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Grants for investigative journalism on environmental crime
Call for grant applications


GRANTS FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME



GRID-Arendal is offering grants for investigative journalism projects focused on
environmental crime in developing countries. Four grant recipients will each
receive 25,000 Norwegian kronor (approximately €2,300). Applications are due
January 22, 2021, and grants will be awarded in February 2021.




GRID-Arendal is a non-profit environmental communications centre based in Norway
and supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, among other
donors. We collaborate with the UN Environment Programme and other partners on
projects that protect the environment, restore ecosystems, and advance the
Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on supporting developing
countries.




Our journalism grant program funds in-depth, investigative journalism that
breaks new ground and reveals new information about environmental crime that
takes place within or across developing countries. We are looking for
high-impact reporting, especially on issues that are neglected by mainstream
media. We invite proposals for projects on a variety of media platforms,
including print, online, audio, video, and multimedia projects. Proposals for
data journalism, data visualization, and open source intelligence (OSINT)
journalism are welcome. All projects must be published in English; if they are
also published in one or more additional languages, that would be a plus.




All of our grants will support reporting projects that focus on one or more
countries on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
list of Official Development Assistance recipients.




Past journalism grants from GRID-Arendal have supported reporting on:



 * Illegal gold mining in rainforests in Colombia (Newsweek)
   
 * Logging in a national park in Kenya (Reuters)
   
 * Illegal logging in Bolivian national parks (Mongabay)
   






Currently, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we seek to support investigative
reporting that involves little to no travel. We will not fund projects that
involve travel to indigenous, isolated, or vulnerable communities.




Successful applicants will receive half of the grant amount after signing a
grant agreement, and the second half after the reporting project is submitted
for publication or broadcast. The deadline for finishing a project will be six
months from the signing of a grant agreement. Funded projects must note support
from GRID-Arendal.





ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA



 * You must be a professional journalist, either a staff member at a media
   organization or a freelancer with a record of publishing work in respected
   outlets.
   
 * You must have experience in investigative journalism.
   






Journalists from anywhere in the world are welcome to apply. We encourage
applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.


APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applications are due in full at midnight Central European Time (CET) on January
22, 2021. Applications should include:



 * résumé or CV
   
 * 3–5 published work samples
   
 * description of proposed reporting project, including plan for obtaining
   information and summary of preliminary research or reporting
   
 * estimated budget for project, explaining what grant money would pay for
   
 * estimated timeline for project
   
 * publication plan, ideally including letter of commitment or letter of
   interest from a media outlet, and indication of whether you would publish the
   project in any languages other than English
   
 * names and contact information for three professional references
   
 * acknowledgement of any other donors or sources of funding for the project, if
   relevant
   
 * statement about how you would operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic
   






Application materials must be written in English and budgets expressed in
Norwegian kroner. All materials should be combined into a single PDF and emailed
to Valentin Emelin (yemelin@grida.no) and Siri Olsson (siri.olsson@grida.no).
Applications that are incomplete or do not meet these requirements will not be
considered.


EVALUATION PROCESS

Applications will be evaluated by a team of GRID-Arendal personnel. Among other
factors, we will consider:



 * potential to reach a wide audience
   
 * potential to make an impact and cause change
   
 * journalist’s experience in investigative reporting
   
 * whether a project would happen without our support
   






Successful applicants will be contacted by February 15, 2021.




GRID-Arendal is collaborating on this project with the Earth Journalism Network.




We believe in the power of investigative journalism to make a difference. We
look forward to reviewing your submissions and, together, spurring positive
change. 




Photo at top: Illegal logging in the Brazilian Amazon. Credit: quapan (CC BY
2.0)

Release date: 25 Nov 2020


STAFF

Meet our staff

 * Siri Olsson
   
   Associate Program Officer, Transboundary Governance & Environmental Crime

 * Valentin Emelin
   
   Head of Programme, Transboundary Governance and Environmental Crime


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