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23 June 2014

The Society of Environmental Journalists Fund for Journalists around the globe

June 19, 2014 By Gamala Luitel


Deadline: 15 July 2014

The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) invites environmental journalists around the world to apply for grants. The SEJ’s Environmental Journalism Fund helps the journalists underwrite environmental reporting projects and entrepreneurial ventures. The primary objective of the fund is to provide incentives and support to qualified journalists and news organizations to enhance the quantity and quality of environmental journalism.

The SEJ provides up to $3,500 for the research work which can be spent towards project-related travel, training, research materials, database analysis, environmental testing, and other direct non-personnel costs required for success of the reporting project or entrepreneurial venture.

Eligibility Criteria
  • Applicants must be qualified journalist working independently or on the staff of either a for-profit or non-profit news organization worldwide.
  • Applicants’ work must be in journalism or closely related to journalism, and her/his responsibilities must not include public relations work on environmental issues or lobbying on environmental issues.
  • Applicants can be either the SEJ member or may be non-members.
  • Journalists working for print, broadcast and/or online media; and full-time faculty or students working or enrolled at accredited schools are the eligible applicants who, also, are eligible to become the SEJ member.

For more information, please visit Fund for Environmental Journalism.

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