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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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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]

"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters" [18]

"Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power."

Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [21]
Public [3]
South America [12]
Source: AP [22], 01/09/2023

"Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?" [23]

"One of the first times Luciana Vanni Gatti tried to collect Amazonian air she got so woozy that she couldn’t even operate the controls. An atmospheric chemist, she wanted to measure the concentration of carbon high above the rainforest."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [26]
Forests [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [3]
South America [12]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [29], 01/05/2023

Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon [30]

"In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [27]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [3]
South America [12]
Source: Mongabay [31], 01/05/2023

"Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida" [32]

"Brazil inaugurates its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday. Facing investigations, former President Jair Bolsonaro has taken refuge in Orlando."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [26]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [27]
Government [34]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [35]
Public [3]
South America [12]
Source: NYTimes [36], 01/02/2023
February 2, 2023

Webinar: How To Cover Infrastructure [37]

The first of Mongabay's 2023 webinars will feature expert panelists who have reported on, studied and worked on issues related to infrastructure development and its impacts on the environment and local communities. The webinar will focus on regions such as Southeast Asia and Latin America. 7pm ET.

Other Events [38]
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Asia [10]
Central America & the Caribbean [11]
South America [12]
January 27, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Story Grants To Strengthen Coverage of Environmental Crimes and Sustainable Solutions in the Amazon [40]

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering story grants of USD $1,500 - 2,000 to journalists to produce stories on transnational conservation crimes in the Amazon Region and the threats faced by Indigenous peoples and local communities in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Deadline: Jan 27, 2025.

Awards and Grants [2]
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Journalism & Media [5]
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International [41]
South America [12]
January 18, 2023

DEADLINE: Dom Phillips Reporting Grant — "How to Save the Amazon?" [42]

The Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund launched this grant in honor of murdered journalist Dom Phillips. Selected proposals for ambitious, wide-reaching journalism projects that investigate the future of the Amazon and how to prevent its collapse will receive the necessary funds to carry out their project. Deadline: Jan 18, 2023.

Awards and Grants [2]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
South America [12]

"Chile's Artisanal Fishermen Fear Die-Out As Trawling, Climate Bite" [43]

"In small coves along Chile's Pacific coast, artisanal fishermen say life is becoming harder as industrial trawling depletes fish stocks even as they struggle to deal with climate impacts and economic headwinds like the high price of gasoline for boats."

Climate Change [26]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [3]
South America [12]
Source: Reuters [46], 12/23/2022

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