Impulse NGO Network has launched a Four-Week Fellowship for mid-career journalists from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar to conduct major in-depth reports on cross-border human trafficking in and across the neighbouring countries.

Journalists will build their networks across the different countries and will work with local journalists and experts to conduct their reports. Experienced journalists from a Core Committee will act as mentors to the fellows, providing them with professional guidance and support throughout the fellowship.

Fellows will also engage with technical experts – lawyers, police officers, psychologists, and gender specialists – and receive training in these areas to report sensitively and effectively on human trafficking issues.

The four-week fellowship is open to experienced mid-career journalists from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Nepal with a specific interest in cross-border human trafficking and strong reporting skills.

To be a part of this Fellowship, applicants must:

• Have 3 – 5 years of journalism or reporting experience
• Be English speaking, however, can work and publish in his/her local language
• Demonstrate sensitivity to and knowledge of issues related to human trafficking
• Obtain a recommendation from publisher/editor and agreement to undertake the fellowship and publish stories
• Receive consent from their respective Editor(s) to travel to two different countries to conduct reports on unsafe migration and cross-border human trafficking as part of the fellowship

Journalists who are survivors of human trafficking, women and from marginalised castes are encouraged to apply.