CONNECTAS Fellowship Program 2024 (up to $2,500)

This informs the public about the CONNECTAS Fellowship Program 2024. Details about the Program are given below.

CONNECTAS Fellowship Program 2024

Rising authoritarian speeches and politicians, threats to individual freedoms, abuses by economic groups, organized crime gangs that expand their control and businesses to new territories, that profit from migration and diversify their sources of income.

These are some of the phenomena that cross Latin America and that need to be told in depth in stories, reports and journalistic investigations that reveal what the powerful do not want to be known.

Program Details

CONNECT Fellowship seeks proposals that expose the misuse of public resources, organized crime, human rights violations, abuses against vulnerable groups, cases of corporate corruption or crimes against the environment. The selected projects will receive editorial support, funds of up to USD 2,500 for their implementation and support for their dissemination at a regional level.

Benefit

Editorial Support

The selected proposals will be developed under the Editorial Alliance with CONNECTAS. You will receive personalized support from an editor from our Editorial Board, who will accompany you from the beginning of the project until its publication.

Resources

If your proposal is selected, you will receive funds between $1,000 and $2,500, depending on the budget submitted, to cover research expenses and journalistic team fees.

Regional Dissemination

Your work will be published in CONNECTAS, the main platform that promotes collaborative journalism in Latin America and allied media of our Information Community.

Journalistic Community

Once you publish your work, you can be part of

Eligibility

  • Be a practising journalist in media or independent media, with a minimum of three years of demonstrated experience. 
  • Residing in a country in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Include in your application links to recent publications, preferably to research, in-depth work or reports.
  • The proposal must be in Spanish.
  • Only applications made through the Matrix CONNECTAS platform will be accepted.
  • It is essential that those interested do not have an ongoing scholarship with CONNECTAS.

How to Apply

For those interested in the CONNECTAS Fellowship Program 2024. Open this link to start the application process.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 26 May 2024.

Open this link for more details about the CONNECTAS Fellowship Program 2024.

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