Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking submissions for the Rainforest Reporting Grant to support and builds capacity for quality, independent journalism in three key regions: the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.
Through the Rainforest Reporting grant, the Pulitzer Center continues to provide short-term project support to journalists reporting in rainforests, but seeks more ambitious proposals: larger in scale, and collaborative and innovative in approaches.
The initiative will continue to provide resources and capacity to journalists through selective training and networking opportunities with other Pulitzer Center’s grantees and Fellows. The Rainforest Reporting grant is supported by the Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).
The Rainforest Reporting Grant supports journalists, staff and freelancers, to report on key rainforest issues in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia. Applications for regional and international projects are reviewed by editors who are experts on the issues and regions. Journalists can submit applications in five languages (English, French, Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese and Spanish) and can produce reports in these or other languages.
Funding Information
- The Rainforest Reporting grant funds costs associated with reporting projects on rainforests, with an emphasis on unreported or under-reported issues in the regions and how they connect to a global scale. The amount of individual grants will depend on the project and detailed budget planning, such as travel cost, fees for local reporting partners, translation and related costs. Most grants fall in the range of $8,000 to $15,000 but depending on project specifics, such as expenses for technology or consultancy, these rates may be higher.
Who can apply?
- Grants are open to all journalists: writers, photographers, radio producers, and filmmakers; staff journalists as well as freelancers. They support veteran reporters who have been widely published, but also back younger applicants who are looking for help to jumpstart their careers. A diversity of voices— gender, ethnicities, backgrounds and nationalities—is important to them.
For more information, visit Pulitzer Center.
