Reporting on the Environment Feb 2025 poster
Training

For Journalists: Reporting on the Environment

UPDATE: CLOSED – APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED. CHECK OUT OUR BLOG FOR DETAILS OF THE WORKSHOP.

Are you itching to report on the Malaysian environment? Do you need help shaping your story idea and bringing it to fruition? Are you eager to apply data and mapping in your stories?

If you are nodding, then we have designed the perfect workshop for you!

What this workshop offers

  • Hands-on sessions designed to help you develop story ideas and apply practical solutions
  • Experienced trainers from different newsrooms and organisations
  • Homely setting (literally – it’s set in a house)
  • Lots of friendly (but solid) discussion on environmental issues and reporting
  • Bonding with like-minded colleagues (we will make it fun for introverts too!)
  • Travel reimbursement for participants from outside of Klang Valley
  • Four story grants (RM3000 each) for successful post-workshop pitches

Basics

  • Date: 15-16 & 22-23 February
  • Time: 8.30am – 5pm (Saturdays); 8.30am – 11am (Sundays); sleepover options available
  • Venue: Klang Valley

This workshop is organised by Macaranga Media and sponsored by a grant from YELL; the grant is administered by Justice for Wildlife Malaysia.

Who can apply?

  • Staff or freelance journalist in Malaysia

Workshop topics

  • Pressing environmental concerns and potential stories in Malaysia
  • Inclusive reporting on women and children
  • Storytelling for impact 
  • Using data in reporting
  • Effective use of environmental assessment impact reports 
  • Introduction to mapping and satellite imagery 
  • Data analysis and visualisation 

Story grants (post-workshop)

  • Participants will submit pitches of environmental reporting by 3 March 2025
  • The organiser with a panel of judges will evaluate the pitches
  • Successful pitches will each receive a grant of RM3000 to produce a story
  • The stories must be published by 30 June and made freely available to the public
  • YELL has the non-exclusive rights to republish the stories on its website and make them freely available to the public

Terms and conditions

  • Participants must attend workshops on both weekends 
  • Successful applicants must pay a deposit of RM100 which will be refunded upon full attendance
  • Travel stipends and accommodation for those outside the Klang Valley will be provided upon organiser’s discretion
  • The organiser’s decision on applications is final

Contact

Questions? Please email project manager Deborah Augustin (deborah.augustin [a] gmail.com) and CC Law Yao Hua (yaohualaw [a] gmail.com).