Deadline: January 20, 2023
Applications for the IJP German-Southeastern European Bursary 2023 are now open. The bursary offers this opportunity for up to ten journalists from Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia with a passion for climate and energy topics.
Journalists, who are granted the climate & energy bursary, will receive a deeper and more detailed insight into the field and get the opportunity to work and specialize topically and internationally alike. They are also welcomed to pursue transnational research on a common topic during their fellowship.
Programme Details
The scholarship programme starts with a thematic introductory conference. Subsequently, the participating journalists will begin their stay at their respective journalistic host organizations. Journalists from Germany will stay at a host media in one of the other countries for the time of the scholarship while the journalists from those countries will spend their time in a media in Germany.
These media are selected by the International Journalists’ Programmes (IJP) in consideration of the interests, qualifications and wishes of the fellows. While being embedded partly in the workflow of the host media, the scholars will work on their own journalistic projects and mainly report for media in their home country. During the six to eight weeks of the stay, the journalists will get to know the host country better, establish contacts to local journalists and deepen their knowledge about climate and energy issues.
The programme concludes with a final meeting. The participants are asked to deliver a three-page report of their experiences. It should also include all contributions produced during their stay. After the exchange, they encourage the participants to stay in touch with each other through the IJP alumni network through which they will have the chance to meet many of IJP’s former scholars in Germany and more than 40 other countries.
Funding
- Each fellow will receive a stipend of 3,800 Euro to help cover travel costs, accommodation and personal expenses during his or her stay. The participant must cover any additional costs.
Eligibility
- Open to any journalist, blogger and Documentary filmmaker from Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia.
- Journalist should be working for any print, radio, online or TV media (employed or freelancer).
- Fluency in German or one of the other countries’ official languages is not expected, though helpful for successful application. At least workable knowledge of English is essential.
Application
Applications should include:
- CV, including photograph
- letter of motivation and a letter of recommendation by an editor or supervisor, supporting the application
- three written samples of work (TV and radio journalists are asked to send a comprehensive list of contributions).
- scholars from Germany should select three media and countries they would like to stay and journalists from the other countries should come up with at least two preferred host media in Germany they would be interested being placed at.
Important: Before the scholarship is transferred, applicants must have an international health insurance for the duration of their scholarship. It is to be assumed that working in a guest editorial office will only work with a complete vaccination protection against Covid-19 (corresponding written proof must be submitted).