Call for cross-border journalism on green recovery
Call for cross-border journalism on green recovery - Go collaborate!
The COVID-19 crisis shook the world to its core, affecting the lives of many of us directly. We saw many governments worldwide showing their ability to respond decisively to the immediate health and economic threats of the crisis. The path they will ultimately choose to move forward from the pandemic will have far-reaching implications for the possibility of creating carbon-free societies.
As billions are poured into recovery, many relevant questions for societies arise, creating a multitude of important stories for journalists to trace and dig into: How are governments dealing with the economic recession? How will the COVID-19 crisis influence mobility and low-emission transport systems? What will be the future of fossil fuel investment cycles? Who is working against green stimulus and how? What is the role of the business world in green recovery? Do governments attach green strings to their financial aid?
As a cross-border non-profit network committed to journalism focusing on the global energy transition, Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ wants to support journalists who are looking to cover the energy transition and climate implications of the recovery efforts in their countries or regions. At this crucial moment, high-quality journalism is more important than ever, but the COVID-19 crisis is hitting journalists' opportunities across the globe and makes collaboration vital, yet difficult. That is why we are putting forward these competitive research grants.
We ask teams of journalists from a minimum of two different countries to send their story pitches. In the end, the selected teams should get published in at least two media outlets from different countries. Three teams will be awarded with either €4,000 or €5,000. The higher sum will be assigned to teams who have freelancers included. Please make sure to read the FAQs carefully before you enter your pitch.
Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ encourages the diversity within the teams and proposals with mixed line-ups.
Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ is honoured to have the support of three highly distinguished judges who will help select the most promising cross-border energy transition stories.
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Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar is Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ network ambassador for India, based in Mumbai. She has been a reporter and editor at online, newspaper and magazine outlets in India and the US for close to 20 years. Currently, she is an editorial consultant with The Times of India Mumbai and also writes for international publications. Her work has appeared in Science, The New York Times, The Guardian, Yale e360 and BBC Future, among others.Â
Dagmar Dehmer has worked for almost 30 years as a journalist. The award-winning journalist has reported on climate, environment, sustainability and Africa. She worked for, a daily newspaper in Berlin, and developed an expert newsletter, Background Energie und Klima. She has been head of communications for , the federal company for radioactive waste disposal, since October 2017.
Ochieng' Ogodo is the Sub-Saharan Africa English Edition regional coordinator and editor for the UK-headquartered [SciDev.Net] - an online media house with a strong focus on news, views, analysis and information about science, technology, innovation and development in the developing world. At the ³§³¦¾±¶Ù±ð±¹.±·±ð³Ù’s SSAE edition, Mr. Ogodo is in charge of provision of editorial services, ensuring the delivery of news items on Sub-Saharan Africa to the SciDev.Net website and that this coverage is timely, gender balanced, authoritative and relevant to the website's audience. He is a member of Executive Board of The (WFSJ).
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
 The application deadline is 01 September 2020.
Eligibility
We consider a cross-border team one in which journalists from different countries and, crucially, different media outlets in different countries pitch a story together. For example, two journalists from Germany, one planning to publish in Huffington Post in the U.S. and the other in the Huffington Post in Germany, would not be eligible.
Adherence to internationally applicable professional journalistic standards is a must. By submitting your application, you agree to follow the for journalists developed by the International Federation of Journalists. You are also welcome to consult the principles of quality journalism and transparency that Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ additionally subscribes to.
All applicants must be able to publish the final story in a professional media outlet. If the blog is considered a media outlet, you may be eligible. If in doubt about this, contact us in advance via event@cleanenergywire.orgÌýÌý
No, you don’t. Your team will have to publish stories in at least two media outlets from two different countries but which stories to publish is up to you. The collaborative approach means your team will work together on aspects of the story that make sense to collaborate on according to language skills, data access, familiarity with local experts, or knowledge of different story-telling formats. As for the stories resulting from your joint research, we think the journalists know best which story would most interest their readers. Frequently, you will want to write your own story on the basis of your collaborative work.