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January 26, 2025

DEADLINE: Indigenous Community Media Fund [1]

Cultural Survival's funding of US$8,000-$12,000 provides opportunities for Indigenous community radio stations and media outlets to strengthen their broadcast infrastructure and systems while providing training opportunities to their community journalists. Apply by Jan 26, 2025.

Awards and Grants [2]
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Diversity [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Canada [7]
Mexico [8]
Africa [9]
Asia [10]
Central America & the Caribbean [11]
South America [12]
November 30, 2024

DEADLINE: Rest of World Photography Contest [13]

Submit a single image made within the last two years showing how technology impacts you and your community. Open to photographers of any skill level, living and working in any part of the world. First-place winner receives $1,000; second-place $750; third-place $500. Deadline is Nov 30, 2024.

Awards and Grants [2]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [5]
Technology [14]
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Mexico [8]
Africa [9]
Antarctica & Arctic [15]
Asia [10]
Australia & Oceania [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [11]
Middle East [17]
South America [12]

"'Dangerous' Tunisian Droughts Threaten Food Security" [18]

"Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country's battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [3]
Africa [9]
Source: Reuters [23], 01/12/2023
January 6, 2023

DEADLINE: EJN Scholarships for Journalists To Cover 2023 Biodiversity Conferences [24]

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) invites professional environmental journalists from low- or middle-income countries to apply for travel grants of up to $2,500 to attend and report from conferences and global summits related to biodiversity issues that are taking place in 2023. Deadline: Jan 6, 2023.

Workshops and Fellowships [25]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
International [26]
Mexico [8]
Africa [9]
Asia [10]
Central America & the Caribbean [11]
Middle East [17]
South America [12]
November 20, 2025 to November 24, 2025

Global Investigative Journalism Conference and Fellowships Deadline [27]

This biennial conference will be held next in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 20-24, 2025, with fellowships available to both established and promising journalists in developing and transitioning countries, and for journalists from disenfranchised communities, to participate in-person (Jan 31 deadline).

Professional Meetings [28]
Workshops and Fellowships [25]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
International [26]
Mexico [8]
Africa [9]
Asia [10]
Central America & the Caribbean [11]
Middle East [17]
South America [12]

Children Dying In Somalia As Climate-Driven Food Catastrophe Worsens [29]

"More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of U.N. agencies and aid groups."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Food [30]
Military [31]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [33]
Public [3]
Africa [9]
Source: Reuters [34], 12/13/2022

Climate Change is Driving Millions in Africa to ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’ [35]

"In the Horn of Africa, a climate change-induced drought is exposing cracks in the global food system and pushing humanitarian aid to a breaking point."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [36]
Food [30]
People & Population [33]
Public [3]
Africa [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 12/12/2022

"Nigeria Floods 80 Times More Likely With Climate Change" [38]

"Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely because of climate change, a rapid analysis by international climate attribution experts found."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [3]
Africa [9]
Source: AP [39], 11/17/2022

Journalism Industry Program Supports Reporting on Workers — and Work — in a Warming World [40]

As the economic impacts of climate change intensify, reporting on how individuals are affected, particularly in the Global South, is lagging. Veteran journalist Christine Spolar at The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting details a new initiative to encourage journalists to fill this gap. The story of recent grantees Bhasker Tripathi and Susan Schulman, who have tracked job losses and migrations tied to climate change in India and Iraq.

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Features [41]
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Activism [42]
Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [43]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [45]
Food [30]
Government [46]
Health [47]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [33]
Policy [48]
Technology [14]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [26]
Africa [9]
Asia [10]
Middle East [17]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Egyptian Regime Criticized As Climate Activist Arrested Before Cop27 [49]

"Concern over country’s human rights record after Indian Ajit Rajagopal arrested on walk to raise awareness about climate crisis"

Activism [42]
Climate Change [20]
Pollution [50]
Public [3]
Africa [9]
Source: Guardian [51], 11/03/2022

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