EJN 2024 Virtual Media Workshop on Net Zero in Africa for Course

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants can be from any country in Africa; applicants from South Africa, Nigeria, and Algeria, and Morocco are particularly encouraged to apply.  
• For the purposes of this grant opportunity, we will only be accepting applications in English. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to consider applications in other languages at this time. Applicants must have a working understanding of English to participate in the workshop. 
• Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio) and other expert media practitioners with professional reporting experience and a history of covering environmental and net zero issues. We encourage applications from freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations—international, national, local and community-based. 
• Applicants are required to be transparent about the use of generative AI tools, if any, to revise their proposals. 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 AI-generated content as their own.

Offered Benefits

Aim

• The workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of the net zero target, including its history, pathways to achieve it, key terminology and why it is an essential topic for every climate and environmental journalist to be covering.  
• Over the course of three days, participants will have the opportunity to strengthen their thematic and technical understanding of Africa’s energy landscape, from net zero finance and policy measures to an analysis of different African nations' energy mix.  
• Participants will also hear from thematic experts and fellow journalists on the successes and challenges at regional and country levels as well as the dynamics of global conversations and negotiations.
• The workshop will discuss topics relevant for Africa as a continent but will spotlight examples and case studies from different African regions and contexts. 

Benefits

• For journalists who lack access to a stable, strong internet connection, we can provide a limited number of communications stipends to enable participation. 
• All participants who attend the full three days will also receive a certificate of completion from EJN. 

Application Process

• Click the 'Apply now' button at the top of the page.
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• If you start the application and want to come back and complete it later, you can click 'Save Draft.' To return to the draft, you'll need to go back to the opportunity and click 'Apply now' again to finalize the application.
• All applicants are required to provide a signed letter of support from their editor, explicitly stating that they can participate in the workshop. 
• Applicants will also need to submit two samples of stories or links to relevant work.