Journalist Fellowship for Infrastructure Reporting in Southeast Asia

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is launching its second Journalist Fellowship for Infrastructure Reporting in Southeast Asia to equip early- to mid-career journalists with training, mentoring and story grants to report on infrastructural development and its impacts on the environment and human rights.

Participating journalists will also learn measures and strategies to mitigate potential physical and digital risks that they or the communities involved may face during the production of their stories.

Fellowship logistics

They plan to select 16 journalists in October 2024 with the expectation that selected journalists will participate in the training in November 2024.

Through in-depth reporting and safety training, participants will engage with trainers and journalists as well as the broader EJN network to increase their capacity to report on the social and environmental impacts of local and national infrastructure development. Participants will also gain access to an online knowledge portal with context-specific resources and safety tools created by the STRIDES project.

Participants who complete the training will be invited to apply for story grants to support the production of media reporting on infrastructural development.

Pending completion of the training by all 16 participants and submission of approved story pitches, they expect to award 16 story grants with an average budget of $2,000 each in December 2024 and expect the stories to be completed by April 2025. Applicants should consider this timeline when drafting their workplan.

Each selected journalist will be paired with an EJN senior journalist who will act as a mentor throughout the story development process. Participants will also receive editorial guidance and further support through the resources and tools made available via the STRIDES online knowledge portal.

Fellows in the Journalist Fellowship for Infrastructure Reporting are expected to produce at least one story during the course of the fellowship for their media house. Each Fellow will be required to participate in monitoring and evaluation activities including completion of surveys and will be asked to submit a blog post at the end of their fellowship speaking about their experience.

How to apply

The application deadline for this fellowship is September 30, 2024. To learn more and apply, please click here.