Sustainability Media Academy

The second edition of the SMA programming is split into two tracks:
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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.

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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. These workshops will occur between August to October, exact date to be confirmed.

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The masterclass and workshops 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. Participants will also get the opportunity to network and collaborate with each other and with experts from across media, academia, business and policy.

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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.

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This programme is open to journalists, established and aspiring, and 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.  

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Two streams of participants  ‍

1) Masterclass Participants

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 Participants

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.

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The Sustainability Media Academy is supported by an advisory board comprising of experts in the field of journalism, sustainability and sustainability-focused journalism.

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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

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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:

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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The hybrid workshops will run from August to October.

Listen:

1. Grassroots in Action Podcast, Diinsider Life - Gladys Llanes

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Read:

1. "Preparing Phuket for Climate Change", The Phuket News - Palmer Owyoung
2. "Can social media propel decisive climate action?", Manila Times - Ludwig O. Federigan
3. "Climate change subject must be in K-12 curriculum", Manila Times - Ludwig O. Federigan
4. "Love and climate crisis", Manila Times - Ludwig O. Federigan
5. "How Sustainable Are Our Favourite Milk Alternatives, Really?", The Latch - Taahira Ayoob
6. "UAE Climate Tech forum calls for supercharging climate finance, policies and breakthroughs in tech", ETN News - Shraddha Kakade

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Watch:

1. "Growing Singapore's Food Security| Food, Energy, Water" - Part 1, CNA Insider - Muhd S.T. Shahul Hameed
2. "Challenges in sustainable tourism development", VTC10 - Do Thi Anh Huong
3. "Station Vietnam", VCT10 - Do Thi Anh Huong

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The Asia Journalism Fellowship (AJF) brings together seasoned journalists from varied backgrounds and working in widely differing circumstances to learn and work together. This year, EB impact had the honour of hosting a one-day Climate Change and Sustainability reporting workshop for the AJF Fellows. Through a series of lectures and breakout activities, the programme covered the fundamentals of journalism on sustainable development issues and multimedia production in the sustainability context.

Learn more about the Asia Journalism Fellowship here.

The Sustainability Media Academy is supported by an advisory board comprised of experts in the field of journalism, sustainability and sustainability-focused journalism.

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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