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Mediterranean Media Initiative Oceanic Crime and Ecoviolence Investigation Partnership Call

23 23+00:00 February, 2023 @ 8:00 - 17:00

Mediterranean Media Initiative Oceanic Crime and Ecoviolence Investigation Partnership Call

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OPENING
DATE

13-02-2023

DEADLINE
DATE

31-03-2023

SUBMISSION
LANGUAGE

English or French

MAXIMUM
VALUE

4.000,00 €

PERCENTAGE
OF FINANCING

NA

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Who?

Applications are open to journalists and groups of journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio) and other expert media practitioners with professional reporting experience.

EJN welcomes applications from early-career journalists and experienced reporters with a track record of environmental issues. They encourage applications from freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations – international, national, local, and community-based.

Countries: Countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

What?

In the isolation of the deep blue sea, crimes easily go unnoticed:  overfishing, coerced labor, and dead discards of protected species thrive in this space. Illegal fishing in particular is a notorious form of transnational violence and vessels, including trawlers, regularly cross into protected territories, benefiting from loopholes to avoid getting caught.

EJN’s Mediterranean Media Initiative is looking to support investigations, especially those that are transboundary, which seek to expose unauthorized fishing by industrial or semi-industrial vessels, as well as other harmful environmental practices impacting the marine environment. The types of investigations we are looking to support would place these issues within the wider context of anthropogenic stressors such as biodiversity loss, climate change and increased pollution and their impact on human security and environmental justice.

Furthermore, we would like to increase reporting which places fisheries-related offenses in relation to a broader set of criminal practices rather than as an isolated domain, as also pointed out by recent reports and initiatives by international bodies such as INTERPOL and the High Level Ocean Panel.

The Mediterranean Media Initiative has secured funding from the Adessium Foundation to commission transboundary investigations and work collectively with partners wishing to develop reports focusing on the Mediterranean.

In addition to providing journalists with a story grant, the EJN Med Media team would be providing capacity support which includes:

  • Participation in a dedicated 90-minute webinar featuring investigation and thematic experts,
  • Access to the investigative expertise of EJN Med Media Director Mona Samari, contributing author on Oceanic Crime, Spheres of Transnational Ecoviolence: Environmental Crime, Human Security, and Justice, by Peter Stoett and Delon Alain Omrow;
  • Access to satellite tracking, illegal fishing, and thematic experts able to cross-reference data and evidence, if required;
  • Tutorial in evidence cross-referencing of satellite data;
  • Resource materials, including related to effective use of encryption.

Eligibility

Applicants may come from any country bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

Groups of journalists are eligible; however, the application must be made in the name of one lead applicant. Lead applicants are responsible for communicating with EJN and receiving funds on the group’s behalf, if awarded.

For the purposes of this grant opportunity, it will only be accepting written applications in English or French. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to consider applications in other languages at this time. Applicants must have a working understanding of English and French. The story can be published in the local language.

Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio) and other expert media practitioners with professional reporting experience. We welcome applications from early-career journalists and experienced reporters with a track record of environmental issues. We encourage applications from freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations – international, national, local and community-based.

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

Funding

EJN’s Mediterranean Media Initiative can award up to 4.000,00 € per investigative project to cover the cost of the investigation, with the aim of awarding 5 such sub-grants over the course of the next 10 months.

Documents
and Forms

  • Organisation: Adessium
  • Visit the official webpage of the Mediterranean Media Initiative Oceanic Crime and Ecoviolence Investigation Partnership Call for more information here.

NOTE: The Opening Date in the description may not coincide with the real Call Opening Date.

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Date:
23 23+00:00 February, 2023
Time:
8:00 - 17:00
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