Applicants are invited to submit a detailed story proposal outlining the issue they wish to cover, its relevance to just transition, proposed reporting approach, publication plan, and funding requirements. Proposals may be for long-form written stories, multimedia features, or video stories.
Please fill out this form carefully and provide complete information, including relevant work samples and publication details. Incomplete applications may not be considered.
We look forward to thoughtful, rigorous, and impactful story ideas.
We welcome applications from candidates who meet the following minimum eligibility criteria:- Applicants with a graduate degree and prior research or publication experience in energy transition or climate change are encouraged to apply.
- Early-stage PhD researchers with relevant academic focus and journalism experience may also be considered.
- Journalists working with any medium, print, television, radio, or digital based in India are eligible.
- Applicants from journalism must have a minimum of five years of professional journalism experience. Internship experience will not be counted.
- Journalists should be currently employed full-time as a journalist in India. Freelancers may apply if journalism is your primary source of income.
- You must be proficient in spoken and written English or Hindi. Journalists working primarily in Bengali, Marathi, Telugu or Tamil may also apply, provided they have working knowledge of either English or Hindi.
- A written confirmation (upon selection) is required from your employer allowing participation in the fellowship and
agreeing to publish the final output on their respective platforms.
Freelancers must obtain a letter from an editor confirming intent to
publish the fellowship story.
- Format: Writing or video
Contact us
Email: jtrc@iitk.ac.in
WhatsApp number: +91 95193 62930
