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The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program
Mongabay’s Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program provides opportunities for journalists from biodiversity hotspots in tropical countries to report on critical environmental issues, gaining valuable training, experience, and credibility that will help them advance their careers in journalism and communications (see stories: English | Español).
What you will do
As a fellow of the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program, you will be one of 12 annual fellows, six of whom will work at our global English news bureau and six at our Spanish-language news bureau with Mongabay-Latam. Each cohort will consist of three fellows per bureau during the six-month fellowship.
Fellows will work directly with the fellowship editor to produce six stories. Fellows will have opportunities to collaborate with multiple editors at Mongabay’s international news outlet, including those who specialize in different areas to develop environmental reporting skills, and create a portfolio of original publications.
Fellows are expected to engage with Mongabay for at least 10 hours a week and produce an average of one story per month over the course of the fellowship.
Each fellow will receive $500 USD a month for the duration of the six-month fellowship.
Eligibility and how to apply
This fellowship is intended to provide opportunities for aspiring journalists from low- to upper-middle income tropical countries.* Click here for a list of eligible countries.
- There is no education requirement to apply for the program, and it is not linked to any university.
- Access to reliable internet is important, as this fellowship is remote.
- Mongabay does not have an office and cannot support work visas.
Mongabay accepts applications for both our global English and Spanish-language bureaus.
The fellowship will run twice a year: April 1 through Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 through March 31.
The application window for the April-September cohort will run Dec. 15-Feb. 10. The application window for the October-March cohort will run June 15-Aug. 10.
Selection Process:
Selections will be made by an internal Mongabay team and applicants will receive a notification regarding the status of their application at least three weeks prior to the start of the cohort.
For more information about the application process and fellowship, visit here.
* For the purposes of this program, Mongabay considers low- to upper-middle income tropical countries to be those classified as such by the World Bank.
Bourses Mongabay Afrique Pour Le Journalisme Environnemental
Le programme de bourses
En plus de ses programmes de bourses anglophone et hispanophone, le programme de bourses francophone de Mongabay Afrique pour le journalisme environnemental soutient jusqu’à 12 boursiers par an. Chaque cohorte sera composée de six boursiers de divers pays.
Sous la supervision des rédacteurs en chef, les boursiers acquerront une expérience précieuse dans notre organe de presse international. Ils y développeront leurs compétences en matière de reportage environnemental et créeront un portefeuille de publications originales, destiné à les aider dans leur évolution de carrière.
Logistique
Le programme de bourses se déroule deux fois par an : d’avril à juin et d’octobre à décembre, et cible six pays du continent africain, qui diffèrent selon les cohortes.
La fenêtre de candidature pour la cohorte d’avril-juin a lieu du 26 février au 15 mars. Pour la cohorte d’octobre-décembre, elle se déroule en septembre.
Chaque boursier reçoit $500 USD par mois durant les 3 mois du programme, soit un total de $1,500 USD. Il sera amené à travailler en étroite collaboration avec la rédactrice en chef des programmes de bourses ainsi qu’avec d’autres journalistes de la rédaction pour produire un total de trois reportages.
Chaque boursier s’engage ainsi à travailler 10 heures par semaine pour produire une moyenne d’un reportage par mois. Ses productions sont destinées à être publiées sur le site de Mongabay.
Le travail s’effectue à distance – Mongabay n’a pas de bureau et ne peut pas fournir de visa de travail.
Pour plus d’informations sur le processus de candidature et la bourse, visitez ici.
Mongabay Internship
Mongabay.org offers an internship program, which primarily involves writing environmental news stories for our affiliated news site – Mongabay.com. Our interns will have the opportunity to develop their writing skills and have their news stories be published on our renowned website which boasts over two million global readers every month.
The internship program has been postponed until further notice. Mongabay won’t be opening applications for 2025.
Sue Palminteri WildTech Reporting Fellowship
The Sue Palminteri WildTech Reporting Fellowship primarily involves writing stories for Mongabay.com about conservation technology-related research.
Over the course of the part-time, six month program, the reporting fellow will work directly with Mongabay editors to develop their writing skills and publish a series of their stories on Mongabay’s renowned website, which boasts over four million global readers every month.
About Sue Palminteri
Sue Palminteri – Mongabay’s WildTech Editor, conservation biologist, professional tennis player, long-time exercise enthusiast, and friend to many – passed away at the age of 54 on November 30th, 2019. Her contributions to conservation were immense.
Trained as a conservation biologist, Sue sought out and highlighted new technology developments of use to the conservation and research communities. She earned her PhD studying primate ecology in Peru.
With this program, Mongabay offers a fellowship in Sue’s name that honors her interest in conservation, technology, and journalism by providing opportunities for young and aspiring journalists to gain experience in conservation technology reporting.