Job alert: Consultant Mentors/Trainers/Editors

Job Description Job Title: Consultant Trainer/Mentor/Editor Job Location: remote Reports to: Executive Director, New Narratives New Narratives seeks highly experienced journalists to serve consultant mentors, editors and trainers for journalists in our projects. Principal Responsibilities: Consultants will oversee pitching or story ideas and reporting of journalism in audio, print and visual formats. They will mentor…

Liberia: Four Months After U.S. Downgrade, Amid Warning of Cut in Aid, Liberian Gov. LosesHuman Trafficking Case, Prosecutors Claim Jurors Didn’t Understand the Crime

Liberia has lost a human trafficking case, four months after being downgraded to tier 2 watchlist in the 2024 annual U.S. government’s Trafficking in Persons report, amid warning by U.S. officials of a cut in “nonessential aid” if the country continues to underwhelming perform in tackling the issue….

Liberia: Rights Groups Criticize Appointment of Accused Economic Criminal Lewis Brown as UN Ambassador as Liberia Seeks International Support for War Time Justice

Two leading Liberian human rights organizations have condemned President Joseph Boakai’s nomination of Lewis Brown, an accused econimic criminal, as the country’s ambassador to the United Nations just as the country is asking the international community to support a war and economic crimes court….

Garmai TarnueReporting Fellow, Radio Gbarnga

Garmai Tarnue works for Radio Gbarnga in Bong County as a reporter since 2020, starting off as an intern. Garmai launched her journalism career as a then 12-year-old student. She followed her dream after completing grade school and was awarded a certificate in journalism and leadership capacity by the Bong chapter of the Young Men…

Joseph DanielsReporting Fellow, OkayFM

Joseph Daniels reports for OK FM Liberia, a privately owned independent Media outlet in Monrovia. With a vested interest in making the voices of people from different walks of life heard, he has covered investigative stories relating to Education, Health, the Environment Corruption and Violence against Women and Girls among others. He graduated from the United Methodist…

Job Alert: Finance and Administration Officer, Africa projects

Location: Monrovia, Liberia New Narratives is seeking an experienced finance and administration officer to support our projects in Africa. Must be a team player with a strong work ethic and desire to support our mission of building quality, independent journalism that gives audiences the information they need to hold leaders to account and drive change.  Time:…

Job Alert: Justice Correspondent, The Gambia

Job Location: Banjul, The Gambia Time: 3 days a week, ongoing Remuneration: This is a part time position with a FTE (full time equivalent) salary in the range of $1000 to $1200 a month (depending on experience) plus benefits. **POSITION FILLED** As The Gambia undertakes the groundbreaking process to hold perpetrators of human rights violations…

Liberia’s New Abortion Law Among Most Liberal in Africa, Faces Hurdle in Senate

Liberia’s new public health law, which was passed by the House of Representatives in 2022, is currently being debated in a special session by the Senate where it is facing a barrage of opposition from abortion opponents. A provision in the bill, which contains a range of other public health elements, would make abortion legal up to 18 weeks of pregnancy as long as it is done by a doctor, the most liberal in Africa….

Siaway MiapueReporting Fellow

Siaway Miapue is an award-winning investigative journalist with seven years of experience. Known for producing compelling stories with a focus on health and environmental reporting, he was honored in 2023 as the recipient of Liberia’s first Young Journalist Award, funded by USAID Media Activities through Internews, a global development media organization. Miapue is currently a contributing…

Gloria WlehReporting Fellow

Gloria Wleh reports for New Narratives and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development’s (CJID) fact-checking and media literacy arm, Dubawa. She is a 2022/2023 fellow of the Kwame Karikari Fact-checking Fellowship, a 2023 fellow of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), amongst others. Gloria has received numerous local and international certifications in her over…

Evaluator, Mid-term Media Project, Liberia

New Narratives is seeking a qualified consultant to hire as a mid-term evaluator for its project, Excellence in Investigative Journalism, during October 2024 to January 2025. The evaluation will include field data collection in Liberia. Terms of Reference for the Mid-term Evaluation of the New Narratives 2022-2024: Excellence in Independent Journalism in Liberia Submission deadline:…