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
Godfrey Wells Stancill Fellowship
Fellowship up to $1,700 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Provides assistance to the IRE Conference, June 23-26, 2022. … Last updated December 19, 2022
| Applications open | Deadline: April 3, 2023 | Recurring
The Sigma Awards 2022
Award up to $5,000 from The Sigma Awards
The Sigma Awards is a competition to celebrate the best data journalism from around the world. Striding into its third year, it’s also here to empower, elevate and enlighten the … Last updated December 19, 2022
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Spencer Education Fellowship
Fellowship from Columbia Journalism School
The Spencer Fellowship offers an extraordinary opportunity for journalists and educators in- and outside of the U.S. to spend an academic year at Columbia University researching and producing journalism about … Last updated December 19, 2022
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Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism
Fellowship up to $60,000 from Columbia Journalism School
The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism offers qualified journalists the opportunity to enhance their understanding and knowledge of business, economics, finance and technology, as well as gain a … Last updated December 19, 2022
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Workplace Integrity: Do You Qualify as an Ally? (Especially Now)
Training from The Freedom Forum Institute
Join the Power Shift Project’s Jill Geisler for a free one-hour Workplace Integrity webinar that provides practical insights for men who want to be allies to women, people of privilege … Last updated December 19, 2022
Workplace Integrity: Train the Trainers Workshop
Training from The Freedom Forum Institute
The Power Shift Project invites media leaders to sign up today for our virtual Workplace Integrity: Train the Trainers workshop and join a corps of more than 400 Workplace Integrity trainers dedicated … Last updated December 19, 2022
Free Power Shift Project Webinar: Inclusive Leadership
Training from The Freedom Forum Institute
Join the Power Shift Project’s Jill Geisler for a free webinar that examines eight things inclusive leaders do — not just in theory, but in practice. Inclusive leaders advance the success and … Last updated December 19, 2022
Diving Into Data Workshop 2023
Fellowship from Education Writers Association
Using data smartly fuels powerful education reporting, from tracking how school districts spend extra federal dollars to following student financial aid applications. Ready to take your data skills and savvy … Last updated December 18, 2022
American Journalist Project Local News Incubator
Grant from American Journalism Project
Individuals and small teams with ideas for new local news organizations can apply for this 18-month incubator, which will provide both startup capital and expert counsel. For this cohort, the … Last updated December 18, 2022
AJP General Outreach Form
Rolling from American Journalism Project
The AJP invests in the business capacity of digital newsrooms so they can grow sustainably, and it provides personalized coaching and access to training on best practices. The AJP funds … Last updated December 18, 2022
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Explain this! How explanatory journalism informs and engages audiences
Training from Knight Center Journalism Courses
Welcome to the Knight Center’s new MOOC, “Explain this! How explanatory journalism informs and engages audiences,” organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, with support from the … Last updated December 18, 2022
AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance
Fellowship from Association of Health Care Journalists
The AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance are intended to support U.S.-based applicants who have interesting projects in mind for their news outlets that hold the promise of informing … Last updated December 16, 2022
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2023 California Health Equity Fellowship
Fellowship up to $2,000 from USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
Who can apply? California-based professional journalists (including freelancers and national correspondents with California-focused projects). The Center for Health Journalism has accepted reporters in the past across all levels, from the … Last updated December 15, 2022
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Economic mobility focused on needs of individuals and families
Grant from Bank of America
Coronavirus has had a significant impact on all populations and a disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations who have experienced increased unemployment and higher levels of infection. As we emerge from … Last updated December 15, 2022
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Economic Mobility focused on needs of community
Grant from Bank of America
Affordable HousingThe current environment has underscored the importance of safe, decent housing for an individual’s overall well-being, including health, educational success and future employment opportunities. Yet for many, access to … Last updated December 15, 2022
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Press Freedom Incentive Fund
Grant up to $4,000 from PEN America
PEN America’s Press Freedom Incentive Fund is designed to support PEN America Members, writers, and activists to mobilize their local communities around press freedom, helping to strengthen the national constituency behind this … Last updated December 15, 2022
| Applications open | Deadline: October 30, 2023
Bringing Stories Home: Local Reporting Grants
Grant, Rolling from Pulitzer Center
Bringing Stories Home is the Pulitzer Center’s initiative designed to help local U.S. newsrooms cover the big, underreported stories that affect us all—and through education and other outreach promote the … Last updated December 15, 2022
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Free Speech & Peace Research Grants
Grant, Rolling from Stand Together Trust
The Stand Together Trust is especially interested in research that: Impediments to free speech and open inquiry in the academy. Legal interpretations of the First Amendment and their consequences. Exploring … Last updated November 27, 2022
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Soros Justice Media Fellowships
Fellowship up to $85,000 from Open Society Foundations
The Soros Justice Media Fellowships support writers, print and broadcast journalists, artists, filmmakers, and other individuals with distinctive voices proposing to complete media projects that engage and inform, spur debate … Last updated November 26, 2022
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Knight Wallace Fellowship (non-U.S. citizens)
Fellowship from Wallace House at the University of Michigan
The Knight-Wallace Fellowships offer accomplished journalists a unique opportunity: study and collaborative learning at the University of Michigan to deepen knowledge, develop new ideas and address challenges facing the journalism … Last updated November 26, 2022
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