Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Eastern Africa Media Fellowship 2026

Deadline: September 11, 2026

Applications are open for the MSF Eastern Africa Media Fellowship 2026. The MSF Eastern Africa Media Fellowship Programme aims to support and empower journalists to tell compelling and impactful stories about pressing humanitarian issues that MSF is responding to in Eastern Africa. Launched in 2024, the fellowship supports journalists with skills, resources and access to MSF projects that will enable them to produce high-quality, nuanced narratives that shine a light on critical health issues and humanitarian challenges across Eastern Africa.

The Fellowship is an initiative designed to empower and collaborate with journalists committed to covering critical humanitarian and health issues across the region. By providing fellows with specialised training, and unique access to MSF’s field operations and medical expertise, the programme aims to deepen the quality and impact of reporting on underreported crises, from conflict and displacement to infectious disease outbreaks and malnutrition. This fellowship serves as a vital bridge between the humanitarian world and the media, fostering a network of informed journalists who can bring much-needed visibility to emergencies.

Benefits

The MSF Media Fellowship provides journalists in Eastern Africa with a chance to get a first-hand glimpse into various humanitarian and health interventions in the region. Fellows will receive:

Training from media and communication professionals on covering humanitarian stories

Cover for the costs for the project visits

Access to relevant experts and to MSF projects to support their coverage of the story

Eligibility

Open to journalists based and publishing in Eastern Africa.

Coverage areas include Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Tanzania

Minimum three years experience, reference letter, three published stories, affiliation with a media organisation or accreditation with their relevant regulator, commitment to travel and publish within fellowship timelines.

Application

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For more information, visit MSF Eastern Africa Media Fellowship.

reference letter, three published stories, affiliation with a media organisation or accreditation with their relevant regulator, commitment to travel and publish within fellowship timelines.

Open to journalists based and publishing in Eastern Africa. Coverage areas include Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Tanzania