Write and Edit Climate Change News Stories

Contract

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Our organization is UNEP and UNCCD accredited orgaization working to address SDG 12, 13, 14 and 15. Since three years, we are publishing 'Weekly World Climate Change News' (#wwccnews). This task is associated with 'Climate Change Action of SG13.

Our emphasis for these Online Volunteer assignments is to create mass awareness amongst the global audience about environment issues through the news stories written and added by the Online Volunteers which will then be published on our YouTube channel 'Weekly World Climate Change News'.

Today's world pressing issue is Climate Change, it's consequences need to be addressed regularly. To facilitate this, we are publishing the 'Weekly World Climate Change News' on our YouTube Channel. We monitor environment related worldwide updates from sources such as United Nations Environment News, UNFCCC Newsroom, UNDP News Center, etc. The Online Volunteers are supposed to extract, edit and compose weekly news from the given raw stories by duly crediting the sources used. Online Volunteers are expected to collect or edit 5 news weekly.

All the 15 candidates will be doing same task of collecting news and submitting to the News Editor on weekly once basis.

Candidates are expected to be well-skilled in writing and editing with great command over English. Basic understanding of Climate Change and environmental issues is needed. Applicants from journalism background is added advantage.