APPLICATIONS CLOSEDThe Sustainability Media Academy is a knowledge platform for practicing journalists and editors to deepen their understanding and reporting of sustainable development issues. The Academy upskills media professionals with the tools and resources to produce high quality, credible content to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
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The Sustainability Media Academy is back for a third season to equip journalists and editors across the Asia-Pacific region with the tools to produce exceptional content in the critical field of sustainable development reporting. Since its launch in 2021, the Academy has trained over 100 journalists across the region, firmly establishing itself as a leading knowledge and resource centre. With guidance from experienced media professionals, the Academy empowers participants to refine their skills in journalism for sustainable development reporting.
The Sustainability Media Academy has onboarded new strategic partners, Tara Foundation, RGE, Vero, and the April Group, to craft a specialised curriculum designed for practicing and aspiring journalists and editors interested in exploring the sustainability landscape. The EB Impact team is grateful for the support of the Earth Journalism Network for the Academy and in raising capacity for sustainable development reporting in the Asia Pacific region. We would also like to express our appreciation to Eco-Business for their support this season.
The Academy will conduct three-day workshops and events in Singapore for all to attend. In addition, Season 3 will continue to expand its regional outreach through our strategic partners and will also include satellite workshops (conducted in the local language) in Indonesia and, for the first time, Thailand. These sessions will provide journalists and editors with opportunities to delve into and exchange insights on regional and local issues. This year, the Academy highlights vital topics in the region, such as data journalism, diversity in climate reporting, artificial intelligence, and Asia’s sustainable development transition.
This programme will come at no charge for successful applicants.
The third edition of the Sustainability Media Academy is split into two tracks:
This year, the Singapore Masterclass will feature two parts: an extensive two-day workshop and, for the first time, coincide with Eco-Business's flagship sustainable finance summit, Unlocking capital for sustainability 2024, organised in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and a wide range of partners.
The hybrid training programme (10 – 11 September 2024) will offer a comprehensive overview of climate and sustainable development in Asia, exploring insights into innovative ways of reporting on these issues tailored to diverse national contexts.
Participants will have the opportunity to apply the concepts and skills they have learnt by covering the Singapore summit of Unlocking capital for sustainability at PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay on 12 September 2024. The summit will also facilitate deeper engagement with pivotal discussions in the region's business, finance, and policy.
The Satellite Workshops will be conducted in the local language, so participants must be sufficiently proficient in the respective language to attend.
For the third season of the Sustainability Media Academy, two satellite workshops will take place in Indonesia and Thailand. These hybrid one-day workshops will focus on sustainability and sustainable development issues specific to the respective country. Participants will thus be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to navigate their local environments.
Scheduled between September and December 2024 (exact dates to be confirmed), the workshops will be held in the capital cities – Jakarta and Bangkok, in a hybrid format allowing both virtual and in-person attendance. Do note that travel expenses will not be covered by EB Impact.
This programme is open to both practicing and aspiring journalists and editors from any country in the Asia-Pacific region who are self-motivated and interested in sustainable development and climate issues.
Applications are open to participants with any level of experience; however, a basic understanding and knowledge of sustainable development and climate change are essential.
Participants are required to join two full-day workshops on 10-11 September 2024 and attend the Singapore summit of Unlocking capital for sustainability on 12 September 2024. They may choose to join a regional workshop, if relevant to them.
Eligibility criteria:
Participants must come from the country the satellite workshops are conducted in: Indonesia and Thailand. These participants will not be required to join the Singapore Masterclass but must attend the full-day Satellite Workshop in their respective countries. These workshops will occur between September to December 2024, exact dates are to be confirmed.
Eligibility criteria:
We've launched Sustainability Media Academy (SMA) Season 2 on 19 May 2023 at the 360 immersive studio in CATAPULT. Applications for the Singapore Masterclass are closed. Applications are closed on 11 July 2023.
Applicants for the Satellite Workshops must be based in the host country (Malaysia, Indonesia or Philippines) and must be fluent in the respective local language (Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Indonesia or Tagalog) in which the workshop will be held.
The SMA aims to provide high-quality media and communication education for both practicing journalists and editors, as well as content creators from any country in the Asia-Pacific region who are interested in sustainable development and climate issues. The programme is focused on sustainability and sustainable development and will equip participants with the tools to produce excellent content on sustainability and sustainable development issues.
This programme builds on a successful pilot in 2022, when we hosted the inaugural edition, receiving over 150 submissions across 12 countries. About 50 journalists and editors were selected from around the region, including from Malaysia, Singapore, Bhutan, Nepal, Vietnam, the Philippines, among others and participated in three full-day workshops across three months featuring experts and trainers from across media, academia, business and policy.
Season 2 will deepen its regional presence, by working with strategic partners, to host two days of workshops in Singapore for all to attend and three satellite workshops in Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia. In these workshops, journalists and content creators will be able to discuss and learn about key issues in their local contexts.
We will work in partnership with Eco-Business, Temasek, Mediacorp and Nanyang Technological University as knowledge partners, to curate and offer a unique curriculum catered to young aspiring journalists and/or content producers, who are keen to dive into the sustainability landscape.
This programme will come at no charge for successful applicants.
The second edition of the SMA programming is split into two tracks:
1) The Sustainability Media Academy Masterclass: a comprehensive two-day (18 and 19 July, full days) training programme in hybrid format designed to help participants acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to produce high-quality content and advance their reporting on sustainability and sustainable development issues. The masterclass will offer a detailed overview of climate and sustainable development in Asia and provide insights into innovative ways of reporting on these issues in their respective countries. APPLICATIONS CLOSED.
2) The Sustainability Media Academy Satellite Workshops: Held in Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia, the one day workshops will provide a country-level focus on sustainability and sustainable development issues. These workshops will equip participants with the knowledge and skills to navigate their local ecosystem and will be conducted in the local language. APPLICATIONS CLOSED.
Satellite Workshops will occur between August to October 2023, exact date to be confirmed. They will be held in the capital cities - Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Jakarta, in a hybrid format. Participants may attend virtually or in-person. Travel expenses will not be covered by EB Impact.
For the Season 2 intake, we are looking for journalists and content creators, across all experience levels, who are passionate about sustainable development and want to deepen their knowledge and skills to report on these topics.
This programme is open to both practicing journalists and editors, as well as content creators from any country in the Asia-Pacific region who are self-motivated and interested in sustainable development and climate issues.
We welcome applications from journalists from print, television, online and/or radio, multimedia creators such as filmmakers, etc. as well as content creators with a presence on social media and other platforms. Content creators are those who create entertaining or educational material expressed through any medium or channel, especially pertaining to, but not limited to, digital content.
Applications are open to participants with any level of experience, however, a basic understanding and knowledge of sustainable development and climate change are essential.
Two streams of participants
1) Masterclass Participants - APPLICATIONS CLOSED
Core participants will be required to join two full-day workshops on 18 and 19 July 2023. They may choose to join a regional workshop, if relevant to them.
Eligibility criteria:
· The applicant is a journalist, established or aspiring, and/or content creator from any country in the Asia-Pacific region who is self-motivated and interested in sustainable development and climate issues.
· The applicant has near fluent or fluent proficiency in English
2) Satellite Workshop Participants - APPLICATIONS CLOSED
Regional participants must come from the country the satellite workshops are conducted in: Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. These participants will not be required to join the masterclasses but must attend the full-day workshop in their respective countries. These workshops will occur between August to October, exact date to be confirmed.
Eligibility criteria:
· The applicant is a journalist, established or aspiring, and/or content creator from any country in the Asia-Pacific region who are self-motivated and interested in sustainable development and climate issues.
· The applicant has near fluent or fluent proficiency in the local language of the workshop they are applying for (i.e.Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu and Tagalog.
The Sustainability Media Academy is supported by an advisory board comprising of experts in the field of journalism, sustainability and sustainability-focused journalism.
Members of this advisory board will:
· Offer strategic guidance for the academy and in the development of the academy’s curriculum
· Be advocates and share about the academy with their community and students
· Potentially partake in panel sessions as expert speakers or in specific segments of the programme
The Sustainability Media Academy (SMA) is an initiative for both practicing and aspiring journalists and editors, as well as content creators from any country in the Asia-Pacific region, to help them better understand sustainability and sustainable development issues and develop expertise and authority to produce content.
Piloting for the first time this 2022, SMA aims to help to raise the awareness levels among society in Asia as well as raise the level of trust in information and quality of debate on sustainability issues.
The academy will act as an enabler for individuals to learn to produce high-quality content to advance sustainability in the region. The academy will equip individuals with the knowledge and tools in their pursuit of knowledge and content production around sustainability issues.
We will work in partnership with Eco-Business, Asia Pacific’s leading digital media organisation on sustainable development and other knowledge partners, to curate and offer a unique curriculum catered for young aspiring journalists and/or content producers, who are keen to dive into the sustainability landscape.
The programme will come at no charge for successful applicants.
Applications for Sustainability Media Academy 2022 are now closed. Thank you to our applicants and for your interest in this programme.
The Sustainability Media Academy comprises of three days of media workshops to develop story ideas, contacts, and network with other journalists from the region. The academy will provide participants with an overview of climate and sustainable development in Asia and uncover new ways of reporting on these issues for their countries. The workshops include:
1) 101 Journalism on Sustainability, 19 August 2022: This module covers the fundamentals of journalism on sustainability or sustainable development issues and content writing, providing participants with relevant background knowledge on sustainability topics.
2) Finding your voice: Story-telling in multimedia formats, 12 September 2022: This module will cover the fundamentals of multimedia production and how it can be used for effective story-telling in the sustainability context.
3) Deepening Knowledge, 6 October 2022: This module covers the fundamentals of how an aspiring journalist can work on discovering a niche topic or subject area in the field of sustainability.
These workshops facilitate the participants’ understanding of the multi-faceted issues in driving sustainable development in the region. The exposure to a myriad of issues and industry verticals will help the participants identify a niche sector that they are most keen to explore.
The hybrid workshops will run from August to October.
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The Sustainability Media Academy is supported by an advisory board comprised of experts in the field of journalism, sustainability and sustainability-focused journalism.
Members of this advisory board will:
The Sustainability Media Academy comprises of three days of media workshops to develop story ideas, contacts, and network with other journalists from the region. The academy will provide participants with an overview of climate and sustainable development in Asia and uncover new ways of reporting on these issues for their countries. The workshops include:
1) 101 Journalism on Sustainability, 19 August 2022: This module covers the fundamentals of journalism on sustainability or sustainable development issues and content writing, providing participants with relevant background knowledge on sustainability topics.
2) Finding your voice: Story-telling in multimedia formats, 12 September 2022: This module will cover the fundamentals of multimedia production and how it can be used for effective story-telling in the sustainability context.
3) Deepening Knowledge, 6 October 2022: This module covers the fundamentals of how an aspiring journalist can work on discovering a niche topic or subject area in the field of sustainability.
These workshops facilitate the participants’ understanding of the multi-faceted issues in driving sustainable development in the region. The exposure to a myriad of issues and industry verticals will help the participants identify a niche sector that they are most keen to explore.
The hybrid workshops will run from August to October.
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