Fellowships to cover 2023 Global Environmental Facility conference in Canada

DEADLINE: JUNE 12, 2023 — Fellowships are available for journalists to cover the 2023 Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Assembly in Vancouver, Canada.

This fellowship to the GEF’s Seventh Assembly, which will be held from August 22-26, will strengthen journalists’ capacity to cover global environmental and climate financing instruments and their implications.

Eight journalists will be selected and mentored on how to cover international environmental conferences.

Fellows may produce stories in print, online, radio or broadcast formats and can be in any language.

Applicants must be professional journalists from or representing established media houses from a low- or middle-income country.

They must have previous experience reporting on environmental issues and a good command of English.

The deadline to apply is June 12, 2023.

APPLY HERE

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