Apply for Climate Journalism Mentoring Program

The Climate Tracker is pleased to announce the fourth cycle of the Climate Journalism Mentoring Program, exclusively for Latin America and the Caribbean.

During this cycle, they will welcome a cohort of eight journalists from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela to publish climate stories focused on who is hindering the energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Those selected will receive an economic incentive for each story and tutoring from the team of mentors, while they work on group training to strengthen their knowledge.

What is the Climate Journalism Mentoring program?

• It is a training program, where the participants are challenged to produce three high-value stories on climate change in Latin America.
• In this cycle, the work will focus exclusively on governments, institutions, companies and actors that are delaying the energy transition in the region, whether through public policies, lobbying, and promotion of fossil fuel projects, finances and subsidies to the industry, fossil, among other actions that prevent the decarbonization of economies.
• In other words, Climate Tracker is looking for stories that show the impacts and implications of policies, incentives, and other actions that continue to promote fossil fuels (such as oil, coal, and fossil natural gas), to the detriment of renewables, despite the evidence irrefutable that points to the urgency of transforming energy matrices to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis.
• They will do this while receiving personalized editorial support from the Climate Tracker team, as well as financial incentives, mentoring from leaders in the region, and contact with other journalists.
• The program will run from the end of August to the end of November 2023.

Benefits

• The program includes collective and personalized learning in relevant aspects of climate journalism and the just energy transition for Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Specifically, you will receive:
  • Total economic incentive of 750 dollars (250 for each published story).
  • Group training sessions on energy transition, climate crisis and environmental journalism.
  • Editorial support and personalized tutorials so that you can create a quality product.
  • Opportunity to expand your journalistic portfolio through the regional media network.
• In other words, this is a great opportunity to hone your skills as a journalist, expand your contact networks and gain a foothold at the source of climate change and the environment.

What do the selected ones commit to?

• Once selected, the scholarship recipients must participate in group learning sessions led by the team (between 4 and 6 during the three months of the program).
• In addition, they will also have the possibility of making individual calls with the editor of the program to clarify doubts and they will work on products and multimedia contributions.
• Specifically, during the duration of the climate journalism mentorship program, they expect you to achieve:
  • Publish three journalistic reports in national or regional media
  • Participate in at least 75% of the learning sessions
• Also, to promote your stories and make them reach larger audiences, they will invite you to participate in the following activities:
  • Newsletter Contribution: Produce a first-person adaptation of your story for the weekly Click Climate newsletter. With this, it is hoped that you can experiment with other common formats on the web.
  • TikTok Video: Produce a TikTok video with the accompaniment of the content creators. The objective will be to portray each of your stories in a creative and innovative way, and reach a larger audience.

Eligibility Criteria

• This opportunity is open to journalists from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela who want to tell stories about who is hindering the energy transition in the region.
• Journalists who work in the media and/or independently may apply.
• Ideal candidates will have:
  • At least one year of experience in journalism.
  • Proven interest in environmental and climate issues.
  • A great proposal for a journalistic story to tell.
  • Curiosity and Engagement: This is a learning experience that they hope you get the most out of.

For more information, visit Climate Tracker.