Green Echoes #45: Environmental reporting, opportunities and Global Convening
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Catch the latest release of Green Echoes, a monthly newsletter from the Environmental Reporting Collective that offers a detailed overview of the latest investigative articles, data sources, reporting and training prospects, and notable projects pertaining to environmental concerns across Asia and beyond.
Join us at the annual Global Convening
This is your chance to get to the ERC core team and the community, learn about the Beneath the Sands global collaboration, the ERC grants programme and most importantly participate and tell us what you think are the most urgent environmental problems that ERC should investigate.
ERC awarded 9 grants to journalists from 17 countries in 2022. At the Convening, two teams will also share their experience with their reporting projects.
The ERC Global Convening 2023 will be held on June 20th, 2023 from 4 to 6.30 PM Kuala Lumpur Time (GMT+8) and registrations are still open!
Environmental reporting to take note of
Japan's severe hay fever season this year stood to curtail household spending by $2.7 billion, according to one estimate, with the government moving to cut off the pollen at the source by stepping up logging of domestic cedar trees.
The success of the Montreal Protocol in addressing ozone depletion offers hope for slowing down the Arctic meltdown and combating the impacts of climate change.
Indonesia is developing tuna farming in the country’s bays in an effort to boost its aquaculture sector and ease the pressure on its world-leading marine tuna fishery.
Malaysia plans to ban plastic bags in the retail sector by 2025 to address environmental concerns.
Hong Kong raises the possibility of a seafood ban from Fukushima due to concerns over water discharge from the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Opportunities
The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP), led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, has announced the CCMP COP28 Reporting Fellowship Program for journalists interested in covering the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28).
The Science Media Centre in New Zealand is accepting applications for Data Aotearoa, a free one-off intensive workshop focused on building the next generation of data journalists.
The Pulitzer Center, through the Southeast Asia Rainforest Journalism Fund (RJF), is calling for grant applications from journalists that report in Cambodia on tropical rainforests.
CBC's Indigenous Pathways to Journalism program is entering its second year. This paid, full-time, 9-month learning and development opportunity supports seven First Nations, Inuit or Métis candidates to hone their storytelling skills in CBC newsrooms.
Data, Resources and Training
In a recent Covering Climate Now (CCNow) webinar, a panel of experts discussed building an all-of-newsroom approach to covering the climate. They also delved into how to deal with climate change deniers and sceptics and offered resources to cover the beat safely and productively.
Covering the climate crisis? Here’s what fellow journalists need to know to cover what is perhaps the largest story of our time.
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and independent media outlet Agenda Propia and its Red Tejiendo Historias program’s e-learning course will help Indigenous and non-Indigenous journalists worldwide understand journalism from the perspective of Indigenous people.
Our commitment lies in ensuring that you stay informed and actively involved, cultivating a profound comprehension of the environmental obstacles we encounter and the prospective remedies on the horizon. We sincerely appreciate your participation in this expedition.
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