This year’s 24 South Asia Climate Change Award (SACCA) fellows have been selected by a panel of experts after careful consideration of nearly seventy applications from all forms of media from six countries in South Asia.

The fellowships will support writing / reporting stories on climate change from the region. The fellows will also have the opportunity to participate in a training workshop and field trip that will link them with their peers from the neighbouring countries and understand climate-related issues from a South Asian perspective.

Weightage was given to form of media, gender and language to ensure a judicious mix. PSA’s SACCA fellowships are being offered as part of a CDKN project for enhancing climate change awareness and understanding among journalists in South Asia. The project, which is currently in its second phase, has already produced quality new climate change reporting across the region. Many of these stories have also been featured on CDKN’s Asia website page.

The SACCA Fellows 2013 are as follows:

Name
Sex
Country
Name of media
Language
Type of media

Mohammad   Imran Hossain
M
Bangladesh
Diganta   Television
Bangla
TV

Abu Bakkar Siddique
M
Bangladesh
Deutschenews24.de
English/Bangla
Web

Yasmin Reema
F
Bangladesh
New   Age
English
Print

Syful Islam
M
Bangladesh
Reuters   Alertnert Climate
English
Web

Passang Norbu
M
Bhutan
Kuenzel   newspaper
English
Print

Chencho Dema
F
Bhutan
The   Bhutanese
English
Print

Athar Parvaiz
M
India
The   Kashmir Times
English
Print

Nilofer D'Souza
F
India
Forbes   India
English
Print

Pradeep Nanandkar
M
India
Solapur   Tarun Bharat
Marathi
Print

K. Rajendran
M
India
Kairali   TV
Malayalam
TV

Sandip Das
M
India
Financial   Express
English
Print

Santosh Sarang
M
India
Prabhat   Khabar
Hindi
Print

Kavitha Muralidharan
F
India
Deccan   Chronicle and Puthiya Thalamurai
English/Tamil
Print

John Upton
M
India
New   York Times India Ink
English
Web

Om Astha Rai
M
Nepal
Republica
English
Print

Pitambar Sigdel
M
Nepal
Annapurna   Post
Nepali
Print

Pramila Manandhar
F
Nepal
Radio   Sagarmatha
Nepali
Radio

Shabina Faraz
F
Pakistan
Daily   Jang, Karachi
Urdu
Print

Saleem Shaikh
M
Pakistan
Reuters   Alertnet Climate
English
Web

Rashid Ahmed
M
Pakistan
Pakistan   Broadcasting Corporation
Urdu
Radio

Waqar Bhatti
M
Pakistan
The   News International
English
Print

Bari Baloch
M
Pakistan
Daily   Balochistan Today
English
Print

Amantha Perera
M
Sri   Lanka
Internews
English
Web   and print

Apsara Kapukotuwa Perera
F
Sri   Lanka
Ceylon   Today
English
Print