DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 7, 2022 –Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering reporting grants to indigenous environmental journalists to produce investigative stories.
EJN seeks stories that explore environmental solutions and resiliency, focus on resource use, agriculture and traditional management practices, investigate land rights and environmental sovereignty, address the role of Indigenous Peoples as guardians of the environment or highlight the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Indigenous land and communities.
Applicants must self-identify as Indigenous and will be asked to provide details on their Indigenous affiliations in the application.
EJN will only accept applications in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Online, print, television, and radio journalists as well as other expert media practitioners with investigative reporting experience and a history of covering environmental issues can apply.
20 grants in total, at two funding levels, will be awarded to successful applicants.
The deadline for applications is February 7, 2022.
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Gender equality grants at Pulitzer Center
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Jamlab seeks entries for media database in Africa
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Call for applications: RCDIJ Africa Fund
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Journalists can apply for collaborative reporting grants
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Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
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Call for nominations for 2022 Hillman Prizes
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Call for submissions: WHO Health for All Film Festival
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Grants available at Fund for Investigative Journalism
DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2022 —The Fund for Investigative Journalism is offering grants for the production of high-quality, unbiased, nonpartisan investigative stories. APPLY HERE
Call for entries: TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting
DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2022 —The TRACE Foundation is currently accepting submissions for the 2022 Prize for Investigative Reporting. APPLY HERE
Apply for Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards
DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2022 —The Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards are now open for entries. APPLY HERE
African creative writers can apply for JIAS Writers’ Workshop
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2022 —The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) seeks African creative writers to apply for its Inaugural Writers’ Workshop. APPLY HERE
Tejumola Olaniyan creative writers-in-residence fellowship
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2022 –The Africa Institute invites applications for the 2022 Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship. APPLY HERE
Writers can submit entries for China Writing Contest
DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2022 —Writers from around the world are invited to submit nonfiction entries for the Sixth Tone’s first “China Writing Contest.” APPLY HERE
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