The South African National
Editors’ Forum (SANEF) has announced that in conjunction with the Social
Justice Initiative (SJI), it is now inviting applications for a second round of
emergency funding for journalists who have lost their livelihoods as a direct
result of the Covid-19 national disaster. In our first round we received 320
applications and 227 journalists were selected for payments. Journalists
received a small donation of R5000 to purchase necessities like food and
clothing.
“SANEF is happy to announce that
round two is now open. We call on all on everyone to spread the word,” it said.
In terms of the criteria the
following people can apply: Practising journalists who have not received
retrenchment packages, freelance or contract journalists who have been
retrenched or had their contracts cancelled from the date of implementation of
the national lockdown on 26 March 2020 and thereafter as a result of Covid 19.
Photographers, print, broadcast and multimedia journalists are all included.
The deadline for applications is
Wednesday 30 September 2020. Please see a link to the application form: Application form_emergency funding_September 2020_final
