Deadline: 26-Jun-20
Hivos and IIED, together with Climate Tracker have launched the Sustainable Food Media Fellowship to fund journalists from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia to work on investigative reports.
Hivos is looking for young journalists from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia who want to write incredible stories about the production of food and access to sustainable diets in their home country. This will be a great opportunity for 10-15 journalists to conduct important investigative reports and receive an exclusive 4-week journalism training designed by Climate Tracker’s team. The chosen fellows will receive an investigative story grant to cover food issues back in their home country – all mentored by the Climate Tracker Team.
As a fellow, you will be required to attend and fully participate in the 4-week journalism course as well as submit all assignments and homework associated with the course. Upon your completion of the course you will then be asked to come up with a constructive pitch and work plan for a food story in your country. Climate Tracker will help you throughout this process.
Once your pitch and work plan has been approved, you will enter an 8-weeks fellowship period where you will receive the grant and will have to work on your story. You will be required to update your Climate Tracker mentor with your progress on a weekly basis. As a fellow you are also expected to engage with other members in the team via our newly created Slack community, where Climate Tracker team will be sharing any useful information and stories.
Your food story idea can focus on key challenges, innovations or solutions on any of the following themes:
- Food and nutrition security in the context of Covid-19
- The nexus of Climate Change and its impact on Agriculture
- Agriculture and its Environmental footprint
Your work sample should be a piece (preferably related to the competition theme) published in local, national or international media outlets. Unfortunately, we can’t accept self-owned blog entities.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for this opportunity you have to be:
- From Kenya, Uganda or Zambia (not necessary to be based there);
- 18 to 35 years old;
- Have a proven record of journalism work.
For more information, visit https://southern-africa.hivos.org/news/sustainable-food-stories-fellowship/