Deadline: 4 September 2017
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is currently seeking applications for its Uncovering Security Programme that will support journalists to collaborate with researchers to uncover emerging threats in specific communities, countries or regions worldwide, and produce stories that reach a wide audience.
Uncovering Security was launched in 2016 to give journalists and researchers who are interested in similar security-related topics the opportunity to work together – to learn from each other, to share skills, expertise, resources and contacts.
The programme features:
- A three-day residential Story Lab (8-11 January 2018) taking place near London that will bring together journalists, security researchers, and experts to share insight on emerging security situations and explore or refine story ideas (costs of participation are covered by the programme)
- The opportunity to collaborate with researchers and apply for small grants to cover the cost of reporting stories.
- Access to experienced journalists who have covered security stories all over the world, and who can provide advice and editorial guidance
- Support with pitching stories to international publication platforms if needed.
Topics
Here are some possible story topics – although the foundation welcomes ideas that concern other security threats in any region of the world:
- Mass violence and atrocities – How are risks for mass violence and atrocities in some areas creating spillover effects in other areas, and are there local, regional or global responses that can strengthen societal resilience to reduce these risks?
- Global peacekeeping – Given the number and range of security threats globally, are there new approaches to sustaining peace that hold promise?
- Nuclear weapons –How are emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and 3D printing creating new risks for the use of nuclear weapons?
- Migration – how is the movement of people, whether voluntary or forced, contributing to worsening security?
- Climate Change – Where could climate change introduce security threats, or multiply problems in areas already prone to conflict?
Benefits
The programme will cover all transport and subsistence costs of journalists participating in this programme.
Eligibility Criteria
The Foundation is looking for:
- Journalists working for media outlets in the developing world, or the USA, Canada or Germany
- At least three years’ experience in journalism
- Experience covering security situations would be an advantage
- Journalists working in any medium, or multiple media
- Must be fluent in English
How to Apply
- Applicants can apply online via given website.
- When applying you will be asked to upload the following documents – please have these ready:
- 2 relevant work samples (maximum file size 5 MB). Please choose samples that relate to the themes of this programme.
- A letter from your editor consenting to your participation in the programme and committing to publish/broadcast resulting stories
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial, Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, USA, Canada and Germany
For more information, please visit Uncovering Security Programme.