Deadline: April 24, 2026
Applications are open for the EJN Virtual Media Workshop on Covering Gibbons & Orangutans in Asia 2026. Internews Earth Journalism Network is hosting a three-day virtual media workshop in mid-June 2026 for environmental journalists across Asia seeking to report on the critical threats facing both small and great apes—our closest living relatives.
Focusing on gibbons and orangutans, the workshop will explore conservation effectiveness, while encouraging journalists to move beyond wildlife stories to examine our shared evolutionary path and why protecting apes is inseparable from protecting forests, human health and our future.
Benefits
- Participants who attend all sessions will receive a certificate of completion from EJN.
- Participants who attend all three days of the workshop will also be eligible to apply for a story fellowship to produce journalistic work following the workshop, which will be awarded to up to 10 journalists, $US1,500 each. More information will be provided during the workshop.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be from one of the following nine gibbon- and/or orangutan-range countries in Asia: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
- They will only accept applications in English. Unfortunately, they do not have the capacity to consider applications submitted in other languages at this time. Although simultaneous interpretation will be provided in up to seven languages, depending on the mix of selected participants, applicants are expected to be able to communicate in basic English to ensure effective coordination with EJN staff.
- Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television or radio). They welcome applications from freelance reporters as well as staff from all types of media organizations, including community-based, local, national, and international outlets. They especially encourage women, rural, Indigenous and early-career journalists to apply.
- Applicants are not required to have prior experience reporting on apes. However, they should demonstrate a strong background in environmental reporting and a clear commitment to continue covering ape conservation and related issues after the workshop.
- EJN reserves the right to disqualify applicants from consideration if they have been found to have engaged in unethical or improper professional conduct, including, but not limited to, submitting plagiarized content as their own.
Application
For more information, visit EJN Virtual Media Workshop.
