EJN East Africa Wildlife Journalism Media Grants 2020

Deadline Date: October 25, 2019

Applications are invited for the EJN East Africa Wildlife Journalism Media Grants 2020. Internews Earth Journalism Network’s project on Wildlife and Conservation journalism is looking for a subgrantee to co-run its activities in a selected East African country.

With joint funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is running a two-year project to improve media coverage of wildlife and conservation issues in East Africa. They are seeking proposals for creative and effective ways to empower East African journalists to tell wildlife and conservations stories, investigate wildlife crime and highlight community and technological interventions that have proved to help solve these pressing problems.

The proposed activities should include, but not be limited to: capacity building, such as knowledge sharing, network development, training to enhance journalism skills or data reporting tools; issuing travel/reporting grants to journalists; and holding media roundtables/workshops. The proposal must also have a strong component on digital media and solutions-based journalism.

Grant

• The grant will cover activities over the course of one year for a maximum of US$10,000.

Eligibility

• Environmental, conservation or science-based journalism organizations and associations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are invited to apply for grants to work with African journalists to improve and increase wildlife and conservation coverage in the media.
• Applicants should demonstrate their technical capacity to implement the grant project, as well as the financial and administrative systems they have in place to manage the grant funds. Applicants should be prepared to initiate project activities immediately.

Application

Applicants must provide a detailed description of their organization as well as the project, specifying its objectives, activities, timeline and projected results. They must describe which geographic areas their activities will cover. They must also provide a budget (a template is available to download in the application form).

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