EJN Deep Dive Fellowship 2025 for Journalists and Content Creators in the Pacific – YOA

Deadline: July 20, 2025

Applications are open for the EJN Deep Dive Fellowship 2025 for Journalists and Content Creators in the Pacific. Earth Journalism Network is providing grants to journalists and content material creators in the Pacific who’ve participated in The Deep Dive: Building Skills for Transformative Ocean Reporting workshops to assist the manufacturing of in-depth tales, video shorts and artistic tasks on ocean points affecting the area.

EJN’s new Pacific initiative, The Deep Dive: Building Skills for Transformative Ocean Reporting, builds the capability amongst Pacific journalists and storytellers—equipping them with the data, instruments and connections to report on ocean points with creativity, authority and a robust Pacific voice. The mission acknowledges that elevation of the Pacific’s voice is paramount to addressing the a number of crises affecting the ocean.

The Deep Dive kicked off with an eight-part coaching collection on ocean reporting in the Pacific, which is able to run till July 2025 with 24 individuals throughout the area. The coaching covers the challenges to South Pacific Ocean well being, and the conservation options presently being applied on the floor. Sessions will concentrate on the science and journalism expertise required to report extra successfully on the ocean. Included in the curriculum is an engagement session with chosen ocean champions from the Pacific, comprising Pacific leaders and ministers.

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• As part of the Deep Dive, they’re providing 13 grants of as much as US$700 every to artistic content material creators and journalists who’ve participated in the Deep Dive coaching and have an interest in producing excessive-high quality options-targeted ocean tales.

Eligibility

• They are solely accepting functions from journalists and content material creators primarily based in the Pacific who participated in the Deep Dive coaching.
• Social media content material creators ought to actively and regularly submit brief-type movies on TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, X or different main social media platforms, referring to matters resembling way of life, social points, journey, science, economic system, politics, tradition, surroundings and well being. Creators shouldn’t be presently reporting for any media retailers; former journalists are eligible. Prior content material targeted on ocean or surroundings just isn’t a requirement, nonetheless, an curiosity in linking your work to biodiversity points is essential.
• Journalists needs to be on workers at a media outlet or freelance. Journalists ought to have an energetic presence on TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, X or different main social media platforms, however there isn’t any viewers measurement requirement (an energetic presence may embody posting no less than as soon as per week and/or usually creating video or textual content content material about your journalistic tasks). Prior expertise as a content material creator just isn’t a requirement, nonetheless, an curiosity in growing your social media expertise is essential. 
• For the functions of this grant OPPORTUNITY, they may settle for functions in English solely. Applicants should both have a working understanding of English or have a translator obtainable to help with communication with Internews workers. However, creators and journalists can produce work in any language.
• EJN reserves the proper to disqualify candidates from consideration if they’ve been discovered to have engaged in unethical or improper skilled conduct, together with, however not restricted to, plagiarism and/or submitting AI-generated content material as their very own.

Selection Criteria

Selection of content material creators shall be primarily based on:  

• A constant observe report of manufacturing brief-type video content material. 

Selection of journalists shall be primarily based on:  

• A constant observe report of reporting in-depth tales for their media retailers, an added benefit if it’s on environmental matters however not a requirement.
• An energetic social media presence, resembling posting no less than as soon as per week and creating video or textual content content material about your journalistic tasks.

All functions can even be judged utilizing the following standards: 

• Relevance: Do the content material concepts outlined in the application meet the standards and aims of the name? Is the fundamental concept, context and general worth to the target market clearly outlined?
• Angle: Do your concepts for content material convey new insights or supply a contemporary angle on biodiversity points?
• Impact: Do your pitches appear compelling? Are they prone to inform and have interaction, draw consideration, set off debate and urge motion?
• Innovative storytelling: The use of artistic storytelling approaches, narrative types and/or information shall be thought-about a plus.
• Motivation: Demonstrated curiosity in utilizing social media to provide impactful content material on ocean and clear plan to proceed producing this sort of content material following the fellowship.
• Availability: Selected fellows might want to take part in the pre- and submit-workshop surveys, the Deep Dive digital coaching and all peer studying classes. They should decide to producing and disseminating no less than three items of content material by November 2025.

Application

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For extra data, go to EJN Deep Dive Fellowship.