Orodata Announces Winners For Third Cohort ADH Climate Journalism Fellowship

Orodata Science has announced the winners for the third Cohort of the ADH Community Journalism Fellowship program.

The fellowship focuses on Climate Change as it intersects with health-related issues.

Announcing the winners in a statement, Orodata said: “Today, we are excited to announce the newest cohort of the ADH community journalism fellowship (ACJF).”

The organisers said the fellowship will provide intensive training and mentorship to a diverse group of journalists who within the next 12 weeks will learn through intensive tutelage to produce evidence-based and data-driven reports to address the health intricacies of climate-related footprints in their local communities within Nigeria.

It said fellows will also be integrated with the ADH professional community networks and get to participate in the ADH monthly forum on deep insights and solutions to common social problems.

It further said the fellowship also offers peer-to-peer learning, access to a larger network of professionals, and facilitated mentoring

The fellows are Afolashade Azeez of Arise News; A staff reporter for Premium Times, Kunle Sanni; Adetutu Sobowale, Platform Times Newspaper, and Yemi Balogun, Persecond News.

Others are Jairus Awo, Choice 93.3FM, Benue State; Ode Uduu, Dataphyte Nigeria; Royal Ibeh, freelance journalist; and David Arome, public health professional and health writer.

“The goal of the fellowship is to ensure journalists are equipped with more knowledge, tools, and resources they need to produce high-quality evidence-driven journalism that engages stakeholders and informs policy. The fellows will use the newly acquired knowledge to shine a light on their communities.

“Speaking on the impact of the fellowship, the Program Lead Emmanuel Oti, “The program has received over 300 applications this year alone, and selected applicants have acquired new technical knowledge that is already evident in their projects. So far, health related challenges affecting about 1,577,747 persons directly across over 30 communities in Nigeria have been reported and amplified by the projects of the previous cohorts which include; articles, radio broadcasts, and mini-documentaries,” the statement added.