This Fellowship Reminded Me Why I Chose Journalism
by Sanaf Marcelo Editor’s Note: Sanaf is ICSC’s Senior Communications Officer for Media and Events, who also served as project lead for the latest run of the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship which concluded in March 2025. Prior to joining ICSC, Sanaf worked as a journalist and media practitioner with experience spanning radio, mainstream, and alternative media. Leading the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship has not only brought me closer to the work I once did, it has reminded me why I chose journalism in the first place. As someone who spent years chasing stories from the ground, [...]
Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship names its inaugural class
Fellows to highlight stories of the transition to renewable energy in communities across the Philippines QUEZON CITY, June 27, 2022 – Seven teams composed of 14 journalists and editors, mostly from Luzon and Mindanao, have been chosen as the inaugural Fellows of the first Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship which will support the production of in-depth and creative narratives focused on the country’s accelerating transition towards modern energy systems. “This fellowship is about the energy transition. It’s really important to understand there is more in the world of energy reporting than just what is happening in the power sector. It [...]
ICSC launches media fellowship honoring veteran journalist Jaime Espina
Applications for energy story grants open until May 16 APPLY NOW QUEZON CITY, March 28, 2022 – A six-month media fellowship seeking to support the production of energy transition stories was launched today in honor of Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Espina, a veteran reporter, fierce press freedom campaigner, and outspoken advocate of media workers’ welfare. This is the first story grant organized by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), an international non-government organization advocating fair climate policy and low carbon, climate-resilient development, the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship aims to amplify energy transition stories in the [...]