Environmental Justice Reporting Story Grants for Asia-Pacific Youth

• Eligibility criteria:
  – Youth journalists (aged between 15 to 30) from low and middle-income countries within the Asia-Pacific region are welcome to apply. We especially invite applications from youth who also identify as:
  — Women
  — LGBTQIA+
  — Ethnic/Cultural/religious minorities
  — Indigenous peoples
  — Persons with physical challenges and/or cognitive impairments
  – Groups of journalists, including from different countries, who wish to submit a joint application are eligible. However, the application must be made in the name of one lead applicant. Lead applicants are responsible for communicating with EJN and receiving funds on the group’s behalf, if awarded.
  – Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio, multimedia). We encourage applications from journalism students, freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations – international, national, local and community-based.
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, North Korea, Laos, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Burma(Myanmar), Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam
• Application language: English

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering around 20 story grants of USD 1,000 each to youth journalists in the Asia-Pacific region, to support the production of in-depth stories on environmental and climate injustice.

By supporting youth journalists, EJN hopes to build their reporting capacity, improve youth representation in the media and raise more awareness about environmental justice and their experiences. Selected journalists will be paired with mentors who will support them to report the stories they believe need to be told, their way. If needed, mentors will also guide journalists on how to pitch stories to media outlets, how to find sources, interview experts and disseminate their work.

See here to learn more and apply.

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