Earth Journalism Network (EJN) Grants 2021 on health impacts of climate change in the Bay of Bengal. Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) calls a proposal from journalists to report on the impacts of climate change on human health along the Bay of Bengal coast in Bangladesh and India.

Earth Journalism Network encourages stories that report on potential solutions and address how vulnerable communities are responding to challenges. We are also highly interested in stories that utilize relevant data to illustrate the issue in a compelling and easy-to-understand way. They are also looking for stories with the potential to inform policy decisions.

The story grants are provided as part of EJN’s Bay of Bengal project, implemented by Internews with generous funding from the Climate Justice Resilience Fund. For the purposes of this grant call, EJN is basically accepting applications for reporting from coastal areas of Bangladesh and coastal areas of four Indian states—Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal.

Grants Funding

Earth Journalism Network expects to award five grants averaging $1,000, depending on the proposal and reporting format. Moreover, the grants will consider larger awards for in-depth stories using innovative or investigative approaches.

Eligibility

• Journalists (online, print, television, radio) with a track record of reporting on health, climate change and similar issues. EJN also encourages applications from freelancers and staff from all types of media—international, national, local, and community-based.
• Grantees are expected to publish or broadcast their stories in their affiliated media. EJN, its partners and the Climate Justice Resilience Fund shall have the right to edit, publish, broadcast and distribute these stories freely, once they have been published/broadcast in the original media outlet.
• Freelance reporters should demonstrate a plan for publication and provide a letter of interest from an editor.

Formats

Stories may be produced in any of the following formats:

• Text-based stories: 1,000 to 3,000 words
• Photo stories: 10-20 images with descriptive captions and a short 200-400 word introduction
• Multimedia package: Text between 600 to 1,500 words with 2-4 minute video and/or graphics, photos and maps
• Broadcast: Video piece around 4-6 minutes in length with a short, roughly 200-word introduction
• Audio report/podcast: Feature of up to 20 minutes in length with a short text to summarize the audio.

OYA Opportunities is in Telegram too. Catch us here