The International Labour Organization (ILO) is now accepting entries for its sixth annual Global Media Competition to recognize exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment. The competition, which aims to promote quality reporting on labour migration issues, will give awards to two published media pieces. For the first …

The Mobile Photography Awards (MPA), established in 2011 to recognize and celebrate the talent and imagery of the mobile photography and art communities, is now receiving applications for its 10th annual photography contest from photographers who use mobile phones. The Mobile Photography Awards is a competition and touring exhibit promoting …

The Aftermath Project, a non-profit organization “committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict”, has opened its 2021 grant cycle and is inviting all working conflict photographers around the world to participate with their projects. The Aftermath Project is open to working photographers worldwide who are interested …

Atiku Sarraki, Bureau Chief of Triumph Newspaper based in Abuja, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and the  Corps Marshal (FRSC), accusing them of obvious disregard for the request for information under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, …

The “Krzysztof Miller Prize for having the courage to look” competition for the best photographic material in 2020, organised by Warsaw-based  AgoraSpółkaAkcyjna and partnered by the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation and  Deutsche Bank Polska S.A has taken off.  “The Krzysztof Miller Prize for having the courage to look” is awarded every …

The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship is now accepting applications for two rounds of early-career science writers course with the first one spanning January 4, 2021, to August 31, 2021, while the second one takes place between  July 1, 2021 to  February 28, 2022. The fellowship is open to early-career …

18 Rights groups have emphasised that access to information, even in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, is essential for empowering citizens to hold governments accountable. The rights groups which made the statement on the occasion of the International Right to Know Day, therefore, called on governments to promote …

Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR) was adjudged the most compliant and transparent public institution for the year 2020 by a coalition of civil society organizations (CSO) during the second edition of the National Freedom of Information Compliance and Transparency Ranking of Public institutions on September 28, 2020. The ranking …

SIMA Studios, a non-profit impact media agency based in Los Angeles in the United States, has announced a call for entries for its ninth annual SIMA Awards, with calls for creative films that raise important questions about the state of the contemporary world, as well as production companies and funders …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor YemiOsinbajo(SAN), has called for the expansion of the scope of the current framework of whistle blowing to include issues of public safety, security, gross mismanagement of the rights of people, and waste of resources. “It is clear that under the current whistleblowing policy, it is only …