• If successful, your employer must be
willing to release you for three months from September 2024 for you to
travel on your own to take up your placement in London.
• The
visa requires that you hold a degree or are studying towards a degree
equivalent to a UK Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university.
• References, proof of employment, birth certificate,
passport, an appropriate UK visa and proof of level of English will be
required from shortlisted candidates.
• You must provide the BBC with your name, email
and postal address if you wish to enter for this award.
• The
BBC will only ever use your personal details for the purposes of
administering this award, and will not publish them or provide them to
anyone without your permission.
• The deadline for receiving
entries for the award is final. This is 23.59 hours on 15th March
2024. No entries received after this date will be considered.
•
The BBC will not be liable for any costs incurred in the application
process for this award.
• The BBC does not accept any
responsibility for late or lost entries. Proof of sending is not proof
of receipt. No responsibility is accepted for incomplete entries or
entries made fraudulently.
• This award is not open to
employees of the BBC, any person directly involved in the BBC or the
running of the competition.
• The judges’ decision is final
and no correspondence will be entered into thereafter.
• The
BBC reserves the right to use the names and images of shortlisted
candidates in publicity material.
• The award winner will be
contacted personally.
• The award must be taken as stated and
cannot be deferred. There will be no cash alternative.
• The
BBC reserves the right to cancel this award scheme at any stage, if
deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of
its control.
• The awardee must be able to secure an
appropriate UK visa, which the BBC will arrange and pay for on the
awardee’s behalf. The BBC will withdraw the offer of a placement, if
an appropriate UK visa cannot be obtained.
• The awardee
assigns all copyright or other intellectual property rights in the
contribution they supply to the BBC as a result of placement.
•
The awardee grants the BBC the unlimited right to edit, copy, alter,
add to, take from, adapt or translate the contributions and, with
regard to such contributions and any BBC content in which they may
have been included, waives irrevocably any ‘moral rights’ they may
have under any laws of any jurisdiction.
• The BBC reserves
the right to withdraw the award at any stage if the awardee brings the
BBC into disrepute.
• The awardee is expected to return to
their home country at the end of their BBC placement.
• This
award is administered by the BBC.
• Entrants will be deemed to
have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when
entering for this award.