About the network
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is a global professional community of climate and environmental journalists operating across virtually every region of the world. Originally developed in 2004 by the international non-profit organization Internews, EJN was created to empower journalists, particularly those from low- and middle-income countries, to cover the environment more effectively. Today, it functions as a foundational global network connecting thousands of members, including independent freelancers, media outlets, and staff journalists who are open to new collaborations.
In its mission to improve both the quantity and quality of environmental reporting, EJN trains journalists to cover a wide variety of ecological issues, develops innovative online environmental news sites, and produces high-impact local media content, including ground-breaking investigative reports. Rather than simply executing short-term training sessions, EJN actively establishes new networks of environmental journalists in countries where they do not exist, while building structural capacity where they already do. They achieve this by offering specialized workshops, developing training materials, providing media organization grants, and dispensing story stipends and production support.
The network’s members are heavily skilled in technical training related to the environment, data visualization, interactive digital formats, fact-checking, and countering misinformation. Their reporting and collaborative coverage span several vital categories:
- Climate & Environment: Investigating global warming, extreme weather, and transition policies.
- Biodiversity & Ecosystems: Tracking habitat loss, conservation challenges, and wildlife protection.
- Oceans & Marine Life: Exposing illegal fishing, marine pollution, and oceanic degradation.
- Energy & Just Transition: Covering shifting energy grids, clean energy access, and socio-economic shifts.
- Indigenous Peoples & Health (One Health): Highlighting the unique impacts of environmental degradation on indigenous communities and the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health.
Network Projects
- The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP): EJN’s flagship program, launched in 2007, provides developing country journalists with fellowships to attend major international gatherings, such as the annual UNFCCC climate negotiations. The program gives reporters from critically affected regions unparalleled access to high-level policy discussions and scientific information, allowing them to broadcast independent reports back to audiences across the global South who would otherwise rely exclusively on Western news agencies.
- Sustained Peer Networks: All former CCMP fellows remain connected through ongoing online discussion groups, sharing resources, discussing reporting challenges, and continuously learning from one another long after individual workshops conclude.
Contact
Website: https://www.earthjournalism.net
Contact
Website: https://www.earthjournalism.netName: EJN General Enquiries
Email: info.ejn@internews.org
