A civil Technology Organisation Orodata Science has announced the winners of the third Africa Data Hub (ADH) Community Journalism Fellowship program.

The ADH Community Journalism Fellowship is an initiative of Orodata Science whose mission is to continue to democratize data and knowledge towards solutions that impact the lives of millions.

The fellowship focuses on Climate Change as it intersects with health-related issues.

The fellows include Afolashade Azeez of Arise News; A staff reporter for Premium Times, Kunle Sanni; Adetutu Sobowale of Platform Times Newspaper and Yemi Balogun, Persecond News.

Others are, Jairus Awo of Choice 93.3FM, Benue State; Ode Uduu, Dataphyte Nigeria; Royal Ibeh, freelance journalist; and David Arome, public health professional and health writer.

Announcing the winners, Friday in Abuja, Founder, Orodata science, Blaise Aboh, said he was excited to announce the newest cohort of the ADH community journalism fellowship (ACJF).

According to him, the fellowship will provide intensive training and mentorship to a diverse group of journalists who within the next 12 weeks, will learn through intensive tutelage to produce evidence-based and data-driven reports to address the health intricacies of climate-related footprints in their local communities within Nigeria.

He said: “Fellows are also integrated with the ADH professional community networks and get to participate in the ADH monthly forum on deep insights and solutions on common social problems. The fellowship also offers peer-to-peer learning, access to a larger network of professionals, and facilitated mentoring.

“The goal of the fellowship is to ensure journalists are equipped with more knowledge, tools and resources they need to produce high-quality evidence-driven journalism that engages stakeholders and informs policy. The fellows will use the newly acquired knowledge to shine a light on their communities.”

peaking on the impact of the fellowship, the Program Lead, Emmanuel Oti, noted that the program received over 300 applications this year, while previously selected applicants have acquired new technical knowledge that is already evident in their projects. “So far, health-related challenges affecting about 1,577,747 persons directly across over 30 communities in Nigeria have been reported and amplified by the projects of the previous cohorts which includes; articles, radio broadcasts and mini-documentaries”.

The fellowship program is an initiative of Orodata Science with support from the Africa Data Hub.