Membership Categories
1. Professional membership shall be open to any person whose principal livelihood comes from creating, producing or supervising the creation of journalism and related media activities.
2. Affiliate Members. Affiliate membership shall be opened to unions and associations of journalists in Africa, journalists of Africa origin organisation in Diaspora, including organisations that trades in any form of media related activities.
3. Academic Members. Academic membership shall be open to college and university faculty and other academic professionals, including administrators and trainers, with research and or teaching interests in journalism.
4. Veteran Members. Veteran membership shall be open to anyone who has been in the practice of journalism and media professionals for not less than 25 years.
5. Student Members. Student membership shall be open to students of institute of journalism, college or university students including undergraduate, graduate and associate degree students, who have demonstrated interest in journalism and media related courses and trainings.
Honorary membership. The board of trustees shall have the authority to establish foreign colleagues and partnership networks whose works shall be to the advancement of journalism profession in line with objectives and missions of the organisation as honorary membership who shall be non-voting category of membership.
Section 10. Fellowship Membership: Fellows of Congress of African Journalists shall be an honour bestowed on the best in the profession by election at the Board of Trustees in a meeting. The membership is in recognition of distinguished contributions to the journalism profession.
Lifetime Members. CAJ founders, Members of the Board of Trustees’ and past CAJ presidents
Section 9. Honorary membership. The board of trustees shall have the authority to establish foreign colleagues and partnership networks whose works shall be to the advancement of journalism profession in line with objectives and missions of the organisation as honorary membership who shall be non-voting category of membership.
Section 10. Fellowship Membership: Fellows of Congress of African Journalists shall be an honour bestowed on the best in the profession by election at the Board of Trustees in a meeting. The membership is in recognition of distinguished contributions to the journalism profession.
