Are you a community journalist or advocate based in Northern Nigeria who is passionate about human rights, inclusive storytelling, and locally-led change? If yes, this is your final call to apply for the 2025 SCOJA Fellowship, organized by The HumAngle Foundation.
The Strengthening Community Journalism and Human Rights Advocacy (SCOJA) Fellowship is a powerful, community-driven initiative aimed at empowering journalists and advocates with the skills, tools, and resources needed to spotlight human rights violations and promote accountability in rural communities across Northern Nigeria.
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The 2025 SCOJA Fellowship offers a unique combination of in-person training and a six-month community-focused engagement period. It is tailored specifically for community journalists and human rights advocates who are working at the grassroots level to tell critical stories and inspire social change.
The fellowship consists of:
- 3-Day Intensive Training: To be held in Kaduna, Plateau, or Borno states, covering high-impact topics relevant to community-based journalism and advocacy.
- 6-Month Field Engagement: Fellows will receive mentorship, produce in-depth reports, and execute advocacy initiatives in their local communities.
- Post-Training Support: Including stipends, peer-to-peer learning, and networking opportunities.
Training Topics Covered
Fellows will receive cutting-edge training in a wide range of topics designed to equip them for work in challenging and evolving information environments, including:
- Human Rights & Advocacy Techniques
- Digital & Physical Security for Journalists
- Reporting on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
- Climate Change Reporting & Local Environmental Advocacy
- Investigative Journalism & Accountability Reporting
- Inclusive and Conflict-Sensitive Reporting
- Storytelling for Solutions and Impact
- Data-Driven Journalism & Civic Engagement
- Combatting Disinformation & Misinformation
- Legal Awareness & Press Freedom
- Building Alliances with CBOs, Government, and Development Partners
- Mobilizing Communities for Action
These skill sets are not just informative—they’re transformative.
Why Apply?
If you are passionate about using storytelling to drive accountability and inspire action, then this fellowship is for you. Here’s why:
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- Localized Impact: Work directly in your community to highlight pressing issues
- Empowerment: Gain tools to amplify marginalized voices and shape narratives
- Skills Acquisition: Learn actionable techniques you can use immediately
- Networking: Join a community of changemakers and allies
- Visibility: Your work will reach wider audiences and platforms
- Change-Making: Be the voice that holds power accountable and pushes for equity
Name of Organizer
The Human Angle
Requirements/ Eligibility criteria
- Human rights and advocacy
- Digital safety and physical security for journalists and activists
- Techniques for reporting on SGBV
- Accountability reporting and investigative journalism
- Climate Change Reporting and Advocacy
- Conflict-sensitive reporting
- Collaborating with CBOs, government representatives and development partners
- Solutions reporting
- Inclusive storytelling
- Data-driven journalism and civic engagement
- Approaches to Mobilising and Inspiring Action
- Countering misinformation and disinformation in various contexts
- Press freedom and navigating legal challenges
- Journalists and advocates whose work focuses on specific communities, towns or states.
- Journalists and advocates who reside in any of the target states.
- Journalists and advocates with a strong interest in community-led change and stakeholder engagement.
- Journalists and advocates who are willing to commit to 6-months of consistent engagement in the Fellowship, producing reports and engaging with various stakeholders.
Benefits of the Program
- Mentorship for the duration of the Fellowship
- Support in the development of reports and advocacy activities
- Acquisition of skills in advocacy, innovative approaches to reporting, fact-checking and security/safety training.
- Networking and peer-to-peer learning
- Stipend for the duration of the Fellowship
- Expectations of Fellows
- Commitment to attend a 3-day training in any of the focal states (Kaduna, Borno and Plateau).
- Monthly reports on activities development/execution for 6 months.
- At least 3 reports and 1 significant advocacy initiative produced during the Fellowship
- Participation in all surveys, data collection activities and virtual sessions.
- Step-down training to colleagues in their respective organisations
Deadline
10th October, 2025.
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