The Internews’ Earth Journalism Network  UN Ocean Conference 2025 Fellowships Program ( Fully Funded to cover (UNOC3) in Nice, France. 

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Application Deadline: 15 January, 2025, 11:59 PM (Europe/Warsaw)

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference Fellowships. Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is happy to announce an in-person fellowship program that can assist chosen journalists to attend and report from the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) scheduled for June 2025 in Nice, France. 

The subsequent UN Ocean Conference , scheduled to be held in Nice, France, from June 9-13, 2025, might be an important inflection level to speed up progress on the conservation and sustainable administration of the ocean.  

These summits are targeted on supporting the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG14), which is to “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”

Eligibility   

To be eligible for the fellowship, the applicant should: 

• Be an expert journalist from or representing a longtime media home and reporting from any nation with a coast. Applicants from nations in the Mediterranean area and low- and middle-income nations are particularly inspired to apply.

• Have earlier expertise reporting on ocean points (examples embrace threats to the ocean resembling, IIU fishing, the impacts of algal bloom, acidification and air pollution in addition to progressive and actionable options to shield the ocean, resembling technological advances to monitor ocean crimes, new multilateral agreements such because the Plastics treaty and High Seas treaty, funding mechanisms resembling blue bonds, and coverage measures resembling Marine Protected Areas, fishing quotas, and so on. 

• Clearly point out the sorts of tales they may search to pursue whereas overlaying the convention.

• Be obtainable for the convention in Nice from 9 till 13 June 2025, arriving on 7 June and departing on 14 June.

• Have a superb command of the English language.

• Share an up-to-date resume/CV.

• Provide a letter of assist from an editor, producer, or supervisor who can verify that your information stories might be printed or broadcast in a longtime media outlet. Freelancers are welcome to apply however should present a letter of assist from a media outlet for which they intend to report.

• Provide latest, related and journalistic work samples which give attention to ocean points (ideally overlaying ocean governance/insurance policies associated to marine safety). These might be uploaded as paperwork or net hyperlinks. Stories might be in any language so long as they’re accompanied by a brief English synopsis. Stories will need to have clear bylines and will have been printed in the final 12 months.

Benefits

• Fellows will journey to Nice, France to attend the complete period of the UN Ocean Conference negotiations, which can happen from June 9-13, with arrival deliberate for 7 June, and departure on 14 June. 
• EJN will cover non-refundable economy-class airfare, lodging, meals, journey medical insurance coverage and floor transportation prices associated to fellowship participation. Organizers may even facilitate the press accreditation course of and supply logistical assist relating to the journey. Please word that the method of acquiring any mandatory visas is the man’s particular person accountability, although EJN will reimburse visa prices. Fellows may even obtain a per diem to cover day by day bills throughout their time in Nice.
• 5-8 journalists might be chosen for the in-person fellowship. Prior to the beginning of UNOC, fellows will obtain informational sources and technical assist to assist put together for reporting on the convention. They will attend pre-COP digital workshop to meet their cohort and media coach, focus on reporting Opportunities, and ask any questions to assist pre-reporting and preparatory work.  

For More Information:

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