Deadline for applications: July 4, 2023, | Bertha Challenge Fellowship 2024 for Activists & Investigative Journalists
The Bertha Foundation is thrilled to announce the start of the fifth Bertha Challenge, which will provide activists and investigative journalists the chance to work for a year on a critical social justice issue and then present their findings in a body of work. Successful candidates will be given project budgets and non-residential paid fellowships to work both individually and collaboratively to:
- Look into the reasons for and options for the yearly Bertha Challenge question.
- Their research should be amplified for a more specific audience.
- Connect with various stakeholders for information, assistance, and long-lasting effects.
| Title: | Bertha Challenge Fellowship 2024 for Activists & Investigative Journalists |
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| Amount: | USD $10,000 Project Funds |
| Deadline: | July 4, 2023 |
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| WhatsApp Link: | Click Here |
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Investigative journalists and activists striving to successfully expose and combat the combined impact of misinformation and corruption on the climate issue are invited to apply for this special Fellowship by the 2024 Bertha Challenge.
The goal of this fellowship is to identify those responsible for the uncountable amounts of climate misinformation that are being propagated, as well as how that misinformation is being leveraged by politicians and corporations with a profit-driven objective.
Beginning in January 2024, the fifth Bertha Challenge will center on misinformation and the climate issue, supporting Bertha Fellows in their efforts to respond to the following query:
- How does misinformation manipulate and skew the effects of the climate problem created by humans?
- How do disinformation tactics support corporate interests, the status quo in politics, and enable more industrial corruption, all of which put profit above people and the environment?
- The Bertha Challenge 2024 is an appeal to journalists, activists, and other professionals who are committed to upholding the integrity of research and careful analysis in the fight against misinformation and its effects on the climate catastrophe.
Benefits
Fellowships provide:
- Each Bertha Fellow will receive annual compensation of up to USD $64,900, in line with their present or equivalent remuneration at the host organization. An investigative journalist should ideally work for a media institution, and an activist should join an NGO, community group, or social movement.
- A Project Fund of up to USD $10,000 for each Bertha Fellow to create a concluding work that answers the Bertha Challenge’s issue and is targeted towards a particular audience. For instance, this may be a collection of articles, movies, podcasts, video games, or drama shows. Applicants who are both activists and journalists will have the choice to combine their project funds to create larger-scale ventures.
- access to a Connect Fund with a maximum of USD $5,000 that is intended to promote cooperation between Fellows
- Regular online discussions on a variety of themes, including the Bertha Challenge question now being debated, techniques of study, ways to communicate discoveries to the news media, storytelling, popular education, and more.
- Regular virtual check-ins with Bertha staff and a group of Bertha Fellows provide peer and mentor support.
- Gaining exposure to pertinent partners both within and beyond the Bertha network through the global cohort of Bertha Fellows
- A gathering of Bertha Fellows from around the world before the Bertha Challenge.
- Investigative journalists and activists working together
| Title: | Bertha Challenge Fellowship 2024 for Activists & Investigative Journalists |
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| Amount: | USD $10,000 Project Funds |
| Deadline: | July 4, 2023 |
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| WhatsApp Link: | Click Here |
| Telegram Link: | Click Here |
Applications submitted jointly by activists and investigative journalists will be given preference. Joint applicants must complete separate application forms, but they must mention their partner applicant in some way, describing how and where their initiatives will complement one another and where and how their work will overlap. Each of the USD $10,000 Project Funds available to joint candidates may be combined to work on a single, larger project.
Applications from lone activists and investigative journalists will also be taken into consideration.
Deliverables
This Fellowship is full-time. The duties of Bertha Fellows, who will work mostly in their native nations, include:
- Participate in a global gathering in person that will occur towards the start of the Fellowship.
- Create and deliver a final product that addresses the Bertha Challenge’s central question.
- Take part in two online sessions each month, and on occasion lead these meetings
- Create connections in regional and international networks.
Application Conditions
Every candidate must provide:
- a completed application form online
- A succinct English resume/CV no more than three pages
- a list of 2-4 references along with their names, connections to the candidate, and contact information
- a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) detailing the salary and benefits that will be offered, as well as the prospective host organization.
- Case studies of prior work.
For Additional Information
Visit the Bertha Foundation Challenge Fellowships 2024 Official Website.
| Title: | Bertha Challenge Fellowship 2024 for Activists & Investigative Journalists |
| Nationality: | |
| Amount: | USD $10,000 Project Funds |
| Deadline: | July 4, 2023 |
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| WhatsApp Link: | Click Here |
| Telegram Link: | Click Here |
