Apply for Dublin Inquirer’s youth journalism training programme

Note: applications for this are now closed and we will be in touch with applicants as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Are you aged between 17 and 23, and care about your city? Have you wanted to try out journalism, but been unsure how?

We’re happy to launch our first youth journalism training programme.

The programme will run in two stages. About 30 successful applicants will benefit from three months of training for two hours a week, after which a smaller cohort will go forward to develop stories under the mentorship of our reporters over a period of eight months.

Part of the course will be sharing what we know about journalism and how to do it. And part of it will be giving you the chance to shape and contribute to coverage in Dublin Inquirer of issues affecting your peers – and even the formats in which we publish.

Our mission has always included trying to clear the way for those who face barriers into journalism, and are underrepresented, in Ireland. As such, we welcome all applicants, but particular those from minority and working-class backgrounds.

The Details

Stage One: 11 March 2024 to 31 May 2024

• 12 training sessions of two hours a week held in person in Dublin city centre
• No fees, no cost to participants.
• Curriculum covering: finding stories, how local government works, interviewing skills, writing and story structure, navigating sources and misinformation, Freedom of Information requests and accessing government documents, photography, ethics and more
• Guest speakers and practical exercises

Stage Two: 1 July 2024 to 31 April 2025 (part-time, flexible)

• Direct mentorship under Dublin Inquirer journalists
• Expectation to produce four or five pieces of original journalism each in that time
• Participants to be paid for published pieces in line with our freelance rates

How to Apply

To apply, please fill out the application form below before 5pm on Wednesday 14 February 2024.

This programme is being run as part of the YoCoJoin project, a pan-European initiative with five other newsrooms and organisations, under the guidance of the Dutch local public broadcaster Omroep Tilburg.

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