Rights Report Philippines needs freelance journalists to cover human rights ‘sub-beats’
Rights Report Philippines, a new nonprofit journalism outfit that covers the news through a human rights lens, is inviting freelance journalists in the Philippines to avail of these reporting opportunities. We need one journalist to report on each of the following human rights “sub-beats.”
1. Civil and Political Rights: Freedoms of speech, assembly, press, torture, extrajudicial killings, harassment of activists and civil society actors.
2. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Housing, food security, education access, labor rights, and healthcare.
3. Criminal Justice and Detention: Police brutality, prison conditions, solitary confinement, and wrongful convictions.
4. Refugee and Migration Rights: OFWs, asylum seekers, stateless persons, border conditions, and deportation.
5. Women’s and Gender Rights: Reproductive rights, gender-based violence, femicide, and workplace discrimination.
6. Children’s Rights: Child labor, education, juvenile justice, and child sexual abuse.
7. Indigenous and Minority Rights: Land rights, discrimination, displacement of IP communities, self-determination.
8. Digital Rights and Surveillance: Privacy, internet freedom, censorship, and algorithmic discrimination.
9. Environmental and Climate Rights: The right to a clean environment, climate displacement, and the disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities. Also the impact of mining and extractive industries.
10. Corporate Accountability: Business and human rights — supply chain abuses, land grabs by corporations, and labor exploitation.
Since Rights Report Philippines is still starting out, we do not have the funds (yet) to hire full-time reporters. But we can provide:
- A monthly retainer
- Payment for published material (text, video, audio or multimedia)
- Reimbursement of reporting expenses
To apply, shoot us an email at our Proton address rightsreportph.r3rc5@passmail.net. Or contact me via Signal at RightsReportPH.48. Tell us a little bit about yourself and why your chosen “sub-beat” is important to you. And if your interest is not listed above, let’s talk just the same.
Padayon!
Carlos Conde
Editor