EJN Extreme Weather in the Philippines Investigative Reporting Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: January 9, 2026

Applications are open for the EJN Extreme Weather in the Philippines Investigative Reporting Fellowship 2026. Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) as part of its Asia-Pacific Project supported by Sida, has launched a brand new fellowship for journalists the Philippines, together with a 3-day investigative reporting workshop, story grants and mentorship.

The initiative seeks to strengthen the capability of nationwide and regional journalists to report on adaption measures and to carry authorities and company entities accountable for his or her actions—or lack thereof—associated to excessive climate preparedness, catastrophe threat discount and use of public funds.

Story Themes

They welcome story concepts that target, however aren’t restricted to, the following themes:

• Financial accountability: Tracing the allocation, spending and influence of nationwide and native Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Funds. Where is the cash going, and is it constructing resilience?
• Infrastructure effectiveness: Investigating the performance and price-effectiveness of huge, local weather-resilient tasks (e.g. sea partitions, flood controls) throughout main excessive climate occasions and uncovering sub-normal engineering or corruption.
• Preparedness & coverage gaps: Scrutinizing the hole between official local weather motion plans, cross-company coordination mandates and actual-world implementation when excessive climate strikes.
• Ecosystem collapse: Identifying environmental degradation that aggravates the impacts of maximum climate, and linking deforestation, unlawful mining and coastal degradation (mangroves/coral reefs) to the growing severity of landslides and storm surges.

Benefits

• They anticipate to award as much as 12 fellowships with a price range of P118,000 every.

Eligibility

• They will settle for functions from journalists based mostly in the Philippines with a minimal of two years {of professional} journalism expertise and who’ve demonstrated prior reporting on environmental, local weather or governance points.
• The fellowship is open to journalists working in any medium (on-line, print, tv, radio) and different knowledgeable media practitioners with investigative reporting expertise and a historical past of protecting environmental points. They encourage functions from freelance reporters and employees from all sorts of media organizations—worldwide, nationwide, native and neighborhood-based mostly.
• Journalists ought to submit a transparent, authentic and executable investigative story proposal centered on accountability for excessive climate preparedness. The proposal should define a viable path to driving optimistic change.
• Applicants should present a signed letter of dedication from a information group or writer guaranteeing publication or broadcast of the ultimate investigative story. 
• Applicants are required to be clear about the use of generative AI instruments, if any, to revise their proposals. 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, submitting AI-generated content material as their very own. 

Judging Criteria

Applicants ought to think about the following factors when devising their story proposals.

• Relevance: Does the proposal meet the standards and goals of the name? Why does this story matter and to whom? Is the important thought, context and general worth to the audience clearly outlined?
• Angle: If the story has been coated, does your proposal carry new insights to the subject or provide a contemporary angle?
• Reach: Does the proposed media outlet have a large attain? Journalists publishing their work at retailers that usually limit content material behind paywalls are inspired to safe commitments to publish from extra retailers or request an exception to make sure their EJN-supported story stays accessible to audiences.
• Impact: Does the proposal have a compelling narrative or investigative component that can inform and interact, draw consideration, set off debate and spur motion?
• Innovative storytelling: The use of artistic approaches, multimedia and information visualization can be thought-about a plus.
• Plan for well timed publication: Reporters, whether or not freelance or employed at a media outlet, might want to embody a letter of assist from an editor in their application, committing to publish the tales by finish of May 2026. No extensions can be granted.

Application

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For extra info, go to EJN Fellowship.