Deadline: 28-Apr-23
You are a journalist? Receive training and funding for publishing stories about climate change and energy transition that need to be told in Latin America. Climate Tracker is pleased to announce the third cycle of the Climate Journalism Mentoring Program, exclusively for Latin America and the Caribbean.
During this cycle, they will welcome a cohort of eight journalists eager to produce climate stories. Those selected will receive an economic incentive for each story and tutoring from the team of mentors, while they work on group training to strengthen their knowledge.
They will challenge you to tell stories worth reading and to experiment and use new media techniques, formats and platforms.
What is the Climate Journalism Mentoring program?
- It is a training program, where the participating people are challenged to produce three high-value stories on climate change in Latin America. They do this while receiving personalized editorial support from the Climate Tracker team, economic incentives, mentoring from leaders in the region, and contact with other journalists.
Benefits
- The program includes collective and personalized learning in relevant aspects of climate journalism and the just energy transition for Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Specifically, you will receive:
- Total economic incentive of 750 dollars (250 for each published story).
- Group training sessions on energy transition, climate crisis and environmental journalism.
- Editorial support and personalized tutorials so that you can create a quality product.
- Opportunity to expand your journalistic portfolio through the regional media network.
- In other words, this is a great opportunity to hone your skills as a journalist, expand your contact networks and gain a foothold at the source of climate change and the environment.
What do the selected ones commit to?
- Once selected, they’ll get the ball rolling real fast! Scholars must participate in group learning sessions led by the team (between 4 and 6 during the three months of the program).
- In addition, they will also have the possibility of making individual calls with the editor of the program to clarify doubts and they will work on products and multimedia contributions.
- Specifically, during the duration of the climate journalism mentoring program, they expect you to achieve:
- Publish three journalistic reports in national or regional media
- Participate in at least 75% of the learning sessions
- Also, to promote your stories and make them reach larger audiences, they will invite you to participate in the following activities:
- Newsletter contribution: Produce a first-person adaptation of your story for the weekly Click Climate newsletter. With this, it is hoped that you can experiment with other common formats on the web.
- Podcast Interview: Being interviewed about one of your stories on the Climate Microphone podcast. You will be able to know the creation process behind each program.
- TikTok video: Produce a TikTok video with the accompaniment of our content creators. The objective will be to portray each of your stories in a creative and innovative way, and reach a larger audience.
Eligibility Criteria
- This opportunity is open to journalists from Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Brazil who have something to tell about how climate change affects the region and/or what they can do to deal with it.
- Journalists who work in the media and/or independently may apply.
- Ideal candidates will have:
- At least one year of experience in journalism
- Demonstrated interest in environmental and climate issues
- A great proposal for a journalistic story to tell
- Curiosity and commitment: this is a learning experience that they hope you will make the most of
For more information, visit Climate Tracker.