Following a successful pilot project in the Philippines, Internews' Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is launching the next phase of Earth Shorts. Earth Shorts 2025 is seeking social media content creators curious to learn more about biodiversity issues and incorporate journalism skills, as well as environmental journalists interested in building their social media skills for a joint fellowship program designed to enable both groups to share insights and create evidence-based and engaging biodiversity-related content on social media.

As part of this program, we will offer US$2,000 each to 10 social media content creators and 10 journalists across South and Southeast Asia, to bring together a cohort of 20 information producers interested in boosting their skills, participating in peer learning and producing high-quality biodiversity-related video content for their audiences.

Selected content producers will participate in a three-day virtual training workshop on biodiversity and conservation issues and, with support from mentors, produce and disseminate at least five pieces of biodiversity-related video content each on social media platforms.

We will accept applications from social media content creators and journalists based in South and Southeast Asia, which includes the following countries: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan, Thailand (including Myanmar nationals based in Thailand), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, and the Philippines.

Deadline: July 16, 2025, 11:59 PM (Asia/Jayapura)

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