Mongabay Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship 2026-2028 (up to $3,000) – YOA

Deadline: February 1, 2026

Applications are open for the Mongabay Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship 2026-2028. The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program builds on Mongabay’s lengthy-working internship program, which has helped bolster the capability of environmental journalists in a subject the place such expertise may be onerous to purchase.

Since 2008, this system has offered coaching and first-hand reporting expertise for dozens of budding journalists in additional than a dozen nations. Mongabay interns have gone on to set up careers as skilled journalists, communications professionals at scientific establishments and conservation NGOs, and at Mongabay itself.

From 2026-2028, the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program will assist at the least 34 fellows per 12 months in a number of language-particular cohorts:

• Sixteen English-language fellows within the Global Bureau, together with 5 specializing in oceans in Southeast Asia;
• Six fellows within the Spanish-language bureau, Mongabay Latam;
• Six Bahasa Indonesia-language fellows at Mongabay Indonesia;
• Six Portuguese-language fellows in our Global Bureau

Benefits

• Each fellow will obtain $500 USD per thirty days at some point of the six-month fellowship, or $3,000 USD in complete.
• During that point, fellows will work instantly with the fellowship editors to produce six tales. Fellows can have alternatives to collaborate with a number of Mongabay editors, together with those that focus on completely different areas.

Eligibility

• Applicants should be from a low- to higher-center-earnings tropical nation, as labeled by the World Bank. “High-income” tropical nations, equivalent to Singapore and Australia, are excluded from the fellowship.
• Applicants should be aspiring, early-profession environmental journalists.
• Applicants should be in a position to work remotely and commit to 10 hours per week.
• There isn’t any schooling requirement to apply for this system. The fellowship just isn’t linked to any college.
• All application supplies for the English-language program should be submitted in English.
• All supplies should adhere to the rules and on the application kind; purposes that don’t comply with the rules will probably be disqualified.

Judging Criteria

• Basic understanding of and curiosity in reporting and writing information tales;
• Demonstrated curiosity in conservation points;
• Demonstrated curiosity in environmental journalism as a profession;
• Proven communication expertise;
• Capacity to fulfill the entire fellowship necessities and reporting plans.

Application

On the application kind, you can be requested to fill out primary contact data, reply just a few questions on your curiosity, and add the next paperwork:

• Resume (1-2 pages most)
• Cover letter (1 web page most) introducing your self and answering:
  • How does environmental journalism match into your profession objectives?
  • Why ought to Mongabay choose you for this fellowship?
• One writing pattern in a journalistic fashion (printed or unpublished) that displays your finest work and expertise (ideally a chunk associated to conservation or the atmosphere). 

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