Apply — Write for KandaNews

About you

Where you are matters: we want correspondents across the continent.

First name

Last name

Email address

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Phone number (WhatsApp if you have it)

Include the country code, e.g. +233 24 123 4567.

Country you report from

City (optional)

Choose the beats you know best, and tell us how you have reported or written before.

Your writing or reporting experience

Where you have published, for how long, and the kind of stories you do. Student media counts.

One story you could deliver in the next few weeks. Specific beats polished.

1. The story you would pitch: what happens, to whom, and where?

2. Why should a young reader across Africa care about it now?

3. Who would you talk to, and what can you check for yourself?

4. Two more story ideas from where you are (a line each is fine). (optional)

At least one link. Clips, a portfolio, a blog or a channel all count.

Links

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Declarations

The work I have linked is my own, or I have said clearly what my part in it was.

I will follow KandaNews sourcing rules: every fact checked, every quote exact, no invented material.

I understand that a pitch is not a commission until an editor confirms it in writing.

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