Over the past two days, we've shown you stores from the Turneffe Atoll. But the trip to Calabash Caye followed a workshop on environmental journalism, hosted by the Earth Journalism Network. EJN was established back in 2004 to assist journalists from developing countries to better cover environmental stories.
It's not the first time they're in Belize, and just like last time, they're providing an opportunity for ten journalists to receive grants to report on stories surrounding the blue economy.
One of the Special Project Editors at EJN spoke to us over the weekend.
Sam Schramski, Special Project Editor, EJN
"Summit Foundation has granted the Earth Journalism Network funds to put together a training workshop to build capacity for journalists in Belize, only in Belize, focused on the Blue Economy which as many of you know, and as Valdimar just explained, encompasses aspects from ranging from transport to fishing to questions about carbon credits to waste management, all having to do with economic aspect of the ocean."
"And also as part of that, we're rolling out story grants so that journalists in Belize can actually produce stories with financing from the Earth Journalism Network as funded by the Summit Foundation to do more complex, to do more involved, to do more in-depth stories that they might not have the resources to put together because of their very busy 9-5 schedules and so this is sort of an opportunity for journalists in Belize not only to understand a subject better but also to ultimately have an opportunity to do more stories, to tell stories that they've always wanted to but haven't had the opportunity to do."
Journalists that receive the grant have up to July to air their stories.
