The International Reporting Project (IRP) is pleased to announce a two-week group reporting trip for new media participants on April 5–19 to Brazil. Applications are now being accepted.
Brazil has made major progress on several Millennium Development Goals,
including reducing poverty and hunger and improving the health of its
citizens, and this trip will examine those topics.
IRP Fellows will travel as a group to focus on issues related
to health, poverty, hunger, and development, including successes and
challenges in maternal health, child mortality, HIV/AIDS, hunger and
food security, technological innovation, economy and business, urban and
rural health care, environmental sustainability and women's
empowerment, among others.
We will also explore "South-South" cooperation. Brazil continues to
invest in Africa and to shore up links with the continent in areas such
as pharmaceutical manufacturing and agriculture.
The trip will include visits to Brazil’s urban and rural areas to see
how the country has addressed issues of poverty, health, and hunger. We
will also examine social factors – such as human rights and equity
issues, governance, and marginalized communities – in this
geographically and culturally diverse country.
These are particularly timely topics, given Brazil's role hosting the World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
“New media journalists” include media professionals, bloggers,
influential social media practitioners, and freelance contributors. Some
priority will be given to participants from the United States, United
Kingdom, India, Nigeria, Kenya and South Arica, but applicants from all
nations are eligible.
All candidates must fill out an application form and provide a detailed
essay describing the stories they might pursue during the Brazil trip.
In their essays, applicants must address how they will cover one or
more of the issues related to Millennium Development Goals listed above.
While there are many other stories to be found in Brazil, these are the
topics upon which this trip will focus.
All Fellows are required to participate in the sessions arranged for
the group, and some independent reporting time will also be built into
the schedule. Fellows who wish to cover other topics outside of this
group fellowship are encouraged to extend their stay in Brazil.
The deadline for applications is Monday, February 3.
The IRP will purchase the Fellows’ round-trip air tickets to Brazil,
pay for hotel costs, meals and local transportation, and reimburse visa
costs. Fellows who wish to extend their stay after the fellowship will
have the option to arrange that at their own expense.
Participants will be asked to post frequent stories, including blog
posts, slideshows, social media posts, video and audio clips, before,
during and after the trip. All of the stories produced by Brazil Fellows
will be posted on the IRP site and co-owned by the Fellow (or his/her
distribution partners, depending on agreements) and the IRP.
In addition, the work produced as a result of the trip will be made
available for posting on the social media channels of the IRP’s funders.
This trip is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
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