Earth Journalism Network

📣 Join us as we dive into the challenges of protecting the #MediterraneanSea! We’ll explore what protection exists, how MPAs & fisheries can coexist and the challenges of engaging local communities in conservation—plus tips for journalists covering the 30x30 targets: https://loom.ly/bNE1vgk

📣 Communicators and social media creators in India: we're supporting content on India’s clean energy transition including the country's progress so far, challenges that remain and scalable, replicable solutions. Apply by April 15 in English, Hindi, Marathi Odiya or Telugu: https://loom.ly/AIZqLoI

After a 2021 workshop on data and GIS tools, Nepali journalist Bhagirathi Pandit investigated flooding in Helambu and Melamchi. The data in her report was later used by communities to advocate for greater government support and financial aid. Learn more: https://loom.ly/IOfssQU

📣 We're offering grants of 10,000-12,000 EUR each to media organizations in low- and middle-income countries to support projects that strengthen reporting on biodiversity threats—and solutions. Apply by March 28: https://loom.ly/gJ8BWDw

The AI summit in India's been all about Bill Gates' keynote cancellation (Epstein?), Altman & Amodei's awkward photoshoot, & the robo 🐕 fiasco

But if you'd like to learn about water use by data centre giants in India, here's a great 4-parter from Rohini Krishnamurthy 4 @earthjournalism.bsky.social🧵

📣 Don’t miss out on EJNews! Subscribe to our monthly LinkedIn newsletter for the latest opportunities, resources and updates from across our global network. The next edition drops on Friday, 27 February: https://loom.ly/IYtbD6I 🗞️👀

🗞️💧 Last year, we launched #BlueVeinsBalkanTruths, a cross-border collaboration with six Western Balkans media outlets investigating what’s driving widespread aquatic ecosystem damage across the region. Read the stories and learn more: https://loom.ly/uWXEyWU

For anyone who might be interested, Rohini Krishnamurthy wrote a 4-part series on water use by data centre giants in India (Uttar Pradesh & Karnataka) for @earthjournalism.bsky.social 🧵

🗞️🌳 If you’re a media organization in #Liberia #Ghana #Cameroon #Vietnam or #Indonesia, we want to hear from you! We’re offering grants of £10,000 for projects that build the capacity of journalists and media to produce stories on forest governance issues. Apply by Feb 26: https://loom.ly/YOsE7qY

📣 Journalists in the #WesternBalkans: don't miss our biodiversity story grants! We’re offering reporting grants of €1,200 each to support stories on biodiversity issues—and solutions—in the region. Apply by February 19: https://loom.ly/J5rYsXE

📣Are you a journalist in Indonesia interested in covering climate change & the private sector? We’re offering €1,800 for reports on the private sector’s impact on climate change, its potential to support mitigation & adaptation and its role in financing innovative solutions: https://loom.ly/S1OD9g0

The Covering Climate Now Academy — Covering Climate Now Climate change is the defining story of our time, and journalists everywhere need the tools to cover with depth, accuracy, and impact. That’s why Covering Climate Now offers journalists worldwide a…

One week left to apply for the CCNow Academy!

12 sessions. 40 journalists from around the world. Science, solutions, justice, disinformation, health, migration and more. Join a global community of peers.

Free. Interactive. Live. NOT a webinar series!

Apply here by February 16:

Climate Change and Budget Cuts Fueled South American Blazes A new study found that less rain and pine tree plantations are increasing the likelihood of wildfires.

A new analysis dives into how humans made the wildfires raging in South America worse.

📣If you’re a content creator looking to better understand renewable energy issues—or a communicator eager to boost your digital storytelling skills—join our bootcamp to learn how to create engaging, evidence-based content for social platforms. Apply by February 14: https://loom.ly/pRuPnww

Rooftop Solar Power Is Struggling to Take Off in Hong Kong. What Went Wrong? At the halfway point of the Feed-in Tariff program, Hong Kong’s solar energy production still lags behind most developed countries or regions.

Today, the UK announced that it will invest up to 1 billion pounds in community clean energy projects.

Last year, we reported how a similar scheme played out in Hong Kong, a wealthy former British colony that has struggled to adopt renewable energy, with the support of @earthjournalism.bsky.social:

🗞️Join EJNet, our global community on Google Groups and WhatsApp to share news, tips and opportunities with fellow reporters. Plus, be the first to hear about EJN grants, training workshops and more👀:
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📣 Environmental journalists in the #WesternBalkans: Got an underreported story idea on biodiversity? We’re offering reporting grants of €1,200 each to support stories on biodiversity issues—and solutions—in the region. Apply by February 19: https://loom.ly/J5rYsXE

📣🤳🗞️Calling social media content creators and communicators across India! Join our upcoming bootcamp to collaborate, exchange insights and learn how to create engaging, evidence-based renewable energy content for social media platforms. Apply by February 14: https://loom.ly/pRuPnww

🗞️🌳Are you a media organization in Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon, Vietnam, or Indonesia? We're offering media grants of 10,000 GBP each for projects that increase coverage of—and strengthen journalists’ capacity to report on—forest governance policies, challenges and solutions: https://loom.ly/YOsE7qY

Your Best Environmental Stories of 2025: Selections from EJN’s Annual Crowd-Sourced Reading List In 2025, as record-breaking temperatures, historic flooding and unprecedented ocean heat occurred worldwide—alongside confirmation that seven of the nine planetary boundaries had been breached—the imp...

Thank you @earthjournalism.bsky.social for including our documentary, Rewilding The Skies, in the crowd-sourced best environmental stories of 2025!

Rewilding a species is an extremely sensitive process. We got to explore that in our latest doc:

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🦍💻Missed our workshop on covering Great Apes and One Health in Africa? Check out these tips from editors at @mongabay.com @infonile.bsky.social and @theguardian.com: https://loom.ly/ARiCtzc

🔦 @amithabalachandra.bsky.social reflects on EJN & @hellothibi.bsky.social's Environmental Data Journalism Academy in 2024. Read her data-driven story for @thewire.in: https://loom.ly/jSFORQU

Journalists in Indonesia: we’re offering €1,800 for reports on the private sector & climate change! We’re interested in solutions-journalism stories & investigations linking business activity, deforestation & the December 2025 disasters in Aceh, West Sumatra & North Sumatra: https://loom.ly/S1OD9g0

This #InternationalDayofCleanEnergy, watch the recording of our #AMA on how to cover renewable energy, net zero and the just transition more effectively. Hear from @ember-energy.org's Dave Jones and seasoned environmental journalists: https://loom.ly/DtGA6Ms

📣 Media outlets in Nepal: Do you have an innovative media programming idea on green growth and natural resource management in the region? EJN is offering up to €4,500 each plus mentorship to support new media programming. Apply by February 15: https://loom.ly/AKdpsfc #SeedGrants

The #CoralTriangle is home to 76% of the world’s coral species and supports 120+ million people—but it faces growing environmental threats. We supported seven local journalists to investigate these challenges and the community- and policy-driven solutions tackling them: https://loom.ly/dsFwE3c

📣 Environmental journalists from #Albania, #BosniaandHerzegovina, #Croatia, #NorthMacedonia, #Montenegro, #Serbia or #Kosovo: we’re offering reporting grants of €1,200 each to support stories on biodiversity issues—and solutions—in the region. Apply by February 28: https://loom.ly/J5rYsXE

🌳Journalists in Indonesia & Vietnam: join our workshop in Medan, Sumatra, this May, to deepen your understanding of forest governance, strengthen solutions-focused reporting on forest loss and help audiences hold governments and harmful actors accountable. Apply by Feb 6: https://loom.ly/wrVTiO8

Last year our renewable energy fellows Tanvi Naik & Yash Sadhak Shrivastava coverered Shelkwadi—a 100% solar-powered village in Maharashtra, India. Watch their documentary for #DowntoEarth to see how community action drove the transition & the challenges of going fully solar: https://loom.ly/xDGGn0Y

🌍🗞️ Check out our tipsheet offering practical steps journalists can take to stay safe. From pre-reporting to post-publication, you’ll find guidance on navigating hazardous, hostile or unpredictable environments plus what newsrooms can do to better protect their journalists: https://loom.ly/QvtrwMw