Media Fellowship

16th CSE Media Fellowships announcement: Off-grid Renewable Energy

Power beyond the grid: Is renewable doable?

This fellowship is supported by Misereor

May-June 2013

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2011 report on renewable energy sources and climate change mitigation, 85 per cent of current primary energy driving global economies comes from the combustion of fossil fuels.

15th CSE media fellowships on Lives transformed: Tales of climate change impact

While we all agree that climate change is for real, there is actually limited reliable information available on how and where its impacts are being felt the most.

Extreme weather events such as cloud burst, cyclones, floods etc are being reported as more intense and frequent world over, and the number of casualties and losses are ever on the rise. Though mitigation and adaptation is on the world's agenda, the local have to fend for themselves.

14th CSE Media Fellowships

Good news: Celebrating success stories in managing lives, livelihoods and the environment

This fellowship is supported by Jamsetji Tata Trust

Environmental reportage has evolved from being disaster reportage to much more; but truly heart-warming stories – good news, literally – are still a rarity. Bring us tales of people, places, programmes and policies that have helped make a difference.

CSE 13th media fellowships on Backs to the wall: tigers, tiger habitats and conservation

April - June, 2012

This fellowship is supported by Jamsetji Tata Trust

In 2009-10, 51 tigers were killed in India, in spite of all the conservation programmes, awareness drives and public campaigns to save them. India hosts the majority of the world’s tiger population -- about 1,700 tigers, according to the May 2011 census.

The Twelfth CSE Media Fellowships: Water Bodies in India : Public Space, private design

August - October, 2011

This fellowship was supported by Jamshedji Tata Trust

After land, our water bodies are now facing tremendous stress: industries, urban 'development', increasing population, imperfect legislation... scores of wetlands, lakes, rivers and waterways are threatened by such projects and pressures.

12 Fellows selected for the Eleventh CSE Media Fellowship - Justice at Bay : The Forest Rights Act

This fellowship was supported by Jamshedji Tata Trust

February 10, 2011 – April 10, 2011 

Millions of people are linked to forests, some derive their livelihoods from them, others call them home. The forests, however, are subjected to continuous exploitation due to varied reasons beyond the realm of sustenance, rendering the forest dwellers most vulnerable.

Deadline for applying for CSE's 3rd South Asian Media Fellowship on Water barred: need or greed? extended

Water barred: need or greed? South Asian water bodies, community and 'development'

August 2011 – November 2011

For journalists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

CSE fellows document the impacts of Climate Change in South Asia

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Second CSE Media Fellowship for the South Asian Region: The Coastal Concerns in South Asia

South Asia has one of the most bustling coasts with densely populated habitations on its 12,000 km long coastline.

CSE fellow gets Bangladesh government’s award for best stories on climate-induced disasters

Salahuddin was selected as a fellow for CSE’s Media fellowship on Climate change for the South Asian region titled Climate Change in South Asia: Indications, Impacts and Innovations for Survival. Under the fellowship Salahuddin did a series of stories called the 'Tears of the Sunderbans' in the Daily Inquilaab.