Deadline: February 23, 2018
The call for reporting grant applications is now open. InfoNile invites freelancers and staff journalists in the Eastern Nile to submit proposals for in-depth investigative multimedia journalism and data visualization grants meant to support production of stories and visuals. These grants are supported generously by the Earth Journalism Network.
InfoNile is a geojournalism platform mapping data on water issues in the Nile River basin of Africa with journalism stories to promote transboundary peace. It aggregates citizen, local and international reporting on the various dimensions of water issues in the Nile Basin, ranging from the environmental and sociocultural to the economic and political.
Proposals should focus on one or more underreported biodiversity and conservation issues in the Nile basin. The output should be a multimedia story incorporating text, video, photography, audio and data visualization/mapping. Please note that if you receive the grant, you will get technical support with designing graphics, data visualization and mapping.
Areas of Focus
- Water grabbing, pollution and/or conflicts and their effects on water resources and communities.
- Effects of climate change on water resources in the basin;
- The social and environmental costs and benefits of specific national and regional development projects such as dams, irrigation schemes, industrial zones, urbanization etc.
- Stories highlighting best policies, programmes and practices about river Nile and its conservation.
Benefits
- InfoNile will consider stipend requests for journalists, photographers and videographers.
- Expenses for travel, research and/or database access, and translation may also be covered.
Eligibility
- This grant is exclusively aimed at freelancers and journalists in any medium in Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia.
- They are looking for stories that are extensive in content and depth, original, under-reported and critical.
- They expect budgets to not exceed $1,000 per proposal.
- Stories can be published in Arabic or Amharic but the writer is expected to submit a translated article that will be published by InfoNile in English.
Application
Please submit the following to [email protected] not later than 23 February 2018:
- A one page proposal outlining your story idea. Proposals should be clearly structured, stating briefly at the outset what the story idea is, followed by how and where the story will be researched, what it aims to reveal or contribute, where you will publish (specific media organizations), and the intended impact of the story. The proposal should also include a plan for incorporating data, data visualization and interactive mapping. Please note how you will use multimedia (video, photos, audio, and graphics along with text). You should also include a budget.
- A resumé/CV;
- Two samples of published/broadcast work. Links to the published stories are also are accepted.
- Letter of support from your editor, stating that your media house/s will publish / telecast / broadcast your story.
Applications can only be submitted via [email protected]
For more information, visit InfoNile Reporting Grant.
