The 19th Anil Agarwal Media Fellowships 2014: Industrial hotspots, environmental pollution and thereafter

In 2010, the Indian government had declared 43 industrial clusters across the country as ‘critically polluted’. This list was based on a Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) created by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

In 2013, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) imposed a moratorium banning new industries in eight industrial clusters, after a survey showed very high pollution levels in these areas. 

While pollution from industries is a well-documented and discussed phenomenon in India, the country has the potential to reinvent growth without pollution. And industry has a unique responsibility to deliver that growth in a way that uses natural resources wisely. 

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) invites applications for its 19th Media Fellowships on the subject of India's industrial pollution hotspots. We invite journalists to study and report on these hotspots keeping one or some of the following aspects in mind:

• Critically polluted industrial locations in India, and their current state

• The impacts of the pollution on environment, health and economy

• Conflicts: Judicial or community action

• Regulatory paralysis that leads to this state of affairs

• Industry initiatives and how far they have succeeded

For a list of critically polluted areas, follow the link
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=59156

Duration:
Three months - March 2015 - May 2015 - with one month of travel time and the other two for research, writing, publication and submission of stories and features.

Compensation and funding:
Selected fellows will each receive a stipend of Rs 50,000 (subject to tax deductions at source) to support research, travel and writing between the given period.

The stipend will be released in two instalments – the first as a travel grant at the start of the fellowship programme and the second after its successful completion. 

Applications must be accompanied by the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae

• For print journalists, two samples of published work on development issues. By ‘published work’, we mean articles published by/in national or regional newspapers or magazines. 

• Those writing in regional languages must have at least one of their articles translated into English.

• For television and radio journalists, two samples of telecasted/broadcasted programmes on development issues – those telecasting/broadcasting in regional languages must also give a short written summary of the programme along with the CDs of the samples.

• A letter of support from the editor that the output under the fellowship will be published/broadcast (mandatory for all candidates, including free¬lancers).

• A comprehensive fellowship proposal outlining (a) the subject/s and story ideas that the applicant proposes to focus on, (b) tentative travel plans and (c) a list of people who might be interviewed.

Last date for submission of applications: August 31, 2014

Fellowships output:

Selected applicants from the print media will be expected to generate feature and news article/s totalling 5,000 words or three stories, based on the research carried out under the fellowship. Original clippings of these articles will have to be submitted at the completion of the fellowship programme. They will also be expected to take and submit photographs of the areas they travel in for their stories.

Selected applicants from the audio-visual media will be expected to generate either a single film / broadcast or a series of episodes, based on the research carried out under the fellowships. Video and audio CDs of these outputs will have to be submitted at the completion of the fellowship programme.

The following winners have been selected by jury
Atul Kumar Singh Chief Copy Editor, Hindustan Delhi-NCR Focus on Agra and Nazafgarh drain basin
Fellowship output :- Story 1 Khatarnaak udhyogon ke band hone par bhi pradooshit ho raha hai Taj  (Kalpataru Express (Agra), May 9, 2015) Story 2 Inth bhaton par court naraaz, par chal rahe badastoor Hindustan  (Agra), June 10, 2015 Story 3 Sakaratamak Pahal se sudhar sakti hai shahar ki fiza Kalpataru Express (Mathura), June 10, 2015 Story 4 Sarkar nahin de rahi hai dhyaan Dainik Jagran (New Delhi), June 10, 2015
Janhavi Sarate Correspondent cum copy editor, Maharashtra Times Kolhapur, Maharashtra Focus on Dombivalli and Navi Mumbai
Fellowship output:
Dombivalli karanche Aarogya Dhokyaat Maharashtra Times (Kolhapur), June 29, 2015
Khadikinara Hotoya Pradooshit Maharashtra Times (Kolhapur), July 6, 2015
Sandpani Prakriya Vyavasantha Farsh Maharashtra Times (Kolhapur), June 7, 2015
Jayanta Basu Environment Correspondent, The Telegraph Kolkata, West Bengal Focus on Haldia, Asansole and Howrah Fellowship output :- The way to dusty death snakes from Burdwan to a block near Calcutta1 The Telegraph, August 10, 2015
Feedback
August 11, 2015 - Please find below the link of a special story that we carried in yesterday's Telegraph national front page on a silicosis epidemic in Bengal that has already killed 13 and many more are on death beds. The story has been done under a support fellowship of Center for Science and Environment (CSE). Please share inputs, comments and observations if any. We plan to build up on the story. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150810/jsp/frontpage/story_36381.jsp#.VcnMq3Gqqko
Muralidhar Sethy Sub-editor,Sambad Sambalpur, Odisha, Focus on Jharsuguda Fellowship output: Story 1
Pramila Krishnan Special Correspondent, News 7 Tamil channel Chennai, Tamil Nadu Focus on health issues in Cuddalore, Vellore, Manali and Coimbatore Kalakathil Cuddalore: Rapid industrialisation poses threat to Cuddalore Documentary News7 Tamil, May 30, 2015
Tara Chettur Menon Sub-Editor cum Reporter, The Hitavada Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Focus on Indore Fellowship output :- Part I Khan River dead due to sewage, industrial effluents The Hitavada, April 30, 2015 Part II Khan River dead due to sewage, industrial effluents The Hitavada, April 30, 2015
Industrial Pollution affecting biodiversity of Bhimbetka World Heritage Site The Hitavada (Bhopal), March 8 2015
Industrial Pollution a big hurdle in way of migratory birds The Hitavada, March 29, 2015
Brick Industry Pollution continues at Kshipra River The Hitavada, May 28, 2015
Tikeshwar Patel Correspondent, Press Trust of India Raipur, Chhattisgarh Focus on Dantewada district - Dankini and Shankini rivers   Fellowship output :- Rare Plant Species 'Tree Fern' Faces Extinction Threat in Chhattisgarh Outlook, July 31, 2015
'Tree Fern' faces extinction threat due to mining in C'garh The Economic Times, July 31, 2015
'Tree Fern' faces extinction threat due to mining in C'garh Eenadu India, July 31, 2015
'Tree Fern' faces extinction threat due to mining in C'garh The Times of India, July 31, 2015
Red water' forces people in Chhattisgarh's Naxal hotbed to migrate Daily News & Analysis (DNA), June 26, 2015
'Red water' forces people in Chhattisgarh's Naxal hotbed to migrate The Economic Times (PTI), June 26, 2015
'Red Water' Forces People in Chhattisgarh Naxal Hotbed to Migrate The New Indian Express (PTI), June 26, 2015
'Red Water' Force People in Chhattisgarh's hotbed to migrate Deccan Chronicle (PTI), June 26, 2015
Vinoth Kumar N. Reporter, The Hindu Tamil Chennai, Tamil Nadu Focus on Manali, Cuddalore and Vellore
Fellowship output :-
Story1 Story2 Story3	Story4 Story5 Story6	Story7  Story8