Call for Proposals: Indigenous Environmental Journalism Story Grants 2022
EJN is offering reporting grants to Indigenous journalists to support the production of in-depth stories that will call attention to climate justice, biodiversity, sustainable ecosystems, Indigenous leadership and other issues related to the rights and well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities.
Story Themes
Environmental and climate change issues
Interest is on stories that explore environmental solutions and resiliency, focus on resource use, agriculture and traditional management practices, investigate land rights and environmental sovereignty, address the role of Indigenous Peoples as guardians of the environment or highlight the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Indigenous land and communities.
Eligibility
- Applicants must self-identify as Indigenous and will be asked to provide details on their Indigenous affiliations in the application.
- Applicants can be from any country in the world.
- Groups of Indigenous and non-Indigenous journalists. In these cases, the Indigenous journalist must be the lead applicant.
- Applicants must either have a working understanding of English or have a translator available to assist with communication with Internews staff.
- Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio) and other expert media practitioners with investigative reporting experience and a history of covering environmental issues.
Grant Value
We expect to award 20 grants in total, at two funding levels: 10 grants will be awarded with an average budget of $1,450, and another 10 grants will be awarded with an average budget of $1,250.
For all details and application visit; https://earthjournalism.net/opportunities/indigenous-environmental-journalism-story-grants-2022
