THE Pulitzer Center, the Financial Times and One World Media are accepting applications for the Climate and Labour Film Grant.
This initiative seeks to amplify new perspectives, stories and voices on the changing climate with a particular focus on the economic transition.
Applicants must submit a recorded pitch. Organisers are interested in creative proposals, ideas that are newsworthy, cover an underreported story, or hear from people who are often unheard of and offer unexpected or rare access to working conditions and the workplace.
Experienced filmmakers from the Global South, who are interested in climate change, can apply for a grant.
The successful filmmaker will receive up to GBP20,000 for their film. The film must be completed by June 2025.
Organiser says, “Through Pulitzer’s Our Work/Environment initiative, journalists have documented some of the risks of rising temperatures for workers, in fields and in factories”.
“In the past two years, reporters have travelled throughout India and across Nigeria, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uruguay, Paraguay and South Africa to document the impact of extreme heat and weather on some of the world’s most vulnerable workers—including women who are often heads of household—and we encourage stories that detail the interconnected nature of business, climate, and consumer choices”.
We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups (people of colour, ethnic groups, women, LGBTQ+, or people with disabilities)
The deadline for the submission of the application is September 1, 2024.
Interested applicants can apply here.
Blessing Otoibhi is a Multimedia Journalist and Anchor host for the News in 60 seconds at The International Center For Investigative Reporting. You can shoot her a mail via Botoibhi@icirnigeria.org or connect on Twitter @B_otoibhi