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EJN Training Program for East African Journalists

About EJN Training Program 2023 for East African Journalists 2023

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that the illegal wildlife trade is worth about 23 billion dollars per year globally, making it the fourth largest illegal trade after trafficking in drugs, humans and weapons. Wildlife crime and trade—rampant in East Africa as both a source and transit point—not only threatens the survival of flora and fauna but also has a bearing on climate change, security, economic stability, and human health.

The nature of these crimes involves a complex transcontinental chain, from source countries—many in Africa—to destination countries such as China, Vietnam and Thailand, linking poachers to transporters to exporters to processors to wholesalers to retailers to end users, according to the Financial Action Task Force Report on Illegal Wildlife Trade, 2020.

Program Details

Indeed, Interpol says that the routes used to smuggle wildlife and wildlife body parts and/or derivatives across countries and continents are the same used to traffic other products, and as such, are led by transnational organized criminal networks also involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.

To equip journalists to investigate and expose these crimes, EJN’s East Africa Wildlife Journalism project is running a nine-month-long training program, Following the Money to Combat Environmental Crime. As such, we are looking to train investigative journalists on how to use financial tools to investigate money laundering, fraud, bribery and corruption, trace assets, underground money movements and illicit payment methods.

Eligibility

Applicants can be from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda or South Sudan.

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 either have a working understanding of English or have a translator available to assist with communication with Internews staff.

Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio). Freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations— international, national, local and community-based—are welcome to apply.

We welcome applications from experienced reporters with a track record of producing depth and/ or investigative work on the environment, wildlife and conservation. Candidates with a demonstrable plan to collaborate with Asian journalist(s) to explore environmental crime markets stand a high chance of being selected.

EJN reserves the right to disqualify applicants from consideration if they have been found to have engaged in unethical or improper professional conduct.

EJN Training Program 2023 for East African Journalists Application

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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 employed by a media outlet are required to provide a signed letter of support from their editor, acknowledging that they have permission to take part in the program and fulfil its requirements. All applicants, whether staffers or freelancers, must provide a letter of support from a media outlet committing to publish or broadcast stories produced as a result of this training.
  • Applicants will also need to submit two samples of stories or links to relevant work.

Note: You’ll be asked to upload these supporting documents once you start the application process, so please have them handy.

If you encounter difficulties with submitting your application or have questions about the grants, please email info.ejn@internews.org. Do not contact any other Internews email regarding this opportunity, as we will not receive it.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 15 September 2023.

Open this link for more details about EJN Training Program 2023 for East African Journalists.

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