For a full year, seven journalists can pursue reporting projects with money from The Uproot Project's Environmental Justice Fellowship. Upon request, fellows will receive assistance from Uproot to place their stories with a media source, in addition to up to $2,000 to cover travel and other reporting fees. The stories associated with environmental justice, emphasizing the interconnectedness between other types of injustice and the pressing environmental concerns of our day, should be the subject of fellows' initiatives.

Project Guidelines

Reporting projects should take an in-depth look at an environmental justice issue. We’re particularly interested in funding stories that are under covered in the news media or poorly understood by the general public.

The fellowship is open to stories in any medium — writing, audio, video, photography or some combination. Your reporting can take you anywhere, whether there’s a story you want to tell in your own backyard or across the world. Fellows will also be asked to provide a brief progress report at six months and a short summary of their experience at the end of their reporting process for Uproot to share.

Budget Guidelines

The funding for this fellowship should directly support fellows’ reporting. Such costs may include travel expenses, translation fees, records access, data analysis, data visualization, and more.

The majority of the funds must be used for reporting expenses, and funds should be spent within one year of fellowship selection. Fellows should not spend a large share of their budget on new equipment. Funds cannot be used as reimbursement for reporting that has already been completed. The jury may allow other types of reimbursement in special cases.

Don't miss out on the application deadline which is 1st march 2024.