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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Metcalf Institute Diversity Fellowships in Environmental Reporting

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Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, Rhode Island, United States (US), offers the Metcalf Institute Diversity Fellowships in Environmental Reporting to traditionally under-represented racial and ethnic minority journalists interested in studying marine and environmental science and developing environmental reporting skills. Fellows pursue their scientific interests in a one-month independent study at the University of Rhode Island and then report on environmental and science-based news at news outlets around the nation for nine months. Pending funding, each fellowship includes a US$30,000 stipend, academic and journalism mentoring, and travel support. The Diversity Fellowships are available to US citizens only.


The deadline for application is February 23 2009.

Application Info

Eligible journalists must have a minimum of one year of professional journalism experience, US citizenship, and a demonstrated interest in improving their environmental and science reporting skills.


Click here for more information.


Click here to download an application in PDF format.

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Previous Winners

Click here to read about previous Fellows.

Source

Press release from Courtney McCourt on October 27 2008.