2025-2026 Ocean Reporting Fellowships open for applications

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 — Applications are now open for the 2025 to 2026 cohort of the Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) reporting fellowship.

The reporting fellowship allows professional journalists to spend up to a year working on an in-depth or investigative ocean story.

ORN welcomes ambitious proposals on the main ocean threats of climate change; over- and illegal fishing; biodiversity loss and pollution; and the impact on species, ecosystems, and communities.  The organisation also seeks investigations that include, or are tailor-made for, a cross-border, collaborative approach.

Applications are particularly welcome from the Global South.

The full-time fellowships, up to a year long, will provide a reporter’s salary and additional reporting expenses.

The deadline for applications is September 12, 2025.

APPLY HERE

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