Rainforest Journalism Fund – Southeast Asia Grant for Journalists in Cambodia

• Eligibility Criteria:
  – The Rainforest Journalism Fund is open to journalists (freelancers or staff), editors, and media organizations that report in Cambodia
• Type of funding: Programmatic. The Pulitzer Center will fund costs associated with reporting projects on tropical rainforests, with an emphasis on issues that have gone unreported or under-reported in the local and regional media.
• Target countries: Cambodia
• Application languages: English and Cambodian/Khmer

The Pulitzer Center through the Southeast Asia Rainforest Journalism Fund (RJF) is calling for grant applications from journalists that report in Cambodia. Journalists (freelancers or staff), editors, and media organisations are invited to submit proposals on issues concerning rainforests in Cambodia.

CRITERIA FOR PROPOSALS 

• Highlight a strong topic on systemic and critical issues on the Cambodian rainforest;
• Preferably, involve collaboration. This could include local and/or Indigenous journalists, or domestic-international media partnerships;
• Have a strong and strategic distribution plan;
• Demonstrate attention to editing, reporting, and safety standards (for example, a careful travel plan and preventive health measures for journalists and communities);
• Utilise innovative reporting techniques, such as data journalism and multimedia storytelling (photos, videos, infographics, etc.), to build strong stories with minimal pandemic and safety risk to sources.

See here to learn more and apply.

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