The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories that delve into critical economic, financial or business issues across a wide array of subjects. You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply; many of the previous Fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education or the environment. Others have focused on issues such as economic inequality or corporate accountability.

The McGraw Center for Business Journalism considers proposals from both freelance and staff journalists in all forms of media — text, audio, and short-form video — and encourage those that combine formats to create a multimedia package. 

Given the enormous changes in federal spending and policy priorities now coming out of the new administration in Washington DC, the McGraw Center is particularly interested in story proposals that examine the impact of these changes.

The organization accepts applications twice a year, with deadlines in October and April.

Opportunity offered by:

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr, Center for Business Journalism

The mission at the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism is to enhance the quality and depth of business and economic news coverage. Financed by a $3 million…
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Opportunity type

Grant

Location(s) where available

United States (all)

Maximum grant amount

$15000

Areas of focus

Business/Economy
Government/Politics

Application deadline:
October 15, 2025
This is a recurring opportunity