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
One World Media Awards
Award from One World Media Trust
The One World Media Awards 2025 celebrate underreported stories from around the world. They champion stories that demonstrate originality, creativity, and the potential to catalyze change. All entries must … Last updated September 20, 2025
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Reporters Without Borders Individual Support
Grant from Reporters Without Borders
The Assistance Desk of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) provides financial and administrative assistance to professional journalists and citizen-journalists who have been the victims of reprisals because of their reporting. In … Last updated September 20, 2025
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Rory Peck Trust Assistance Grants
Grant, Rolling from Rory Peck Trust
The Rory Peck Trust’s Therapy Fund covers the cost of treatment for freelance journalists who would benefit from professional psychological support. Journalists are constantly exposed to stress and pressures that affect … Last updated September 20, 2025
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Rory Peck Trust Training Fund
Rolling, Training from Rory Peck Trust
Safety training is vitally important for freelance journalists planning to work in hostile environments. The Rory Peck Trust Training Fund enables freelance journalists to gain the essential skills and knowledge … Last updated September 20, 2025
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RIAS Media Awards
Award from RIAS Berlin Commission
The RIAS Media Awards are presented in recognition of the achievements of RIAS Berlin between 1946 and 1993 as a transatlantic bridge committed to truth and democracy and the symbolic … Last updated September 20, 2025
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RIAS Germany Program
Fellowship from RIAS Berlin Commission
American journalists are invited to apply for a two-week exchange program in Germany and become part of a dynamic German-American network. The RIAS Berlin Commission program was established in 1992 … Last updated September 20, 2025
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Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship
Fellowship from Council on Foreign Relations
Launched in 1949, the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship seeks to promote the quality of responsible and discerning journalism that exemplified the work of Edward R. Murrow. One Council on … Last updated September 20, 2025
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Women’s Leadership Accelerator
Training from Online News Association
The Women’s Leadership Accelerator offers an intensive program of mentoring, discussion and learning from some of the top minds in digital media. Participants work closely with mentors on challenges unique … Last updated September 19, 2025
MJ Bear Fellowship
Fellowship from Online News Association
The MJ Bear fellowship provides professional mentoring and skills development for working journalists under 30 who are leading a digital journalism project. It also includes a scholarship to attend the … Last updated September 19, 2025
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Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative (2024-25)
Training from The Poynter Institute
This fellowship for public media journalists will strengthen news leadership and ethical decision-making skills. Over nine months, participants will receive individual coaching, learn from industry experts, collaborate in small peer … Last updated September 19, 2025
Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Media
Training from The Poynter Institute
Designed for women and nonbinary journalists, this singular program will support you to amplify your managerial strengths; navigate ethical decision making; strategize ahead of difficult conversations and negotiations; manage up, … Last updated September 19, 2025
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Scripps Howard Community College Grant
Grant up to $15000 from Scripps Howard Foundation
The Scripps Howard Community College Grant awarded grants in 2025 to support community colleges and regional branch colleges in strengthening journalism education programs. Grant Overview One-time grant of up to $15,000. … Last updated September 9, 2025
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AHCJ U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship
Fellowship, Grant/Stipend from Association of Health Care Journalists
The AHCJ U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship allows mid-career journalists to maintain their regular employment while working on a major project over a 12-month calendar year. You’ll pursue the projects … Last updated September 8, 2025
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Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Sponsorship from Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Nellie Mae Education Foundations champions efforts to prioritize community goals that challenge racial inequities and advance excellent, student-centered public education for all New England youth. The foundation does not review … Last updated August 29, 2025
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Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship
Fellowship from National Press Foundation
Since 1987, the Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship has introduced promising young(ish) reporters to the city they have been assigned to cover. For 10 sessions each year, this one-day-a-month fellowship … Last updated August 29, 2025
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National Geographic Society: Coastal Ecosystems Grant
Grant up to $20000 from National Geographic Society
The Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic (LEX-NG) Fund is supported by travelers aboard National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions voyages and has a mission to support projects that help better understand and protect our world’s … Last updated August 29, 2025
Ford Foundation: JustFilms
up to $100000 from Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice
JustFilms supports artist-driven, feature-length documentary films that creatively intersect with the social justice issues that are central to the Ford Foundation’s mission. All projects submitted for JustFilms grants will be assessed … Last updated August 29, 2025
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Reynolds Journalism Institute: Student Innovation Fellowships
Fellowship from Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
A Mizzou journalism student placed with a news organization to work 30-40 hours per week in a summer innovation fellowship. These fellowships are sponsored by RJI’s Palmer Innovation Endowment fund … Last updated August 29, 2025
Reynolds Journalism Institute: Institutional Fellowship
Fellowship, Grant/Stipend up to $30000 from Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
Institutional fellowships are a remote fellowship where the funding for the fellowship goes to the company or institution, rather than an individual. RJI will collaborate with the individual assigned to … Last updated August 29, 2025
Reynolds Journalism Institute: Nonresidential Fellowship
Fellowship, Grant/Stipend up to $30000 from Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
Nonresidential fellowships are a remote fellowship offered by the Reynolds Journalism Institute, where funding goes directly to an individual to let them pursue an idea outside of their day job/work. … Last updated August 29, 2025