Terms of Reference (TOR) for Media Fellowship under JANO Project

Joint Action for Nutrition Outcome (JANO) project is a consortium project focused on the Nutrition governance. The project is funded by European Union (EU) Co-funded by Austrian Development Cooperation, jointly implemented by CARE Bangladesh, Plan International Bangladesh and Eco- Social Development cooperation (ESDO) in specific 07 Upzilas under Rangpur and Nilphamari District.

The overall objective of this project is contributing in ending malnutrition of children under five of age, together with addressing national needs of pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girl. To achieve the strategic objective   of JANO is improve maternal and child nutrition through implementation of multisectoral approach and strengthen national governance in Rangpur and Nilphamari districts of Northwest Bangladesh

The project is supporting to government at district and sub-district level, to implement the Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN-2) (NPAN -2). The project focusing on Adolescent nutrition, health, hygiene, gender & SRHR issues for adolescent girl.    Interventions. The project is going to select four young journalist through a competitive and assessment process to providing media fellowship. The media fellowship will be arranged engaging 4 journalists from national news media.

Overall Project Objective:
Contribute in ending malnutrition of children under five-years of age, together with addressing the nutritional needs of Pregnant and Lactating Women and adolescent girls.

The Specific Objective:
To raise awareness among targeted audience through their reports/publications/media activities

Time Period and Last Date of Submission:
The time period of Media Fellowship application submission will be 15th of July to 30th of July

Number of Fellows in Different Category:
Fellowship will be given to 04 young journalists under the project. Fellows will be selected from different news agencies- Bangla Newspaper- 01, English Newspaper- 01, Television Channel- 01 & Online News Portal -01. The judge board will select and evaluate the application. Fellows will be given an overall brief about the project through workshop. Through field visit the journalist will develop specific stories. Fellow members have to publish their stories to their own news media.

Required Documents for Proposal:

• CV with one color photograph, attested copy of academic certificates, NID copy, Photograph of visiting card or ID card, NOC certificate from working organization.
• The applicant must submit an article (500 words) on “দ্বিতীয় জাতীয় পুষ্টি কর্ম পরিকল্পনায় কৈশোরকালীন পুষ্টির গুরুত্ব।“
• Candidates, who received fellowship from any organizations for the past one year, need not to apply.

Eligibility:
To apply for the fellowship program, applicants need to have-

• Minimum a master’s degree
• 2 years journalism experience on national dailies, television or online newspapers.
• Women and young candidates having work experience with national or international development organizations will get preference.

Award Amount:
Each applicant will be rewarded with 50,000.00 BDT (Taka Fifty Thousand Only).

Important Information:

How to Apply:
Applicants are requested to submit the hard copy of the required documents at the following address- or sending through email. Encourage to share any queries or any comments through email. 

Artistic Communication
House: 16, Suite: E2, Level: 05, Road: 13, Block G, Niketan, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212.

Email:  janofellowship@gmail.com

N.B – All the decisions related to the fellowship will be finalized by the authority. Authority upholds the power to bring any kind of changes related to the fellowship program without any notice.