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Becaria en cuatro ocasiones del Earth Journalism Network (EJN) de Internews, International Journalisten Programme (IJP), Douglas Tweedale Memorial Fellowship 2019 del International Center For Journalists (ICFJ), Fundación Gabo, Climate Tracker, Pulitzer Center, Investigatour (de Fundamedios y Convoca), y beca del Global Youth Biodiversity Network para cubrir la COP15 de Biodiversidad.  Miembro de la Quinta Cohorte del Oxford Climate Journalism Network de la Universidad de Oxford y Reuters Institute. Premio de periodismo Eugenio Espejo 2024 a Mejor Crónica en Prensa con 'La ruta amenazada de los bagres amazónicos', publicada en El Espectador. 

 Four times Earth Journalism Network (EJN) fellow, International Journalisten Programme (IJP), Douglas Tweedale Memorial Fellowship 2019 from International Center For Journalists (ICFJ), Fundación Gabo, Climate Tracker, Pulitzer Center and Global Youth Biodiversity Network fellowship for Biodiversity COP15. Climate Trackers COP28 Fellow. Member of the 5th Cohort Oxford Climate Journalism Network (Oxford University and Reuters Institute). Eugenio Espejo 2024 Journalism Award to Best Written Story. 

climatetracker •

21 journalists from 18 countries win COP28 Climate Justice Reporting Fellowship

We are thrilled to announce the outstanding winners of Climate Tracker’s COP28 Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship!

In the “era of global boiling,” sharing the stories of the climate crisis is of paramount importance because it serves as a crucial bridge between scientific findings, policy decisions, and public awareness. These exceptional young climate journalists have emerged with stories to tell and are ready to cover COP28 in Dubai from 30th November – 12th December, 2023.

Amidst fierce
Climate Tracker •

Este equipo cubrirá los desafíos del Hidrógeno Verde en LAC

Desafíos del Hidrógeno Verde (H2V) es un programa de Climate Tracker, en alianza con FES Transformación. Su misión es capacitar, acompañar y apoyar a periodistas de distintos países de la región para que profundicen en la cobertura en torno a este tipo de energía e investiguen si realmente se están promoviendo procesos de transición energética de manera justa y democrática.

Las potencialidades del hidrógeno verde, los impactos socioambientales que conlleva, el rol que desempeñan las empresas y
EJN •

EJN Awards Four Media Organizations Grants to Strengthen Coverage in the Amazon Region

As part of the Together for Conservation project, Internews (through the South America team of the Americas Program Unit and Earth Journalism Network) aims to improve the media’s capacity to safely produce accurate and in-depth coverage of environmental issues in the Amazon region and expose the transnational environmental crimes that are rampant in the region, highlighting their impacts on the ecosystem and the well-being of Indigenous people
EJN •

12 Journalists Selected to Attend EJN Media Workshop on Green Recovery and Just Transition in Stockholm, Sweden

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the worst recession since the Great Depression. In its aftermath, governments committed trillions of dollars in stimulus packages to revive the post-COVID economy. Politicians, activists and academia from across the world used this unprecedented opportunity to call for a "green recovery" – investments in environmentally positive initiatives which would invigorate economies while creating transformative pathways toward a carbon-neutral future
Earth Journalism Network •

EJN Awards 23 New Story Grants to Support Reporting on the Western Amazon

As part of the Together for Conservation project, Internews (through the South America team of the Americas Program Unit and Earth Journalism Network), is strengthening journalists' capacities to highlight the impacts of transnational conservation crimes in the western Amazon basin and report on possible solutions to curb these crimes.

We are pleased to announce our first cohort of story grantees, who will be producing stories exposing the threats to biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods due
Fundación Gabo •

Seleccionados al taller ‘Periodismo de investigación sobre cambio climático’, con Glòria Pallarès

La Fundación Gabo, en alianza con la Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) del Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) del Reino Unido, anuncian los seleccionados para asistir al taller ‘Periodismo de investigación sobre cambio climático’, el cual será conducido por Glòria Pallarès (España), y se realizará de manera presencial en la Ciudad de México, del miércoles 31 de agosto al viernes 2 de septiembre de 2022.
Pacto Global de Alcaldes por el Clima y la Energía •

Municipios ecuatorianos presentan sus estrategias frente al cambio climático

14 municipios participan de la lucha, que representan aproximadamente el 47% de la población de todo el país

Ecuador ya cuenta con una Estrategia Nacional de acción climática local dentro del Pacto Global de Alcaldes por el Clima y la Energía que fue presentada el pasado 21 de junio en un evento que contó con la participación de altos representantes locales, nacionales y de la Unión Europea.

La Estrategia Nacional de acción climática local en Ecuador incluye medidas para apoyar a las ciudades
Earth Journalism Network •

EJN-Supported Stories Reveal the Impact of IUU Fishing in the Galapagos

From June 2021 to February 2022, EJN joined with Internews’ Americas Program to lead a project aimed at improving the quality and quantity of environmental reporting in the Galápagos – with a focus on deepening coverage of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Ecuador, with its rich waters, is a hotspot for IUU fishing, an activity that nets estimated annual revenues of $15 to 36 billion, according to this 2017 report.

To better inform the Ecuadorian people about the full impact o
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Isabel Alarcon

Isabel Alarcón is an Ecuadorian journalist specialized in environmental issues. For the past eight years, she has worked as a reporter at El Comercio, Ecuador’s largest newspaper. Since 2017 she has been writing and investigating about local and international environmental issues. In 2017 she won a scholarship to attend a one-week e-mobility training course in Germany organized by International Journalism Programme. In 2019 she won one of the two Douglas Tweedale Memorial Fellowship scholarships
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Seleccionados al 'Taller virtual de cobertura de tráfico de fauna silvestre y madera'

La Fundación Gabo y la Alianza por la Fauna Silvestre y los Bosques, una acción regional de WCS y WWF, financiada por la Unión Europea e implementada en la región Andes - Amazonía, anuncian los seleccionados al 'Taller virtual de cobertura de tráfico de fauna silvestre y madera'; que se realizará del 16 al 19 de noviembre de 2020.

Los seleccionados deberán confirmar su participación enviando un correo electrónico a rrecaman@fundaciongabo.org

A continuación los seleccionados y la lista de esper
International Center for Journalists •

Meet the 2019 Douglas Tweedale Fellows

Isabel Alarcón is an Ecuadorian journalist specialized in environmental issues. For the past six years, she has worked as a reporter at El Comercio, Ecuador’s largest newspaper. Her work is published every Sunday in Planeta, a section of the newspaper focused on climate change, biodiversity, conservation and other environmental issues.

In 2016, Alarcón was part of the team that travelled to the Ecuadorian coast to report on the consequences of the earthquake. From 2009 to 2013 she lived in Buen