Deadline: 15 June 2017
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation is seeking applications for its journalism grant “Reporting Right Livelihood” to promote impartial and high-quality reporting on the work of ‘Alternative Nobel’ Laureates.
The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980 to “honour and support courageous people and organisations offering visionary and exemplary solutions to the root causes of global problems”. It has become widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ and there are now 166 Laureates from 68 countries.
Benefits
A total of five small grants for journalists will be disbursed in 2017. The grants will cover reasonable travel, accommodation and communication costs related to the selected story, as well as a modest honorarium.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants can be print, online, photo and broadcast journalists (staff or freelance), or journalism students in their final year of studies.
- Applicants can be based anywhere in the world, however they must produce the report in one of the following languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish or Turkish.
How to Apply
Applicants must send their completed application form via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Right Livelihood Journalism Grant.