Climate Change Media Partnership COP29 Reporting Fellowship

The Earth Journalism Network and Stanley Center for Peace and Security are announcing the CCMP COP29 Reporting Fellowship for journalists. This program is designed for journalists interested in covering the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties. The conference will be hosted by Azerbaijan and take place in the city from November 11-20, 2024. If you are a journalist interested in covering this event, stay with us for complete information about this fellowship.

Let’s have an overview of the conference: almost 500 journalists from low- and middle-income countries attend this conference to report on the annual United Nations climate job. This gives journalists the opportunity to cover climate negotiations for people in their home countries and help them better understand the climate issues affecting the global world. This year, the fellowship will bring around 20 journalists from low- and middle-income countries to report on COP 29. Applications will be accepted from May 7 until June.

Applications from journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio) are encouraged to apply. Furthermore, the fellowship encourages applications from freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations — international, national, local and community-based.

Benefits of the Fellowship

In addition to providing a unique opportunity to attend this prestigious event, the fellowship will cover all expenses related to your participation, including:

Non-refundable economy class airfare
Accommodation
Meals
Travel medical insurance
Ground transportation and other costs related to your fellowship

Please note that it is your responsibility to arrange and cover the costs of the visa process. However, CCMP will reimburse the visa cost to you at a later stage.

Furthermore, you will also receive:

Information resources and technical support from the organizers to facilitate your reporting during the conference
A pre-COP virtual workshop to meet the team, discuss reporting opportunities, and address any other relevant areas

We believe that this fellowship will provide a valuable experience for journalists, and we look forward to receiving your application.

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Eligibility criteria

to be eligible for this fellowship, you must fulfill the following the criteria below

You must be a professional journalist from a reporting and establish media house and reporting from the countries in the list
Be available to travel to Baku, Azerbaijan, to attend COP29 in person, arriving on November 9 and departing no earlier than November 24, 2024
Possess a strong command of the English language
Have a proven track record of reporting on climate change issues and submit a clear proposal outlining the stories you aim to pursue during the conference
Commit to participating in all fellowship activities
Submit an up-to-date resume/CV
Provide a letter of support from a senior editor, producer, or supervisor, confirming that your reports will be published or broadcast in a reputable media outlet
Freelance journalists are welcome to apply, but must provide a letter of support from a media outlet for which they intend to report
Submit recent, relevant, and journalistic work samples on climate change topics (documents or web links), accompanied by a brief English summary if the original content is in another language. Clips must focus on climate change topics and have been published within the last 12 months.

Eligible Countries

Here is the list of countries eligible for the fellowship program:

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,

El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia,

South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Türkiye, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Deadline

The last date to apply for the fellowship is 6 June, 2024.

How to apply for the fellowship?

The application is online. Click the link below for further information and application. Share with your journalist friends, and family members who can take advantage of this opportunity.

Official Link