Journalism Production Scholarships for Latin America and the Caribbean

The best report proposals that expose abuses of power, violations of human rights in the region and that have a high impact will receive the editorial support and funds for their production.

What will the winners get?

• Editorial Support
  • The selected proposals will be developed under the Editorial Alliance with CONNECTAS. You will receive personalized support from an editor from the Editorial Board, who will accompany you from the beginning of the project until its publication.
• Resources
  • If your proposal is selected, you will receive funds between $1,000 and $3,000 to cover research expenses and journalistic team fees.
• Regional Dissemination
  • Your work will be published in CONNECTAS, the main platform that promotes collaborative journalism in Latin America, and allied media of the Information Community.
• Journalistic Community
  • Once you publish your work, you can be part of the CONNECTAS Journalism Community, #CONNECTASHub , made up of colleagues from all over Latin America and the Caribbean.

Requirements

• Be a practicing journalist in media or independent media, with a minimum of four years’ demonstrated experience.
• Residing in a country in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• The application must include links to recent publications, preferably to research, in-depth work or reports.
• The proposal must be in Spanish.
• Only applications made through the Matrix CONNECTAS platform will be accepted.
• It is essential that those interested do not have an ongoing scholarship with CONNECTAS.

Conditions

• Those admitted will have editorial freedom over their story. They must participate in the pedagogical editorial support process in which they will receive continuous feedback on their research.
• Those proposals that provide guarantees of prior reporting and knowledge of the subject will be considered with special interest; that have a strong investigative component, social impact and novelty; and that they propose a collaboration between journalists.
• Those selected will accept the terms of republication of the research material, editorial support, security conditions under which the topics are followed up, and preparations for the final dissemination.
• Proposals can be presented individually or as a team.
• All publications must include audiovisual, multimedia or storytelling elements , carried out by the work team.
• The proposals will have a period of four months to be carried out.

For more information, visit CONNECTAS.