EJN Virtual Training

The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is hosting a virtual media workshop in late August-September 2025 for business and finance journalists from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and Thailand. This workshop aims to strengthen climate-focused reporting on environmental accountability, financial and industry solutions, and informing public demand for change in Asia's business sector.

🗓️ Opportunity Details

• Date Published: July 17, 2025
• Application Deadline: August 1, 2025
• Category: Training
• Eligible Locations:
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Thailand

📚 About the Workshop

The workshop will provide participants with a deeper understanding of:

• How businesses contribute to climate change through carbon-intensive practices and the need for greater transparency.
• The economic costs of climate change and the private sector's role in bridging the climate finance gap.
• Existing policies to hold businesses accountable for their role in climate change and mitigating its impacts.
• Technicalities of ESG, Net Zero, carbon and plastic offsetting, and the just transition.
• Corporate greenwashing and gaps in ESG frameworks (e.g., opaque carbon pricing, voluntary disclosure of climate-related risks).
• Reporting on solutions that drive Net Zero and a just transition.
• Pathways to transition toward a green, fair, and inclusive economy, including policy support for blended finance and investment in innovative solutions.
• Domestic and international financial resources and mechanisms for mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage.

Workshop Dates

The workshop will be held on:

• August 26, 2025
• August 27, 2025
• September 2, 2025
• September 3, 2025

Participants who attend all four days will be eligible to apply for a story grant to produce journalistic work following the workshop.

🎁 Benefits of the Training

• Communication Stipends:
  A limited number of stipends will be provided to participants with unstable internet connections in remote areas. Applicants must indicate this need in their application.

• Certificate of Completion:
  Participants who attend all sessions will receive a certificate of completion from EJN.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be from one of the four target countries: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, or Thailand.
• Applications will only be accepted in English, Thai, and Indonesian. Applicants must have a working understanding of these languages. Simultaneous language interpretation will be provided.
• Open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio) and other media practitioners with experience covering business, finance, and/or the economy.
• Experience with climate and energy reporting is welcome but not required.
• Applications are encouraged from:
  • Women
  • Rural and Indigenous journalists
  • Early and mid-career journalists
• Both staff reporters and freelancers reporting for community-based, local, national, and international media organizations are welcome to apply.
• Applicants must disclose the use of generative AI tools, if any, in their proposals. EJN reserves the right to disqualify applicants found engaging in unethical or improper professional conduct.

📝 Application Process

• Visit the EJN Virtual Training Application Portal to apply.

📅 Application Deadline

The deadline to apply is August 1, 2025.

🌟 Sponsor Organization

This opportunity is sponsored by the Earth Journalism Network (EJN).

For more details and to apply, visit the EJN Virtual Training Opportunity Page.

• To ensure the workshops are accessible, EJN will offer a limited number of communications stipends to those with an unstable internet connection in remote areas. Indicate in your application whether you will require a communications stipend to ensure Wi-Fi connectivity during the training.
• Participants who attend all sessions will receive a certificate of completion from EJN.