Opportunities
Opportunities may be grants, stipends, fellowships, free or subsidized training, or in-kind services in support of local journalism efforts. View opportunities with applications open now | View opportunities with applications accepted on a rolling basis
AI Accountability Fellowship
Fellowship up to $20000 from Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Fellowship supports journalists and newsrooms covering the impact of artificial intelligence on policy, individuals, and communities—especially in low-visibility or high-stakes contexts. Fellows investigate AI with … Last updated August 21, 2025
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Philanthropic Strategy
Grant from Bank of America
Bank of America works to improve financial lives and strengthen communities through its Responsible Growth initiatives. The company aligns its financing, client products, philanthropy, and operations to advance economic mobility, … Last updated August 18, 2025
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Domestic Violence Symposium and Impact Reporting Fund
Fellowship up to $10000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
Domestic violence affects more than 10 million Americans each year, and in California more than half of families have been impacted. Despite its scope, it is too often treated only … Last updated August 18, 2025
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Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems
Grant/Stipend up to $10000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems supports journalists pursuing ambitious investigative or explanatory projects on inequities in public health, healthcare policy, and the practice of … Last updated August 18, 2025
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USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship
Fellowship up to $2000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship trains journalists to strengthen their reporting by learning how to “interview the data” as if it were a human source. Over … Last updated August 18, 2025
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California Health Equity Fellowship
Fellowship up to $10000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The California Health Equity Fellowship supports reporters across the Golden State who are pursuing ambitious projects on overlooked health and equity issues. Fellows identify the stories that need to be … Last updated August 18, 2025
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USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship
Fellowship up to $10000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship helps journalists and newsrooms produce in-depth reporting on health, equity, and community well-being across the United States. Fellows receive funding, training, … Last updated August 18, 2025
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Disarming Disinformation: Investigative
Training from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Disarming Disinformation is ICFJ’s largest program addressing the information disorder we live in. It is a three-year global program supported by the Scripps Howard Foundation. Between 2022 and 2025, the program … Last updated August 12, 2025
Digital Tools to Support Journalists Fund
Grant from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Focus: Access to Information, Transparency, Story Amplification, Audience Engagement, Countering Disinformation, Digital SecurityGrants of up to $10,000 each are available for projects to elevate reliable coverage such as data visualizations, … Last updated August 12, 2025
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2025 Civic Science Media Collaborations Program
Grant from Center for Cooperative Media
The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, with support from the Rita Allen Foundation, is offering a funding opportunity for civic science media projects. The awards aim to accelerate civic science … Last updated August 7, 2025
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The Fund for Local Journalism
Grant/Stipend up to $5000 from Local Media Association / Local Media Foundation
The Fund for Local Journalism supports local investigative reporting projects that provide an important public service in communities across North America. Investigative reporting is an essential part of a healthy and … Last updated July 28, 2025
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Community Grants Program
Grant up to $70000 from The Miami Foundation
With the support of generous Miamians, The Miami Foundation is proud to invest in Miami’s nonprofits through flexible funding that supports their ability to invest in growth, innovation, and wholeness. Community Grants, … Last updated July 25, 2025
SJN Local Media Project
Grant from Solutions Journalism Network
The Local Media Project (LMP) is a five-year effort (launched in 2019) to establish solutions journalism-oriented collaboratives — groups of newsrooms and other civic institutions that together build trust in … Last updated July 25, 2025
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Sharon Dunwoody Science Journalism Mentoring Program
Mentorship from The Open Notebook
The Sharon Dunwoody Science Journalism Mentoring Program is a free cohort-based mentoring program aimed at increasing the diversity of voices covering science and supporting journalists who are from underrepresented communities … Last updated July 25, 2025
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Workplace Integrity: Inclusive Leadership
Training from Freedom Forum
Inclusive leaders advance the success and sense of belonging among all staff members, especially those who have traditionally been excluded or underrepresented. In this interactive webinar, you’ll look at: Your … Last updated July 25, 2025
Report for America Host Newsroom Application
Grant up to $30000 from The GroundTruth Project
Report for America strengthens local newsrooms across the country by providing talent, funding and fundraising support. To date, Report for America has partnered with more than 450+ newsrooms across the … Last updated July 24, 2025
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Chips Quinn Reporter Fellowship
Fellowship, Grant/Stipend up to $10000 from Freedom Forum
The Chips Quinn Reporter Fellowship provides mentorship and training for early-career journalists with up to five years of full-time experience. Fellows receive mentorship, training and a $10,000 career stipend. The Chips Quinn … Last updated July 23, 2025
Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Americas
Grant, Microgrant from International Women’s Media Foundation
The International Women’s Media Foundation is pleased to provide grants to support reporting focused on reproductive rights in Latin America and the Caribbean and the United States. These grants support … Last updated July 23, 2025
2025 Lauren Brown Fellowship
Microgrant up to $2000 from International Women’s Media Foundation
The Lauren Brown Fellowship was created in memory of Lauren Alix Brown, a founding editor at Quartz Media who died in 2019 at the age of 37. As director of special projects, she … Last updated July 23, 2025
LMA Lab for Journalism Funding
Training from Local Media Association / Local Media Foundation
All local media companies are invited to apply to join the 2025 national cohort of the LMA Lab for Journalism Funding to learn how to sustain their journalism with philanthropic … Last updated June 11, 2025