Call for Applications: ERC Collaborative Reporting Grants 2023

• Eligibility:
  – Applications must include at least two journalists or news outlets from two different countries or regions.
  – Freelance journalists are welcome to apply.
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target countries: Global
• Application language: English

The Environmental Reporting Collective (ERC) is now again accepting applications for its Collaborative Reporting Grants to support journalists working together on tracing environmental crimes across borders.

In this round, ERC seeks to support similar stories as well as reports specific to sand mining as a follow-up to Beneath the Sands. The grants are aimed at promoting collaborations to allow journalists from different countries to fill in gaps in each others’ reporting. Applications must include at least two journalists or news outlets from two different countries or regions. Freelance journalists are welcome to apply.

Funding information

If you’re interested and ready to apply, please prepare the following:

• A one-page story proposal with details of your idea and reporting plan. The proposal must emphasize what’s going to be new or revelatory about your story and how each reporter will contribute to the story.
• A budget that lays out the anticipated expenses for the project. This may include fees for records requests, travel and lodging, and a stipend for freelance reporters. Please use ERC’s budget template here.
• Resumes for each journalist with links to previously published reports and at least two professional references.
• For media outlets, data about your reach, audience, and links to previous investigations. Note: News outlets are strongly encouraged to sign up as a partner newsroom with ERC before or when applying, but it’s not required and will not jeopardize their application.
• For staff writers, a letter of support from an editor in your newsroom.
• For freelance journalists, a letter of interest from a news outlet that is willing or committed to publish your story.

Please send your application to contact@investigative.earth with the subject head “Your Surnames Grant Application.” ERC will get back to you within a month after receiving your application.

See here to learn more and apply.

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