
Training journalists to report ethically on refugees
A four-day workshop on “Covering Refugees Stories” was held in Lebanon from May 30th till June 3rd in partneship with Al Jazeera Media...

Civic-tech is shaking up democracy in Africa.
Around one hundred "hacktivists for democracy" gathered in Abidjan on 28 and 29 June for the first civic-tech forum organised by CFI in...

Intajat Jadida: a new project to support audiovisual content production in the Maghreb
This two-year project aims to encourage the creation of innovative, cultural and educational content, in accordance with the new use and...

That’s a wrap for Innovation MediaLab
The project, which provided support to five media outlets in the Maghreb and Lebanon for the roll-out of innovative narrative formats in...

Intajat Jadida: a new project to support audiovisual content production in the Maghreb
This two-year project aims to encourage the creation of innovative, cultural and educational content, in accordance with the new use and...

112 Sahelian radio programmes compete to be named one of the best in their country
CFI launches a competition to recognise the best programmes produced by MediaSahel’s partner radio stations. The juries have initiated...

D’Jil winners reach home stretch
The sixth and final D’Jil incubation session took place in Tunis between 20 and 22 May 2022. It served up practical workshops and training...

New training on the production of talk shows in the Sahel
This year, from March to June, 108 journalists and media professionals were taught techniques to help them produce public talk shows in...

Social cohesion at the core of Aswatna project productions in Sudan
The three best radio reports produced by Sudanese journalists receiving Aswatna project support will be broadcast by Monte Carlo Doualiya...

Covering Human Interest Stories in Lebanon
A three-day workshop on "Covering Human Interest Stories" was held between 28 February and 3 March 2022, led by award-winning media trainer...

To the ballot box, citizens! The new format of the French-speaking Lebanese media outlet, L’Orient-Le Jour
L’Orient-Le Jour sought to develop a new narrative form to cover Lebanon’s general election, which will be held on 15 May. The editorial...

Fundraising, networking and partnerships on the agenda for D-JiI beneficiaries
From 15 to 17 March 2022, an online conference, moderated by France 24 journalist, Aziza Wassef, brought together project leaders from...