Call for Applications – Gender + AI Reporting Fellowship

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African Women Journalism Project (AWJP)

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media
  • Job type: Fellowship
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 20/08/2025
  • Location: Kenya
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
About the fellowship:  

AI draws its knowledge from vast online sources, reflecting the perceptions, stereotypes, and unconscious biases that circulate across the internet—much like humans, it inherits and reproduces these biases in its texts, images, and decisions. At the same time, AI also holds the potential to expose and challenge these very biases in the media it processes. 


Are you a woman journalist in Kenya, eager to explore and curious to learn how AI tools can enhance your reporting, uncover new stories, and challenge media bias? Are you open to learning more about AI tools to improve your gender sensitive reporting skills? Apply now to join a dynamic program at the intersection of journalism and technology. 


The AWJP and DW Akademie are collaborating to launch a Gender + AI Fellowship, which focuses on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and gender, exploring how emerging technologies impact women and gender-diverse communities in Kenya. The program will equip journalists with the tools and knowledge on how to use  AI as a tool to enhance their reporting—analyzing large datasets, uncovering hidden patterns, detecting bias, and amplifying underrepresented voices in the stories they tell, highlighting underreported gendered dimensions in tech policy, data justice, surveillance, access, and inclusion. 


Outputs: Each Fellow is expected to produce at least 4 high-quality journalistic products: The published stories should be centred around the topics of AI and gender in the context of governance, development, finance, education, health, and climate. 


The stories are to be produced and published during the fellowship phase. 

Eligibility Criteria  
This fellowship is open to women journalists who meet the following criteria:  

  • Professional Affiliation 
    • Staff affiliated with a media organisation (including TV, radio, print, or digital outlets). Roles may include: reporter, editor, social media content manager, moderator
    • Freelance journalists who meet all other eligibility criteria.
  • Geographic Location 
    • Applicants must be based in Kenya, with priority given to those residing or working in Nyanza, Western, Rift Valley (including Turkana), Central, and the Coastal Region.
  • Technical Requirements 
    • Proficient in English (written and spoken). 
    • Access to stable internet and a laptop or desktop computer to participate in online training and mentorship activities.
  • Publishing Commitment 
    • Must submit a letter of intent to publish from an editor or media outlet as part of the application. Commitment to publish/broadcast the story within two weeks of submission and to share analytics.
  • Topical Interest & Commitment (a motivational statement with a maximum 500 words)

    • Demonstrated interest and experience in covering issues related to Gender and AI
    • Strong motivation to develop impactful journalism that advances the rights of women, girls, and underrepresented groups. 
    • Interest in gaining skills to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for gender-sensitive reporting and to contribute to shaping inclusive AI strategies in journalism. 

Benefits: 

  • Microgrants to support story production 
  • Access to selected AI tools 
  • Editorial, data, and design support and visibility through partner publications 
  • Mentorship from leading Kenyan and international journalists  
  • Networking opportunities  
  • Certificate of completion  

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