Guwahati: Aaranyak, one of India’s leading biodiversity conservation organisations, has announced a media fellowship aimed at young media professionals from Assam with a focus on reporting human-nature relationships and sustainable rural livelihoods.
The fellowship, titled ‘Nature, People and Way of Life’, will support eight fellows, each receiving INR 40,000, along with an orientation and mentorship from senior media professionals. Fieldwork will be facilitated with the help of local guides.
Designed to foster a deeper understanding of the lives of indigenous communities living in or near forests, the fellowship aims to promote coverage of sustainable development, community-based ecocultural tourism, and biodiversity conservation, through creative, solution-oriented storytelling.
Who Can Apply
The fellowship is open to young media professionals aged 25–35 years, working in print, digital, broadcast, or magazine media, in languages including Assamese, Bodo, Karbi, Bengali, and English. Freelancers are also eligible, and applicants must be residents of Assam.
Applicants from Sixth Schedule areas of Assam and Indigenous Communities will receive a 5-year age relaxation. Women media professionals are especially encouraged to apply.
Working journalists must apply through proper channels and provide two referee statements from senior professionals familiar with their work.
Fellowship Timeline
The three-month-long fellowship requires fellows to spend at least 10 days in the field, with the remaining time dedicated to desk work and story publication.
Focus Areas
The organisation proposed the spatial focus area as Kohora and Diring area in Rongmongve Block in Karbi Anglong district, Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Assam and Fringe villages of Bhuyanpara Range, Manas National Park and Daodhora Reserve Forest in Baksa district of BTR, Assam.
How to apply
To know more about it and apply, the interested media person can visit — https://aaranyak.org/announcement/
Last date of application
May 25, 2025
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