About the Fellowship
The AWJP / DW Akademie Gender + AI Reporting Fellowship supports women journalists in Kenya— particularly those working in community radio and underserved regions—to produce ambitious, gender-aware journalism on artificial intelligence. Over a multi-month program, fellows receive training, editorial/data/design support, grants, and mentorship to produce three impactful stories that challenge stereotypes and spotlight under-reported issues.
To strengthen the fellowship’s technical backbone, AWJP is seeking a Technical Trainer:AI & Gender Bias to guide fellows in using AI tools safely, ethically and creatively in their reporting.
Why this role matters:
AI technologies increasingly shape information flows, how newsrooms operate, and how marginalised voices are impacted, or erased. Journalists need more than AI literacy; they need practical, responsible skills that center gender justice and digital safety.
The Technical Trainer will help fellows:
- Use AI tools in low-barrier, resource-conscious ways
- Identify and interrogate gender bias and power imbalances in AI systems
- Build ethical, trauma-informed workflows for reporting on AI, gendered harms, and technology-facilitated GBV.
You will collaborate with AWJP’s editorial, data, design teams and mentors, ensuring fellows receive holistic support that elevates the quality, safety, and impact of their stories.
What We’re Looking For
Technical & AI Expertise:
- Demonstrated experience working with AI and data tools in journalism, investigations, civic tech, or related fields.
- Ability to translate complex AI concepts into clear, usable skills for non-technical journalists.
Gender & Digital-safety Lens:
- Strong grounding in gender-sensitive storytelling or feminist tech approaches.
- Experience engaging with gendered disinformation, online harassment, TFGBV. or digital rights issues.
Training & Contextual Experience
- Proven experience designing and delivering online or hybrid training for journalists, media practitioners, or civil society.
- Understanding of Kenyan media ecosystems, especially community radio and under-resourced newsrooms
- Commitment to ethical AI use, trauma-informed practice, and digital security especially when reporting on survivors or vulnerable communities.
Availability:
- Approx. 3 hours per week for preparation, live sessions, office-hours, and follow-up support over a two-month period.
What You’ll Do
- Design and deliver a modular curriculum on AI & gender bias, and ethical workflows tailored to Kenyan women journalists.
- Introduce fellows to practical AI workflows for:
- story ideation and research
- verification
- structuring and analysing simple data sets
- drafting, editing, translation, and summarisation
- Lead sessions on detecting and documenting bias in AI tools and platforms
- Provide technical support through office hours/clinics and feedback clinics
- Co-create simple AI usage guidelines and safety protocols with fellows for use in their newsrooms.
- Work closely with AWJP mentors and teams to align technical inputs with editorial and gender objectives
What You’ll Gain
- A competitive stipend and recognition as a core trainer in a flagship national programme
- Collaborate with AWJP, DW Akademie, and a cohort of women journalists reporting at the intersection of gender and technology.
- Opportunities to shape practical models for responsible, feminist AI use in African newsrooms.
- Access to AWJP’s training resources and continental professional networks.
How to Apply
Submit the following via https://bit.ly/awjpjobs by 30 November 2025,23:59 EAT:
- CV (max 3 pages): Highlight relevant AI/technical and training experience.
- Motivation Statement (max 500 words):
- Your approach to teaching AI to journalists
- How you integrate gender, ethics, and digital safety
- Examples of relevant training or projects.
- Two References: Name, role and contact information
Selection Process: Applications will be reviewed by AWJP and DW Akademie using a transparent evaluation matrix. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Safeguarding & Inclusion: AWJP is an equal-opportunity initiative. Applications from women, people with disabilities and individuals from underserved regions are strongly encouraged.