Deadline: 10 February 2024
Registration is now open for the Scholarship Programme for Conservation Reports Y. Eva Tan 2024 . The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Programme is based on Mongabay's long-term internship programme. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Programme is based on Mongabay's long-term internship programme, which has helped build the capacity of environmental journalists in a field where such experience can be hard to come by.
Since 2008, the programme has provided training and first-hand reporting experience to dozens of budding journalists in more than a dozen countries. Mongabay interns have established careers as professional journalists, communications professionals at scientific institutions and conservation NGOs, and at Mongabay itself.
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The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Programme will support up to 12 fellows per year - six in its global English office, Mongabay-Latam. Eva Tan will support up to 12 fellows per year - six in its global English office and six in its Spanish-language office, Mongabay-Latam. Each group will consist of three fellows per agency. The fellows will gain valuable experience working with diverse editors at their international media outlets, develop their environmental reporting skills and create a portfolio of original publications that should help them advance their careers in journalism.
Benefits
- Each fellow will receive US$ 500 per month for the duration of the six-month scholarship, or US$ 3,000 in total. During this period, fellows will work directly with the fellowship editor to produce six stories. Fellows will have opportunities to collaborate with various Mongabay editors, including those who specialise in different areas.
Eligibility
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- Applicants must come from a low- to upper-middle-income tropical country, as classified by the World Bank. "High-income" tropical countries such as Singapore and Australia are excluded from the scholarship. A list of eligible countries can be found here .
- Candidates must be aspiring environmental journalists at the start of their careers.
- Candidates must be able to work remotely and commit to 10 hours a week.
- There is no educational requirement to apply for the programme. The scholarship is not linked to any university.
- All application materials must be sent in the appropriate language (English for the English-language programme and Spanish for the Spanish-language programme).
Desired experience and qualifications
- Basic understanding and interest in reporting and writing news;
- Demonstrated interest in conservation issues;
- He showed interest in environmental journalism as a career;
- Proven communication skills;
- Ability to fulfil all scholarship requirements and reporting plans.
Application
In the application form, you will have to fill in basic contact information, answer a few questions about your interest and upload the following documents:
- CV (1-2 pages maximum)
- Cover letter (maximum 1 page) introducing yourself and responding:
- What are your career goals and how does environmental journalism fit in?
- Why should Mongabay select you for this scholarship?
- A sample of journalistic writing (published or not) related to conservation or other environmental issues.
