Ocean and Fisheries Reporting Grant

• Eligibility Criteria
  – The ocean and fisheries reporting grant is open to all journalists: writers, photographers, radio producers, and filmmakers; staff journalists as well as freelancers;
  – A staff reporter or an editor with an idea can also apply;
  – More than one person can apply together, and an editor can apply on behalf of a team as long as the editor provides basic information about the journalists on the team;
  – Journalists from all countries and territories are eligible for grants.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Global
• Application Language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and bahasa Indonesia

The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for the Ocean and Fisheries Reporting Grant, a new reporting initiative focused on ocean health and fisheries.

They are seeking ambitious reporting proposals from freelance and staff journalists from around the world who wish to report on vital ocean and fisheries issues and are in need of support for their reporting projects.

The ocean and fisheries reporting grant seeks to support enterprising journalists with ambitious reporting projects that will yield high-quality, in-depth journalism that exposes long-running fisheries problems and enables key stakeholders and a well-informed public to find solutions that lead to more legal and sustainably caught fish, supply chains free of forced labor, greater food security, and thriving coastal communities. Through their support, they intend to develop a global cohort of journalists dedicated to surfacing vital underreported ocean and fisheries stories.

What they’re looking for

They encourage applications for all formats of reporting on climate impacts, pollution, and biodiversity loss, and we would also like to see more applications on lesser reported topics, including:

• Climate change impacts (other than sea-level rise)
• Deep-sea mining
• Marine energy generation
• The blue economy
• Marine genetic resources and the sharing of benefits
• Marine Protected Areas (creation, implementation, and management)
• Species and habitat loss, restoration, and protection
• Ocean science
• Blue carbon and ecosystem value
• Marine geoengineering
• Shipping
• Polar issues
• Fishmeal production
• Aquaculture and blue foods

Funding Information

They do not have a budget range. They will consider projects of any scope and size, as long as the budget matches the true cost and ambition of the story.

See here to learn more and apply.

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