Women In News Leadership Accelerator is an intensive, nine-month-long career and leadership program for journalists and editors working in Africa, the Arab Region, and Southeast Asia. The programme accepts 100-150 applicants, annually. Women media professionals from the following countries are eligible to apply: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (WIN Africa), Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine (WIN Arab Region), Myanmar, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia (Southeast Asia).
Approach
Through a combination of coaching, training, mentoring, and networking, we enable journalists and editors who take part in the program to acquire new skills and build their capacity to lead and transform.
Requirements
The WIN Leadership Accelerator is targeted at mid to senior-level editors and journalists in WIN’s intervention markets.
Participants must have two to three years of experience managing people or processes and be working in the media sector – print or digital newspapers, radio, and, in some cases, broadcast.
Benefits
Successful applicants to the WIN Leadership Accelerator program benefit from the following:
One-on-one coaching to create a three-to-five-year career roadmap
Develop your career management plan and learn how to implement it. Coach and mentee meet individually on five occasions with follow-up sessions. Our coaches use global best practices, customized specifically for the WIN Accelerator.
Certified Media Management training
Regional and global experts drawn from the WIN and WAN-IFRA extended community delivers training on newsroom management, financial management, operationalizing digital strategy, and the business of news. Delivered in person and via e-learning platforms.
Gender Balance in Content Training
Get exposed to tools and tactics to help you and your organisation achieve more balanced and representative content.
Managing Sexual Harassment training
Tools and procedures to protect yourself and members of your team from sexual harassment in the newsroom and in the field.
Leadership Hubs
National or regional in-person and virtual gatherings will help to develop personal and career management strategies and build professional networks.
