Meet the Climate Reporting Gap Fellows

Surge Africa and One World Media have partnered to run a new Fellowship focused on climate and energy transition stories in Nigeria.

Six Nigerian journalists have now been selected for the Climate Reporting Gap Fellowship. Across Nigeria, the impacts of climate change are increasingly visible; from rising heat and water scarcity to the complexities of the energy transition. Yet, local stories that connect these challenges to people’s daily lives often remain underreported. That’s where the Climate Reporting Gap Fellowship comes in.

This initiative will support the selected journalists to report original stories on climate finance and energy transition through inclusive, data-driven and community-centred reporting. The Fellowship is designed to enable them to produce compelling, solutions-focused journalism that resonates at the local and regional level.

Each project will receive £3–5k in funding and one-to-one mentoring. The Fellowship will provide in-depth training and editorial support to guide the projects throughout their development.

This programme is a part of The Climate Reporting Gap Initiative, a collaboration between Surge Africa, One World Media, Mutante and University of Birmingham.