Are you thinking of applying to our 2019 Student Scheme? You’re invited to attend an information session at 6pm on Wednesday, 20th February at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Iveagh House, 80 St Stephen’s Green. The information session will be attended by former Student Scheme recipient, Charlotte Ryan, who will share her experience […]
A very Malawian Sunday
I hadn’t brought a dress to Malawi, but that was okay, Josephine said. “They’ll know you’re visiting and didn’t know”, she told me. My practical shirt and trousers hardly matched her elegant dress, and she was wearing lipstick, for another thing, but at least it was clean. We set off for Mass at Maula Parish […]
Student Scheme now open for applications
The Simon Cumbers Media Fund is now seeking applications from third level students interested in travelling to a developing country to report for a national media outlet. The Fund is once again teaming up with Newstalk and TheJournal.ie to offer two students the opportunity to work with experienced journalists to develop their story proposals. Supported […]
14 projects funded under winter 2018 round
Innovative recycling projects in India, the effects of rapid urbanisation in Sierra Leone and South Africa, and maternal mortality rates in Guatemala are just a handful of topics that will be explored by the successful applicants to the winter 2018 round of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund. Fourteen media professionals, working for a range of […]
Leticia Agudo in Mexico – blog two
Land of Amber blog (days 5-12) Day five: the trip to Simojovel The different cameras, mics, lights. laptops, hardrives… they all make it into the car and we head off in the late morning for the three-hour trip. Alicia tells us that she doesn’t plan anything else the days she travels to Simojovel. I think […]
Fifteen Journalists Receive Grant to Report on Development Issues
PRESS RELEASE Thursday, 20th December 2012 Fifteen journalists have been awarded funding under the Winter 2012 round of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund, run by Irish Aid, the Government’s programme of assistance to developing countries. A total of €42,141 was awarded under the most recent round, which will see recipients travel to 15 different countries […]
