Earth Journalism Network (EJN) iis currently accepting applications for the Virtual Media Workshop to Strengthen Reporting on Environmental Threats and Solutions in the Western Balkans 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About EJN Virtual Media Workshop to Strengthen Reporting on Environmental Threats and Solutions in the Western Balkans
Opportunity Details
The EJN Virtual Media Workshop 2026 is a two-day online training program (January 28–29, 2026) designed for journalists in the Western Balkans who want to strengthen their reporting on environmental threats and solutions.
Benefits of EJN Virtual Media Workshop to Strengthen Reporting on Environmental Threats and Solutions in the Western Balkans
- EJN will award 10-12 grants to journalists to support in-depth reporting on the different threats to biodiversity and innovative and scalable solutions to protect and conserve ecosystems.
EJN Virtual Media Workshop to Strengthen Reporting on Environmental Threats and Solutions in the Western Balkans Requirements
- Applicants can be from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.
- For the purposes of this training opportunity, we will accept applications in English only. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to consider applications in other languages at this time. Applicants must have a working understanding of English to participate in and fully benefit from the workshop.
- Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio) and other media practitioners with experience covering nature and biodiversity issues.
- We welcome applications from freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations – community-based, local, national, and international. We especially encourage women, rural, and early-career journalists to apply.
- Applicants are required to be transparent about the use of generative AI tools, if any, to revise their proposals. EJN reserves the right to disqualify applicants from consideration if they have been found to have engaged in unethical or improper professional conduct, including, but not limited to, submitting AI-generated content as their own.
Application Date and Process
- Click the 'Apply now' button at the top of the page.
- Click here for detailed instructions on how to create an account, and here for detailed instructions on how to reset your password. If you start the application and want to come back and complete it later, you can click 'Save Draft.' To return to the draft, you'll need to go back to the opportunity and click 'Apply now' again to finalize the application. If you start the application and want to come back and complete it later, you can click 'Save Draft.' To return to the draft, you'll need to go back to the opportunity and click 'Apply now' again to finalize the application.
- If you start the application and want to come back and complete it later, you can click 'Save Draft.' To return to the draft, you'll need to go back to the opportunity and click 'Apply now' again to finalize the application.
If you encounter difficulties with submitting your application or have questions about the grants, please email [email protected]. Do not contact any other Internews email regarding this opportunity, as we will not receive it.
Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Application Deadline
26 November, 2025
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