The Heinrich Boell Foundation welcomes applications for its Climate Media Fellowship 2013. The EU and Germany have embarked on an ambitious transition toward a low carbon economy where great emphasis is placed on the role of increased energy efficiency and renewable energy in securing economic opportunities for business and industry. The goal of the Climate Media Fellowship is to familiarize US energy media experts with the European and German experiences and policy solutions and communicate these into the US policy debate on a local, regional and national level.
Who can apply
The Climate Media Fellowship is open to media journalists from the United States who are eager to learn and report about the European and/or German energy transition in the U.S. Ideally, the reports and articles resulting from the Climate Media Fellows’ research will subsequently be published widely across the United States.
What we offer
The Heinrich Boell Foundation supports the Climate Media Fellow in setting up adequate meeting schedules in Europe. The Foundation also covers all travel logistics as well as an honorarium fee for a 4-5 day long research trip to Europe.
Climate Media Fellows may choose their own field of study within the energy and climate realm and decide on the time of their research trip between April and October 2013.
Application procedure
If you are interested in applying for the Climate Media Fellowship, please send your CV, a cover letter outlining your particular research interest as well as a short journalistic writing sample to Rebecca.Bertram@us.boell.org. The application deadline is February 28, 2013.
For further information, please contact Rebecca Bertram at Rebecca.Bertram@us.boell.org
About the Climate Network
Both Europe and the United States can point to regional success stories in the area of low carbon growth. The Climate Network brings together opinion leaders, legislators and policy experts from both sides of the Atlantic who are committed to achieving policy change in support of a low carbon economy agenda that creates sustainable jobs, strengthens local economies and helps to fight climate change.