{"id":6278,"date":"2020-02-25T13:44:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T12:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/?p=6278"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:25:51","slug":"komla-dumor-award-2020-seeking-a-rising-star-of-african-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2020\/02\/25\/komla-dumor-award-2020-seeking-a-rising-star-of-african-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Komla Dumor Award 2020: Seeking a Rising Star of African Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, .<\/p>\n<p>Journalists from across Africa are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh talent from the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will spend three months at the BBC headquarters in London, gaining skills and experience.<\/p>\n<p>The award was established to honor Komla Dumor, an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster and presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>It will be made to an outstanding individual living and working in Africa, who combines strong journalism skills, on-air flair, and an exceptional talent in telling African stories with the ambition and potential to become a star of the future.<\/p>\n<p>As well as spending time with the BBC in London, the winner will also get to travel to Africa to report a story &#8211; and have that story shared across the continent and the world.<\/p>\n<p>Applications close on 16 March 2020 at 23:59 GMT.<\/p>\n<p>For more info visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-51574355\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-51574355<\/a><script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() &#038;&#038; current_user_can( &#8216;administrator&#8217; ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() &#038;&#038; current_user_can( &#8216;administrator&#8217; ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, . Journalists from across Africa are invited to apply for the award,&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2020\/02\/25\/komla-dumor-award-2020-seeking-a-rising-star-of-african-journalism\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":936,"featured_media":6276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-opportunity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6278"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13761,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278\/revisions\/13761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}