Deadline: August 20, 2025
Applications are open for the Surge Africa x One World Media Climate Reporting Gap Fellowship 2025. Are you a Nigerian journalist passionate about making complex climate issues accessible and relevant to your community? One World Media, in partnership with Surge Africa, is thrilled to launch a new opportunity as part of The Climate Reporting Gap Initiative.
Across Nigeria, the impacts of climate change are increasingly visible — from rising heat and water scarcity to the complexities of the energy transition. Yet, local stories that connect these challenges to people’s daily lives often remain underreported. That’s where the Climate Reporting Gap Fellowship comes in.
This new initiative will support six Nigerian journalists to report original stories on climate finance and energy transition through inclusive, data-driven and community-centred reporting. Whether you’re drawn to print, audio, video, or multimedia reporting, this Fellowship is designed to enable you to produce compelling, solutions-focused journalism that resonates at the local and regional level.
Benefits
- Up to £5k funding for their reporting
- One-to-one mentoring
- In-depth training, in person and online
- Industry workshops, including safety, impact, and pitching
- Training trip to Colombia, South America
- Global promotion of all media pieces by project partners
- Membership of the OWM global alumni network
Eligibility
- Open to journalists and filmmakers from Nigeria, and reporting in Nigeria.
- They are looking for mid-career and experienced applicants, with at least 3-5 years experience in their field.
- Applicants don’t need to have a background in climate finance, but an interest in telling stories about the climate crisis and energy transitions, and a strong background in journalism and/or their chosen medium.
- They are particularly keen to hear creative proposals that cover an underreported story or hear from people who are often unheard and offer unexpected or rare access.
Application
Application deadline is August 20, 2025. All projects must be completed by June 2026.
For more information, visit Climate Reporting Gap Fellowship.
