Environment

Nov 22011

ICFJ now accepting applications for 2012 International Reporting Fellowship Program

For a second year, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will offer the “Bringing Home the World: International Reporting Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists.”

Through this fellowship, journalists of color gain foreign reporting experience and an opportunity to cover important international issues that resonate with their communities.

Applicants must present a project proposal in their application, detailing the reporting project they would be interested in pursuing.

The deadline for submitting applications is Monday January 16, 2012.

Program: 
Bringing Home the World: International Reporting Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists

Scott Wallace expedition

Wallace (right), reporting from the depths of the Amazonian jungle for his new book "The Unconquered"

Oct 262011

ICFJ Fellowship Leads to New Book on Amazon's Hidden Tribes

by Rob Taylor

ICFJ’s Environmental Journalism Fellow Scott Wallace lost 25 pounds exploring the headwaters of the Amazon, but returned with the story of a lifetime.

Knight Fellow Harry Surjadi has vastly increased coverage of stories that affect all Indonesians, and has already forced a local government to address a serious pollution issue.

Joydeep Gupta

Joydeep Gupta

Anil Sinha

Anil Sinha

In India, journalists will be able to have unprecedented resources aimed to improve environmental coverage. Along with Knight Fellow Arul Louis, the New Delhi-based Indo-Asian News Service has developed and launched a post-graduate-level professional school for journalists that focuses on coverage of issues related to poverty and development; and training underprivileged populations to develop community oriented news coverage.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Build a Network of Climate-Change Reporters

In Partnership With: 
United Nations Development Program

As a Knight International Development Fellow, Joachim Buwembo has helped form a network of journalists across Africa who cover climate change. His participants now are part of the Baobab Coalition, a cross-border network of journalists reporting on climate change adaptation and sharing resources. The 20-nation initiative was launched as part of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Africa Adaptation Program.

Bringing Home the World: International Reporting Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists

Over the years, journalists of color have had few opportunities to work as foreign correspondents. That’s especially the case in today’s media environment, with sharp cutbacks by many news outlets in their international coverage. At the same time, communities of color rarely receive coverage of global issues that directly affect their lives, from the migration of jobs overseas to wars fought by minorities serving in the U.S. military.