Journ foundation offers grants for long-form reporting

MANILA, Philippines – The Journalism for Nation Building Foundation (JNBF) announces a new program to encourage in-depth and investigative reporting on these themes: justice, corruption and transparency, peace and conflict, and environment.

Justice covers rule of law, crime and the courts; environment, peace and conflict likewise cover a range of issues. For corruption and transparency, focus is on the government.

Length of stories is a minimum of 10,000 words and a maximum of 30,000 words. Winning entries will be published as single e-books and can be excerpted for publication.

Three qualified applicants will each be given a grant of P100,000, apart from research expenses. They will be given three months to complete their research and writing.

Journalists, freelance or staff members of news organizations, with a considerable body of work, are invited to apply.  They are required to prepare a three-page brief to include subject and expected findings, plan of action, and budget for research.

Deadline for submission of proposals is April 15, 2015. These should be sent by e-mail to jnbf2015@gmail.com.

Winners will be announced middle of May 2015.

The JNBF is an independent, non-profit organization that produces public-interest works in various platforms. Founded in August 2011, the Foundation seeks to promote in-depth journalism that provides context to important issues and pushes for greater transparency and accountability of officials and institutions.

The foundation is an offshoot of Newsbreak. It is composed of Marites Dañguilan Vitug, Glenda Gloria, Chay Hofileña, Roel Landingin, and Miriam Grace Go.

JNBF is the publisher of the ground-breaking book, Altar of Secrets: Sex, Money and Politics in the Philippine Catholic Church, by Aries Rufo.

Please refer to Cecille Santos at (02)661-9985 or jnbf2015@gmail.com. – Rappler.com

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