Deadline: 3 July 2017
Applications are currently being accepted for the Reporting Land Rights Programme, a collaboration between the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, that will assist Brazilian journalists to understand property rights and incorporate it in their reporting, whether they are covering business and industry, the environment, urban revitalization, indigenous rights, food security, or a range of other topics.
The programme will involve a four-day workshop in Rio de Janeiro from August 15-18, 2017. We will also offer modest funding to journalists with outstanding story ideas on property rights, as well as editorial support to help them realise these ideas, drawing on the Reuters principles of accuracy, integrity and freedom from bias.
The four-day workshop will feature content on understanding property rights, and how the issue relates to Brazil; journalism skills and research techniques; approaches to building sources in this field; and talks from guest experts.
Benefit
All transport and subsistence costs of journalists participating in this programme will be covered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Journalists working for domestic media anywhere in Brazil are eligible
- Journalists working in any medium may apply – print, radio, TV, online
- Journalists must be fluent in Portuguese and have conversational or fluent English
- Journalists must have a minimum of one year’s experience. They should either be working full-time for a media organisation, or a freelancer whose main work is journalism
How to Apply
Interested applicants are required to upload the following documents:
- 2 relevant work samples (maximum file size 5 MB) – in English if possible. For stories not in English, please include a 250-word English summary about the story.
- A letter from your editor consenting to your participation in the programme and committing to publish/broadcast resulting stories
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: Brazil
For more information, please visit Reporting Land Rights Programme.