Skills gap and job scarcity. Media graduates leave universities unprepared for the future of work and the demands of modern-day newsrooms — exacerbated by a chronic lack of jobs.
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Skilling Next-Gen Journalists.
Closing the skills gap between university and newsroom through experiential learning.
Our approach
How Skilling works.
Apprenticeship-driven training, not a classroom model. Fellowships, academies, and residencies where young journalists, creators, editors, and researchers learn by doing — inside real newsroom production, on real deadlines, serving real audiences.
The future of a healthy media ecosystem lies in the hands of skilled young journalists who are equipped to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow's media landscape.
For 8 years we have hosted the MCI Fellowship Program under the Next-Gen Journalist Program, skilling over 180 young journalists. Our ONE-MAN-WOMAN-ARMY-JOURNALIST training model produces MULTI-SKILLED, MULTI-EARNING journalists who, beyond reporting, become THOUGHT-LEADER BRANDS and CREATORS.
Programs Under S1
Everything we run under Skilling Next-Gen Journalists, filed in three folders. Open one to see what is inside.
Ongoing Projects
Programs
FeaturedAfrica Newsroom Contest
A continental, hands-on training competition run by the MCI that puts university journalism students through the pace of a real newsroom, equipping them with practical reporting skills and connecting them with mentors and media employers.
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FeaturedMCI Fellowship Program
Nurtures young journalists as leaders and promotes solutions-based journalism for social change.
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MCI Alumni Program
Continuous professional development for MCI alumni — amplifying alumni innovations and entrepreneurs.
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Projects
Amplifying Voices — Enhancing Dialogue
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Promoting Public Accountability and Transparency through Media in Uganda
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