EJN’s Call for Proposals: Conservation and Wildlife in East Africa Story Grants 2022

Published February 2, 2022 · Updated February 2, 2022

EJN is offering reporting grants to journalists in East Africa to support the production of in-depth stories on conservation and wildlife issues.

Grants are open to journalists as well as other expert media practitioners with a track record of covering conservation and wildlife stories.
Photojournalists and multimedia practitioners with published visual work are also eligible.
Groups of journalists are eligible, particularly from different countries within the region if seeking to produce a cross-border project.
Applicants may be from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Applicants may be freelance or working for international, national, local or community-based media.
Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio).
Stories may be produced in English, Kiswahili or local languages.

We expect to award 10 grants in total, with an average budget of US$800 each.

Deadline: 9 February 2022, 11:59 PM, EAT