Deadline: 01-Sep-20
Asia New Zealand Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2020 Media Travel Grants Programme.
The media travel grants programme offers New Zealand journalists the chance to travel independently to Asia to research and prepare stories – to help demystify Asia for New Zealand audiences.
Media travel grants are awarded on a competitive basis to journalists who have a clear plan of the stories they want to cover.
Proposals that are likely to receive funding:
- The Foundation will consider proposals that seek to increase New Zealanders’ understanding of the Asia region, and proposals that promote themes of economic, political, social or strategic change in Asia – and the implications of these changes for New Zealand.
- Proposals that are unlikely to succeed
- Proposals that are unlikely to succeed include:
- Proposals in which journalism is not the core reason for travel. The Foundation is unlikely to approve grant applications from people who are travelling to Asia for another reason (e.g. family holidays, competing in a sports event) and plan to write stories for publication on the side.
- Applications with a purely travel focus (e.g. a cycling tour of Japan) are unlikely to be successful.
- Single-story proposals are unlikely to succeed, as are single-person interviews that could be conducted by telephone.
- Applications from journalists based offshore are less likely to succeed. New Zealand-based journalists will have preference.
Note for television crews: the Foundation is unable to support travel by more than two people on the same project.
Funding Information
The Foundation will still be funding projects in Asia, with proposals having to take into account issues with visas, border closures, and travel bans due to COVID-19 restrictions in some Asian nations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be:
- Either working as journalists for New Zealand news organisations or as freelance journalists
- New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
- Preference will be given to candidates who:
- are interested in deepening their knowledge of Asia
- have a proven track record in journalism
- are currently based in New Zealand
- can provide a stimulating, well-researched and focused proposal outlining story ideas
- can demonstrate that their material is likely to reach a substantial audience.
- Journalists working for news organisations should provide a letter of support from their employer. Freelancers should provide correspondence showing that one or more news organisation(s) will publish/broadcast work resulting from the proposed project.
For more information, visit https://www.asianz.org.nz/media/media-grants/