Deadline: 17-Jul-22
The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) is seeking applications for its Reporting on locally-led adaptation to climate change.
Details
- This is a training opportunity provided by Thomson Reuters Foundation, with the support of the Global Hub on Locally-Led Adaptation of the Global Center on Adaptation.
- The dual-track programme aims to strengthen trust between journalists and NGOs/CSOs by upskilling journalists to better report on the topic and enhancing CSOs’ communications to effectively communicate their message to the media. Journalists and CSOs will be trained separately, but networking and collaborative exercises will be organised for the whole group.
- This training opportunity for 12 multimedia journalists offers a chance to understand the impact of climate change at a local level, and hone skills to draw urgent attention to them.
- Thomson Reuters Foundation’s dual track programme offers an excellent opportunity for journalists and CSOs to collaborate towards raising awareness and visibility of locally-led adaptation efforts to climate change.
Eligibility Criteria
- This training opportunity is open to multimedia journalists working in local or national media organisations in developing countries, who have strong interest in covering local stories related to locally-led adaptation to climate change. With a solutions journalism angle and a hands-on approach, participants will be equipped to better cover the challenge of climate change locally and globally.
- At the end of the programme, you will be able to:
- Deepen your understanding of the different facets and challenges of climate change impacts on vulnerable communities to produce high-impact, news, features and opinion pieces
- Identify compelling story angles about solutions from local communities responding to the impacts of climate change
- Enhance fact-checking techniques while sharpening your critical thinking skills to counter misinformation and increase your audience trust
- Interview potentially vulnerable members of the public in a sensitive manner
- You will become part of a global network that will support your efforts to champion locally-led adaptation.
- Journalists with experience or strong interest in climate change, public policy, and/or human rights. In order to better accommodate different time zones, priority will be given to journalists from Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, and Kenya.
- Applicants must be full-time journalists or regular contributors for media organisations with a minimum of three years’ professional experience.
- Participant must have a high proficiency level of spoken and written English.
- Applicants must have access to a minimum internet speed of 8 MB/second.
- Applicants must commit to participating for the whole duration of the programme.
For more information, visit https://www.trust.org/media-development/opportunities/?sfid=a053z00000xx2dUAAQ&sfProgId=a153z00001G5efHAAR&areaOfFocus=Climate%20Change,%20Environment%20&%20Resilience