EJN: Fisheries subsidies story grants for journalists

EXTENDED DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2021 — Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering reporting grants to journalists for in-depth stories on fisheries subsidies issues.

Applications are open to early-career and senior journalists working in any medium, expert media practitioners with investigative reporting experience, freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations.

EJN seeks story ideas on fisheries subsidies, including their links to overfishing and the depletion of fish stocks, their impact on small-scale fishers and livelihoods in coastal communities, the potential policy solutions governments could implement and more.

Applicants can be from any country in the world, but preference will be given to journalists reporting from India, the Caribbean, West Africa, Southern Africa and Japan.

Stories can be produced in any language but must include an English translation.

EJN expects to award 20 grants with an average budget of around $1,000.

The (extended) deadline for applications is July 15, 2021.

APPLY HERE

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