Deadline: 15-Jan-22
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is seeking innovative ideas from journalist networks, media organizations, civil society organizations or academic institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific that would strengthen public awareness of this interconnection and the need for collaborative and multidisciplinary responses to the environmental crisis.
This round of grants is awarded as part of the Earth Journalism Network’s Asia-Pacific project, which aims to boost the quantity and quality of environmental and climate coverage in the region and empower at-risk communities by informing them about environmental issues and amplifying their voices in the media. This project has received generous financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
Objectives
Proposed activities should contribute to the following objectives:
- Strengthen the capacity of journalists and media organisations to produce high-quality, factual and engaging public environmental information on the consequences of human impacts on climate and the environment and viable solutions to mitigate and respond to these impacts.
- Increase the quantity of high-quality content and media coverage on key environmental themes to focus public attention on the interdependence of the health and well-being of humans, animals, and their environments.
- Empower women, the poor, youth, indigenous peoples, and other vulnerable groups to address the disproportionate impacts of environmental degradation by amplifying their voices in environmental reporting and increasing their access to high-quality, publicly available environmental information
- Help generate positive changes in government policies, businesses environmental standards or consumer habits for a more sustainable way of life.
Funding Information
This grant fund has US$120,000 available for awards this year, which would ideally be shared among six to eight projects. The grant amount can range between US$5,000 to US$20,000 depending on the scope of the proposed activities.
Eligible Activities
Examples of activities that can be supported include, but not limited to:
- Environmental reporting that focuses public attention on the interdependence of the health and well-being of humans, animals, and their environments, covering themes such as climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, wildlife trafficking, natural resources management, and large-scale infrastructure development;
- Cross-sectoral collaborations and knowledge exchange between journalists, other information providers and other key actors in the environment, animal and human health space such as researchers and governmental agencies;
- Partnerships and networks for environmental reporting, such as transboundary reporting projects and content sharing among media outlets based in different countries;
- Institutional capacity building activities that build skills and knowledge on topics, such as but not limited to, financial reporting, monitoring and evaluation, gender inclusion, virtual activities that support environmental reporting under the constraints of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Eligibility Criteria
- Media organizations, journalist networks, universities and journalism institutions focusing on environmental reporting in the Asia and Pacific region are welcome to apply. Civil society organizations, community-based groups and research institutes will also be considered – but only those with strong media and communication components that are dedicated to supporting fair and accurate environmental reporting.Please note that they will not consider applications rooted in advocacy or political campaigning.
- For the purpose of this call, they are only accepting applications from low-and-middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific region. They will not accept applications from Central Asian Middle Eastern countries.
- Examples of eligible activities include but are not limited to:
- Training workshops;
- Development of reporters’ resources and e-learning tools;
- Story grants for journalists;
- Mentoring of journalists;
- Special reporting projects;
- Networking and partnership activities for journalists;
- Development of new storytelling platforms;
- Establishment of a journalist network.
For more information, visit https://earthjournalism.net/opportunities/earth-journalism-network-asia-pacific-media-grants-2022