Local newsrooms based in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont can apply for a fellowship.
The Metcalf Institute at the University of Rhode Island is offering the Climate Ready Newsroom Fellowship. This program seeks to help newsrooms increase their capacity for science supported, community-focused climate and environment reporting.
The fellowship includes six virtual training sessions on topics such as scientific uncertainty, climate attribution science, community engagement and translating academic research. Following the training, each newsroom will receive three months of coaching from Metcalf’s journalism experts.
Newsrooms must commit to naming a fellow who will serve as the climate and environment coverage lead, as well as an additional second individual who also will attend weekly workshops.
Participating newsrooms will receive a US$1,000 stipend to support the named fellow.
The deadline is Aug. 15.