Reporting On Addiction 2025 Microgrants

Reporting on Addiction is offering four microgrants ($500–$1,000 each) for journalists reporting in Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey and New York to investigate how opioid settlement funds are being allocated and spent in their cities and states. This opportunity is supported by funding from the Open Society Foundations.

Stories can be published in any format — digital, audio, video, photo, or multimedia — and should aim to go beyond daily news coverage. Final pieces must be published by February 1, 2026. Reporting on Addiction is looking to fund stories that dig deep into this topic and would likely not be told without the additional support to do them. Priority will be given to submissions focused on:

  • Spending (or a lack of spending) related to evidence-based prevention, addiction, harm reduction, treatment and/or recovery
  • Issues with waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement of opioid settlement funds
  • Incorporating the perspectives of impacted community members
  • Helping communities understand the spending decision-making process (or lack of process)

Opportunity offered by:

Reporting on Addiction

Reporting on Addiction is collaborative movement to improve how the media reports on addiction.
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Opportunity type

Grant
Microgrant

Minimum grant amount

$500

Maximum grant amount

$1000

Areas of focus

Accountability
Addiction
Investigative
Opioid Crisis