The 2023 ERC Collaborative Reporting Grants

Apply now for the 2023 ERC Collaborative Reporting Grants on Truesport your best worldwide scholarship website on the internet. The Environmental Reporting Collective (ERC) is currently receiving applications for its Collaborative Reporting Grants to assist journalists working together on tracing environmental crimes across borders.

In 2022, ERC assisted nine teams of reporters working from more than a dozen countries. The collaboration allowed the reporters to investigate global stories with a local perspective as well as find new and innovative ways of telling stories. They uncovered environmental issues across the globe, from how oil and gas burning is choking minorities in Northern Iraq to how glacial retreat is pushing food insecurity in the Himalayas and how locals here turn to community-based methods of adaptation.

In this round, ERC aims to support similar stories as well as reports specific to sand mining as a follow-up to Beneath the Sands. The grants are aimed at enhancing collaborations to allow journalists from different countries to fill in gaps in each others’ reporting. Applications must include at least two journalists or news outlets from two different countries or regions. Freelance journalists are welcome to apply.

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ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS FOR THE 2023 ERC COLLABORATIVE REPORTING GRANTS

• At least two journalists work from two different countries or regions.
• Staff or freelance reporters are welcome to apply.

MERITS

• ERC will support a maximum of five reporting teams.
• Apart from the financial support, ERC offers the opportunity to work on an underreported environmental issue in a collaborative manner. We can also connect you with mentors and our network of experts as well as relevant training opportunities.

DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR APPLICATION

1. A one-page story proposal with details of your idea and reporting plan. The proposal must emphasize what’s going to be new or revelatory about your story and how each reporter will contribute to the story.
2. A budget that lays out the anticipated expenses for the project. This may include fees for records requests, travel and lodging, and a stipend for freelance reporters. Please use ERC’s budget template here.
3. Resumes for each journalist with links to previously published reports and at least two professional references.
4. For media outlets, data about your reach, audience, and links to previous investigations. Note: News outlets are strongly encouraged to sign up as a partner newsroom with ERC before or when applying, but it’s not required and will not jeopardize their application.
5. For staff writers, a letter of support from an editor in your newsroom.
6. For freelance journalists, a letter of interest from a news outlet that is willing or committed to publish your story.

PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION

Kindly send your application to contact@investigative.earth with the subject head “Your Surnames Grant Application”. ERC will get back to you within a month after receiving your application.

Application Deadline: August 15, 2023

The 2023 ERC Collaborative Reporting Grants