Below are some new opportunities for environmental journalism grants, workshops and awards from Mekong Matters Journalism Network / Earth Journalism Network, our partners, and others, for Sept 2017.
Please join Mekong Matters Journalism Network on Facebook for regular opportunities and connections with regional journalists covering environment and development issues.
MEKONG OPPORTUNITIES:
Media workshop on climate and water security: Sept in Myanmar, from SEI for journalists and writers on understanding and reporting about climate change and water insecurity issues in the Mekong and Ayeyarwady/Chindwin River Basins. Apply by Sept 15.
Cross-border reporting grants: Society for Environmental Journalists’ fund supports environmental news development and dissemination with preference to international reporting partnerships. A good chance for Mekong journalists to team up! Grants up to $5000, application deadline November 15.
Grants for energy and climate journalism beyond borders: Another chance for Mekong journalists to collaborate, through the Clean Energy Wire. Deadline Sept. 15.
Mongabay environmental reporting opportunities: Mongabay is still accepting pitches for stories on a variety of issues related to the Mekong region and Asia:
- Mekong dams
- Global Agroforestry
- Asia’s Oceans
- Global Environmental Impacts of U.S. policy
- Asian Rhinos – especially in Vietnam
- Global Forests – especially in Myanmar and Vietnam
Environmental Blogs, Resources or Stories: Please submit to The Mekong Eye if you would like to publish or republish content on the region’s environmental journalism site. Contact [email protected].
Mekong News: See the latest edition of the weekly Mekong Eye News Digest, or subscribe here.
Panel discussion in Bangkok Sept 13 on Kra Canal: Will the World’s Oldest Infrastructure Project Ever Get Built? at Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand
Job Vacancy: Media Coordinator: MAP’s multi-media program in Thailand is looking for a coordinator for its Shan, Burmese, Thai, and English language community radio and social media
OTHER GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES:
Online Environmental Writing Bootcamps run 6 weeks, and start Sep 30 and Oct 26, Apply now here.
Asian Environmental Journalism Awards: 2017 awards nomination opportunities are extended to Jan 18, 2018. Apply yourself for various awards including journalist, young journalist, story of the year etc..
Media/communications award nominations are open for UNESCO-supported Global Alliance for Partnership on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) Awards 2017 on increasing media literacy on environmental, human rights and related issues
Security resource on: How journalists can detect electronic surveillance from IJNet
Environmental journalism commentary on Climate Change, Global Media, & Neocolonial Storytelling by South Asia’s Aerogram
Climate storytelling interview on How do we tell stories about climate science that reach everyone? by Canada’s National Observer
JOIN NETWORKS FOR CONTACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES:
Myanmar: Join/follow the newly formed Myanmar Environmental Journalism Network
Cambodia: Join/follow the newly formed Cambodia Environmental Journalism Network
Thailand: Join/follow the Thai Society of Environmental Journalists
Vietnam: Join Vietnam Forum of Environmental Journalists or follow their Facebook
Mekong Region: Join/follow the regional: Mekong Matters Journalism Network
Global: Join/follow Earth Journalism Network
