The Earth Journalism Awards program has evolved out of, and builds on, several other programs sponsored by Internews:

Every Human Has Rights Media Awards

Internews carried out the Every Human Has Rights Media Awards in partnership with The Elders and the Every Human Has Rights campaign on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thirty winners were selected by expert juries and invited to Paris in December 2008 to attend and cover the events of the 60th anniversary. A video of highlights of the awards ceremony can be seen here.

Earth Journalism Network (EJN)

The Earth Journalism Network is a project of Internews, established to empower and enable journalists in the Global South to improve their environmental coverage. Since 2004, EJN has trained over 750 developing country journalists, who have produced 1,400+ stories - including award-winning investigative reports - as a direct result of their activities. As part of the Climate Change Media Partnership, EJN has brought a total of 74 journalists from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean to COP13 in Bali and COP14 in Poznan. EJN has also supported research activities to chart the quantity and quality of climate change stories in the media.