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
Light Work Grants in Photography
Grant up to $3 from Light Work
Light Work is pleased to announce the 2021 Light Work Grants in Photography competition. Light Work began offering grants to CNY artists in 1975 to encourage the production of new … Last updated February 22, 2023
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Magnum Foundation Fellowship
Fellowship up to $6,000 from Magnum Foundation
The Magnum Foundation Fellowship offers mentorship and stipends to early-career practitioners who are at a critical moment in their development as photographers. This fellowship is designed for New York City-based … Last updated February 22, 2023
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Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting
Award up to $3,000 from Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
CASW established the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in 2000. Given annually, the prize seeks to honor a writer for a body of work published or … Last updated February 22, 2023
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Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship
Fellowship from Stand Together Fellowships
The year-long Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship is for early-career journalists who are aspiring future leaders in the industry. As a finalist for the fellowship, you’ll have the opportunity to … Last updated February 22, 2023
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Ida B. Wells Fellowship
Fellowship up to $25 from Type Media Center
The Ida B. Wells Fellowship, founded in 2016, promotes diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters who come from underrepresented backgrounds, and bring those experiences, … Last updated February 22, 2023
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Type Media Center Journalism Fellowship
Fellowship, Rolling from Type Media Center
The Journalism Fellowship Program at Type Media Center is a multi-year fellowship that allows emerging and established journalists to write on complex social and political issues. The fellows form a … Last updated February 22, 2023
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The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
Fellowship from The Carter Center
Every year, eight U.S. journalists are selected and awarded stipends of $10,000 each to cover fellowship project expenses. Selected international journalists are awarded a comparable stipend. If you apply as … Last updated February 20, 2023
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Health and Wellbeing Grants
Grant from Santa Fe Community Foundation
The Health & Wellbeing grants cycle takes place in the spring each year, in conjunction with the Community Health Funders Alliance. The 2022 spring grants cycle RFP opens April 1, … Last updated February 20, 2023
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Rory Peck Trust Assistance Grants
Grant from Rory Peck Trust
Telling the stories the world needs to hear can come at great personal risk to freelance journalists many of whom have been seriously injured, threatened, imprisoned, detained, forced into exile, … Last updated February 20, 2023
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Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship 2023-24
Training from The Poynter Institute
As a Poynter-Koch fellow, you’ll receive nearly a year of career development, delivered by seasoned journalism veterans and industry experts who care deeply for early career journalists. You will have the … Last updated February 20, 2023
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Ochberg Fellowship
Fellowship from Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship is a unique seminar program for veteran and mid-career journalists who wish to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improve reporting … Last updated January 30, 2023
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The Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
Award from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
The Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, a collaboration between the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), the ONE Campaign, and the Elliott family, honors up-and-coming journalists in Africa … Last updated January 30, 2023
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Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
Fellowship from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
ICFJ’s longest-running program, the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship provides talented young U.S., German and Canadian journalists the opportunity to live and work in each other’s country. This highly personalized and practical … Last updated January 30, 2023
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SPJ Foundation Grants
Grant from Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists Foundation grants primarily support SPJ and also provide support to organizations and causes that further our mission. Grant requests are first reviewed by the Foundation Grants … Last updated January 30, 2023
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2023 EWA Caucus on School Finance: An Online Reporting Community
Training from Education Writers Association
School finance is a complex but critically important topic for education journalists to cover. The need is urgent for journalists to help the public make sense of education funding matters … Last updated January 29, 2023
Student Data Privacy Caucus: A New Online Reporting Community
Training from Education Writers Association
School districts are treasure troves of student data, from attendance records and grades to financial and legal information. Since the pandemic, schools have provided students with take-home devices, increasing the … Last updated January 29, 2023
2023 Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange
Grant, Training from The Lenfest Institute
Applications are now open for the 2023 Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange, a community-grounded accelerator program supporting BIPOC media and news entrepreneurs through training, one-on-one coaching, and grantmaking. The Philadelphia Media Founders … Last updated January 28, 2023
David Dietz Fellowship
Fellowship up to $1,738 from Investigative Reporters & Editors
Established in 2011 for the late David Dietz, an award-winning journalist and a past president of IRE. The fellowship supports early career journalists who have a demonstrated interest in financial investigative … Last updated January 28, 2023
F.M. Kirby Grants
Grant from F.M. Kirby Foundation
The Foundation has no required application format, but believes that a solicitation includes: a report on the use of previous grants received from the F. M. Kirby Foundation (applicable to … Last updated January 28, 2023
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Chicago Headline Club Grants for Media Organizations
Grant up to $5,000 from Chicago Headline Club Foundation
The Chicago Headline Club Foundation annually awards two grants to fund internships at non-for-profit print, broadcast or online media organizations in the Chicago area. Applications are assessed by a committee … Last updated January 26, 2023
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