Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is currently accepting applications for its Virtual Workshop on Reporting Gibbons and Orangutans 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About EJN Virtual Workshop on Reporting Gibbons and Orangutans
EJN is hosting a three-day virtual media workshop in mid-June 2026 for environmental journalists across Asia seeking to report on the critical threats facing both small and great apes—our closest living relatives. Focusing on gibbons and orangutans, the workshop will explore conservation effectiveness, while encouraging journalists to move beyond wildlife stories to examine our shared evolutionary path and why protecting apes is inseparable from protecting forests, human health and our future.
Benefits of EJN Virtual Workshop on Reporting Gibbons and Orangutans
- Participants who attend all sessions will receive a certificate of completion from EJN.
- Participants who attend all three days of the workshop will also be eligible to apply for a story fellowship to produce journalistic work following the workshop, which will be awarded to up to 10 journalists, $US 1,500 each. More information will be provided during the workshop.
Journalists who participate in the workshop will:
- Gain a better understanding of what apes are, the evolutionary relationship between human and non-human primates and why accurate media reporting on apes is critical for conservation, public awareness and human health.
- Understand ethical considerations and key scientific findings that can improve the accuracy, depth and narrative quality of reporting on apes.
- Hear why it is important that reporting on apes implicitly respects their right to exist in their ecosystems for their intrinsic value, and not their value to humans.
- Become more familiar with national and international policies, agreements and treaties related to ape conservation, and the challenges in implementing them.
- Examine the multiple threats facing the shrinking populations of gibbons and orangutans, including deforestation, extractive industries, agricultural expansion, captivity and illegal wildlife trade, and identify gaps where more and stronger media reporting is needed.
- Learn about conservation responses—both successful and controversial—and explore emerging trends journalists should follow, from community-based conservation and protected area management to scientific research and rehabilitation efforts.
- Engage with editors, experts and journalists who investigate environmental and wildlife issues, and learn practical tools and approaches for developing strong ape-related stories.
EJN Virtual Workshop on Reporting Gibbons and Orangutans Requirements
- Applicants must be from one of the following nine gibbon- and/or orangutan-range countries in Asia: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
- They will only accept applications in English. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to consider applications submitted in other languages at this time. Although simultaneous interpretation will be provided in up to seven languages, depending on the mix of selected participants, applicants are expected to be able to communicate in basic English to ensure effective coordination with EJN staff.
- Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television or radio). We welcome applications from freelance reporters as well as staff from all types of media organizations, including community-based, local, national, and international outlets. We especially encourage women, rural, Indigenous and early-career journalists to apply.
- Applicants are not required to have prior experience reporting on apes. However, they should demonstrate a strong background in environmental reporting and a clear commitment to continue covering ape conservation and related issues after the workshop.
- 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 plagiarized content as their own.
Application Date and Process
- Click the Application website link button
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- 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.
Application Deadline
24 April, 2026
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