Application Deadline: December 31, 2024.
Applications are now open for the 2025 Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) Fellowship. RIN Fellows will pursue both individual and joint investigative projects, examining the root causes and structural drivers of deforestation across the three main tropical rainforest regions: the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.
The RIN is led by journalist Gustavo Faleiros, with a team that includes Research Editor Jelter Meers, Data Editor Kuek Ser Kuang Keng, Data Specialist Federico Acosta Rainis, investigative journalist Madeleine Ngeunga, Research Assistants Alexandra Waddell and Fernanda Buffa, and Doménica Montaño giving logistics support. The team will provide comprehensive training and support on investigative techniques and tools, data analysis, reporting methods, and platforms.
Requirements
- RIN is seeking seasoned investigative journalists—whether they are on staff or working with a host outlet as a freelancer—who are from the tropical rainforest regions or focus on these regions in their reporting. We also accept collaborations with local and global media outlets.
- This is a full-time, yearlong fellowship that provides financial support, covering the reporter’s salary (or part of it, depending on variables such as location and experience). Additional support will be provided to the journalist’s reporting expenses, such as travel and hiring of consultants.
Eligibility
- Experienced investigative journalists with a proven track record covering the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia regions.
- Reporters based in countries outside the three main tropical rainforest regions—Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia—may also apply but will need to focus their reporting during the fellowship on stories related to these regions.
- Staff or freelance journalists working on a wide range of platforms, including print, radio, video, and multimedia. Freelance reporters will need to have the support of a local or international newsroom that agrees to host them and publish the work they produce during the fellowship.
- Team players with the experience and/or ability to work collaboratively across newsrooms and borders.
- Reporters with a deep understanding of the scientific, environmental, social, legal, political, and commercial forces at play in deforestation and forest degradation around the world—and why this issue matters to our global well-being.
- Reporters willing to participate in outreach activities related to their investigations, such as meetings in communities and visits to schools and universities.
Benefits
- The opportunity to work on impactful investigations that are time-consuming and costly.
- A global network of investigative reporters who will aid your investigations and complement your skills.
- Access to data and documents as well as the opportunity to sharpen your data skills with support from the Pulitzer Center’s Data and Research team.
- Specialized training opportunities such as the use of satellite imagery and other digital tools in investigations, corporate and follow-the-money research, and more.
- The opportunity to work and collaborate with other journalists on stories that transcend your country and region and can achieve true global impact.
- A community of like-minded colleagues that will continue beyond your fellowship.
- Salaries commensurate with experience.
Please note that selected candidates will work remotely.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) Fellowship
