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The Global Grants are PMA’s flagship grant, offering staff at our member organisations up to £1500 to travel to another member, for work/research purposes.
PSM: An Introduction are one–hour virtual seminars for new staff or apprentices at our member organisations, to educate them about public media worldwide.
Come to us with a specific idea for training or educating on a particular subject, and we will facilitate a one-hour virtual PSM Masterclass seminar with an expert.
MOOC: Why does media matter for Development? A free four-week, online course exploring why media matters for development designed in collaboration with the University of East Anglia.
Latest Projects & Workshops News
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MediaStrong 2025: Building healthier newsrooms
The 3rd edition of the MediaStrong symposium for journalists’ mental health explored projects that are being implemented in major newsrooms.
Highlights from our data journalism for disaster preparedness hackathon
Highlights from PMA's three-day data journalism for Caribbean disaster preparedness hackathon, held in Bridgetown, Barbados.
PSM Unpacked | Disaster preparedness
Our latest PSM Unpacked roundtable event explored public service media's responsibility in disaster preparedness.
Radiodays Asia 2025
The Public Media Alliance is once again partnering for Radiodays Asia 2025 conference which this year will be taking place in Indonesia.
Announcing the 2025 Trainer Grants
PMA is pleased to unveil the three projects that are being funded by the PMA Trainer Grant, which focus on AI, archiving, and broadcasting.
“Data is about humans more than the numbers”: HEI-DA founder on bringing data journalism to the Caribbean with PMA
HEI-DA’s Marianne Bouchart on mentoring Caribbean journalists, tackling data fears, and why human stories should drive disaster reporting.
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Featured opportunity
PMA has compiled a collection of resources on reporting in Ukraine, including information on financial assistance, which can be found by clicking the button below.
Free online course on AI and journalism [Brazil]
Deadline: 1 June 2025
Journalists, editors, product managers and newsroom teams can register for this free online course.
The JournalismAI program at the London School of Economics and Political Science (POLIS) is accepting applications for the JournalismAI Discovery course in Portuguese.
The course was designed to discuss the principles of AI for complete beginners and for those familiar with the technology, looking for a refresher. Participants will learn about AI use cases in journalism, challenges and opportunities, how to start an AI journalism project, and more.
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New Media Incubator (IPI)
Deadline: 6 June 2025
The New Media Incubator supports early-stage European media organizations in taking their news product to the next level by designing, launching and growing their organization.
The Basics
IPI’s New Media Incubator is an eight-month programme supporting startups and new media ventures. Already in its second edition, the Incubator offers funding, personalized advisory services, training, tools and guidance. We help you identify market needs, discover new opportunities and build sustainable and creative news products shaping the media market today and tomorrow. Applying media should have existing market and audience research, a solid business case and the energy to grow.
Why apply?
The Incubator supports newsrooms that are up to three years old OR have a minimum viable product (MVP) you will launch in the next six months. An MVP is the basic yet functional version of your product enough to test your product and gain feedback with minimal resources. IPI will support participants in implementing their ideas through a core grant scheme funding a specific news product or revenue stream. IPI initiates comprehensive one-on-one needs assessments by IPI’s in-house experts, and a tailored Incubator programme that will train, coach and guide grantees toward product-market fit, resilience and successful implementation of their project. During the Incubator, participants gain a deeper understanding of their target audience’s information needs, prototyping their news product in an effort to increase subscribers, achieve reader revenue and more.
In our 2023 New Media Incubator, publishers from all over Europe achieved measurable benefits such as quadrupling newsletter subscribers, doubling revenue, reaching 100.000 monthly readers, developing B2B models, establishing feedback loops with audiences, and launching native advertising models. One key benefit communicated repeatedly by the group was that connections among the cohort allowed them to build a community and share ideas with media in similar situations. Learn about our 2023 New Media Incubator participants and their success stories.
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Visegrad+ Grants for Democratic Transformation
Deadline: 6 June 2025
- Eligibility Criteria: Projects must involve at least three Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) and one partner from either the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) or the Western Balkans (WB) region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia).
- If the applicant is from the EaP or WB region, the consortium must include at least two V4 countries and another EaP/WB partner.
Exception for Ukrainian entities: They can apply with two partners from different V4 countries, without involving another EaP/WB country. - Type of Funding: Project grants for regional cooperation and democratic transformation.
- Target Region: Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries.
- Application Language: English
Objectives
- Strengthen democratization and transformation processes in the WB and EaP regions.
- Promote regional cooperation through cross-border partnerships.
- Empower local communities through active civic engagement and inclusive development.
- Support projects aligned with one of the seven focus areas of the Visegrad+ program.
Project Themes
Projects must address at least one of the following areas:
- Culture and common identity
- Education and capacity building
- Democratic values and media freedom
- Public policy and institutional cooperation
- Environment and sustainable development
- Regional development and cooperation
- Social development and inclusion
Financial Support: Grants cover up to 100% of the project budget, with a maximum of 15% allocated to overhead costs.
Maximum project duration: 18 months
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Next-IJ Cross-Border Investigative Training for journalists [Europe]
Deadline: 9 June 2025
Mid-career investigative journalists in Europe can apply to participate in free online training.
The Next-IJ Cross-Border Investigative Training Program is accepting applications for one-day intensive sessions, designed to enhance journalists’ investigative reporting capabilities through practical, hands-on learning.
Led by expert investigative journalists and researchers from OCCRP and Transcrime, the trainings will dive into advanced tools and techniques for data-driven investigations; cross-border collaboration strategies; and real-world case studies on financial crime, political corruption and global trafficking.
Next-IJ equips journalists with the expertise and technology to uncover and investigate corruption and organized and financial crime with greater efficiency and impact.
The first session will be held on June 26 and the session on July 18.
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Registration open for introductory data journalism training [Latin America]
Deadline: 9 June 2025
Journalists, journalism students and others interested in producing data-driven stories can enroll in this online training in Spanish.
NewsData is launching an introductory course to data journalism, designed for those who want to take their first steps in the field, combining a journalistic perspective, critical thinking and the use of accessible tools. No prior experience is required.
The course is divided into four asynchronous modules, starting on June 9. The cost is ARS47,000 for those residing in Argentina and US$47 for those residing outside Argentina.
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Deadline: 12 June 2025 (Final Application Round)
The Media Pluralism Fund will allocate €1,400,000 financial support to local and regional outlets, community media, investigative journalism, and public interest news organisations that operate in “news deserts” or areas experiencing strained media pluralism. The fund will be directly channeled to around 40 eligible local, regions, community, and investigative news media or initiatives.
The total available amount per call to be distributed among all supported projects will be €700,000.
This grant programme is open to legal entities with a registered seat in one of the EU27 countries, including Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia & Serbia.
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Pluralistic Media for Democracy grant program available [Europe]
Deadline: 12 June 2025
ocal news outlets in Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia can apply for grants.
Journalismfund Europe and International Media Support launch the innovative project, “Pluralistic Media for Democracy” grant program. Through strategic support in innovation, business sustainability and audience engagement, the program will empower media organizations to continue their critical role in upholding democracy and fostering informed public discourse across Europe.
A total of EUR700,000 is available per call to be distributed among all supported projects.
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Without Borders Media Fellowship open [South Asia]
Deadline: 15 June 2025
Journalists, photographers and freelancers in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan can apply for a fellowship.
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is accepting applications for the Without Borders Media Fellowship. The program aims to encourage both cross-border and hyper-local reporting in South Asia and leverage powerful storytelling to highlight pressing issues concerning public health and humanitarian aid.
The fellowship includes mentorship, subject matter sensitization, training, access to MSF projects and experts, and reporting costs for field visits.
Interested candidates may submit reporting proposals on a range of themes across public health and humanitarian aid. Applicants can apply under three grant categories: General Grant, MSF-GARDP Grant on Antimicrobial Resistance or MSF-DNDi Grant on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
Fellows will receive awards between INR50,000 to INR2,00,000. They are expected to publish their work before the end of 2025.
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Audience-Engaged Journalism Grants (BIRN)
Deadline: 16 June 2025
Media outlets from 10 Balkan and Visegrad countries are invited to apply for grants, training, mentoring, and access to BIRN’s innovative audience-engagement digital tool in the second call for Audience-Engaged journalism grants.
This innovative approach places the audience as a direct and active participant in content creation, fostering trust and stronger relationships between media outlets and their communities, ultimately making them more credible and reliable sources of information.
Do you want to engage your audience and build trust within your community while addressing underreported issues? Submit your original story proposal and share details about the community you wish to engage.
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Environmental Investigative Journalism
Deadline: 24 July 2025
This grant programme supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets to conduct investigations into environmental affairs related to Europe.
While news media and newsrooms still predominantly operate nationally, most power structures and societal and environmental problems transcend national boundaries. This grant programme is therefore aimed at cross-border teams of investigative journalists and newsrooms to investigate and document illegal, unreported and unregulated abuse of nature that involves European affairs in and outside Europe.
Next to investigations of environmental issues that transcend borders, this programme can also support and stimulate comparative investigations into local environmental issues and policies between two or more regions or cities.
The grants can also offer support to preliminary work in the development of new investigative projects.
The grant can cover working time and expenses such as logistics, travel, insurance, access to legal support, translations, access to technology and data sets, etc.
Next to financial support, teams can also apply for an experienced mentor to provide assistance with either the focus of the investigation or the need for competences in a specific skill.
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Pascal Decroos Fund for Investigative Journalism in Belgium
Deadline: 6 February 2025
The Pascal Decroos Fund for Investigative Journalism is Journalismfund Europe’s grant programme to promote investigative journalism in the Dutch-language media in Belgium.
The programme awards grants to distinctive journalistic projects. The Pascal Decroos Fund gives experienced as well as young journalists the chance to execute their investigative ideas and by doing so, contribute to quality investigative journalism in Flanders.
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Media grants for coverage of environmental crimes in the Amazon [Latin America]
Deadline: 7 February 2025
Media outlets, NGOs, academic institutions and other interested organizations seeking to support journalism activities in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are eligible to apply for these grants.
Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and the Internews Americas team, in alliance with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), are offering grants to produce investigative and/or collaborative stories on environmental crimes. Selected media grantees will receive guidance, feedback and editorial support from Internews’ Americas team and EJN.
Applicants must propose activities for training Amazonian journalists and communicators, as well as for producing journalistic stories on environmental crimes. Examples of possible activities include scholarships for journalists, mentorships, field trips, workshops, and more.
Grants range from US$5,000 to US$10,000.
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Marine Conservation Targets Media Grants
Deadline: 8 February 2025
EJN is offering media grants to newsrooms and media organizations in coastal countries to support in-depth and enterprise reporting projects, initiatives to train journalists and other activities designed to increase media coverage and the capacity of journalists to report on 30×30 marine conservation targets. Please read the following sections carefully, as they contain important information on eligibility and the application process.
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Scholarships to cover the impacts of climate change [Latin America]
Deadline: 9 February 2025
Journalists living in Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Mexico are eligible to apply for a Spanish-language training program.
Climate Tracker Latin America and Oxfam invite applications for a comprehensive program that includes virtual training, an in-person workshop in Guatemala, and the opportunity to report on COP30 in Brazil.
The activity will begin with four online sessions for 30 selected journalists, offering advanced tools to enhance their reporting on climate change impacts, specifically loss and damage, in Central America and Mexico.
This will be followed by a four-day workshop in Antigua, Guatemala, for the eight participants who stood out the most during the online sessions.
Additionally, all participants in the virtual phase will have the opportunity to apply to attend COP30 in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025. Eight applicants will be selected.
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Training program for Belarusian journalists open [Europe]
Deadline: 10 February 2025
Aspiring Belarusian journalists can apply.
The Belarusian Association of Journalists and Press Club Belarus organize a training program, “Zhurfak on Saturdays,” which will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania and Warsaw, Poland.
The first course “The Basics of Journalism” will run from March to May.
Two more courses are also planned: “Advanced training” (from October to December 2025) and “Specialization” (from February to April 2026).
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Pluralistic Media for Democracy
Deadline: 13 February 2025
The Media Pluralism Fund will allocate €1,400,000 financial support to local and regional outlets, community media, investigative journalism, and public interest news organisations that operate in “news deserts” or areas experiencing strained media pluralism. The fund will be directly channeled to around 40 eligible local, regions, community, and investigative news media or initiatives.
Do you want to reach an important niche audience or diversify your business model? Innovation is key to staying relevant as a media outlet. Journalismfund Europe and International Media Support announce the launch of an innovative project, “Pluralistic Media for Democracy”. Through strategic support in innovation, business sustainability, and audience engagement, the programme will empower media organisations to continue their critical role in upholding democracy and fostering informed public discourse across Europe.
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Reuters Institute offers journalism fellowships at Oxford [Worldwide]
Deadline: 13 February 2025
Midcareer journalists can apply for a fellowship at Oxford University, United Kingdom.
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism seeks applicants for its Journalist Fellowship Program, which will begin October 2025, January 2026 and April 2026, and last three or six months.
The program gives visiting journalists from around the world an opportunity to critically reflect upon their profession, to research a subject of their choice under the supervision of an academic specializing in that area, and to enjoy the breadth of academic, cultural and social life at the University of Oxford.
Applicants must have at least five years of journalism experience and strong English skills.
Most Journalist Fellowships are fully-funded and cover living costs and accommodation.
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NEWS – JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS – COLLABORATIONS
Deadline: 27 February 2025
The European news media sectors play a crucial and valuable role in Europe. Yet, they are facing multiple challenges. Partially as a result of the digital shift, with readers shifting to online sources and traditional news outlets losing advertising revenues, the economic sustainability of professional journalism has come under pressure. Many media at the local level as well as those putting their public interest mission before profits, have had to close down, weakening media pluralism and posing risks for the good functioning of democracy.
Topic 1. “Journalism Partnerships – Collaborations” aims to support the economical sustainability of news media. It supports cross-border media collaborations focusing, among other aspects, on the resilience of news media organisations. This support shall foster media transformation, trustworthy reporting and skills for news media professionals, for instance by developing new business models and media production standards.
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NEWS – JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS – PLURALISM
Deadline: 27 February 2025
The European news media sectors play a crucial and valuable role in Europe. Yet, they are facing multiple challenges. Partially as a result of the digital shift, with readers shifting to online sources and traditional news outlets losing advertising revenues, the economic sustainability of professional journalism has come under pressure. Many media at the local level as well as those putting their public interest mission before profits, have had to close down, weakening media pluralism and posing risks for the good functioning of democracy.
Topic 2. “Journalism Partnerships – Pluralism” Besides a purely economic aspect, independent media contribute to upholding the essential principles of media freedom and pluralism. This topic seeks to protect news media sectors of special relevance to democracy and civic participation, such as local and regional media, community media, investigative journalism and organisations delivering public interest news. Support will target organisations with experience in media to put in cascading grants (i.e. regranting / support to third parties).
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The New York Times offers Local Investigations Fellowship [US]
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Early-career journalists can apply for an investigative journalism fellowship.
The New York Times is offering its Local Investigations Fellowship. This one-year fellowship is designed to develop the next generation of great reporters to conduct investigative journalism at the local level.
The program gives journalists the opportunity to produce signature investigative work focused on the state or region they’re reporting from that will be published by The Times and made available for free for co-publication by local newsrooms.
The annual pay is US$85,262.84.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Support grants available for freelance journalists [Europe]
Deadline: 10 March 2025
Teams of freelance journalists in EU member states can apply for grants up to EUR20,000.
Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) is offering its Freelancer Support Scheme, which provides grants to cross-border teams made up entirely of freelancers and who can benefit from an extra layer of tailored support.
Teams must collaborate on a topic of cross-border relevance. Cross-border investigative projects can cover any topic which includes corruption, illicit enrichment and financial crime, security, democracy and human rights, environment and climate change, and health.
Investigations developed for all formats — including print, broadcast, online media, documentary filmmaking and multi-platform storytelling — are eligible to receive support.
Grantees have six months to complete their projects.
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FEATURED OPPORTUNITY
Free sustainability training for the TV/Film Industry
Media sustainability solutions organisation, Albert, offers a range of specific online and free training on an ongoing basis for those working in the TV and film industry to help make their productions in a more sustainable way. Sessions include sustainable production training; editorial training; sustainable sports TV and news production training. Many of the sessions will cover environmental basics, the industry’s impact, and production case studies.
Beyond survival? A new Human Resources research project for PMA members
Our new project aims to develop people management strategies to ensure the development and growth of PSMs in the fragmented digital media landscape.
In an exciting new research project, the Public Media Alliance (PMA) has partnered with Peter Block from the University of Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), to launch a project that will review the processes by which participating PSM’s manage the employer-employee relationship during the employment life-cycle.
The purpose is to highlight issues for the sector at large, identify common themes of staff development needs, and offer some practical recommendations for good practice to the PMA community.
BFI Young Audiences Content Fund
The BFI is administering a three-year pilot fund of £57 million, derived from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), to help expand the children’s content industry in the UK.
The Fund seeks to support public service broadcasting content aimed at audiences under 18 with the creation and development of new programmes which include PSB values by reflecting UK identity and children’s lives (both regionally and nationally), educating and informing audiences as well as representing more diversity and alternative voices.
‘Production and development awards will contribute to the funding of programmes, shown on television and online platforms, that have public service broadcasting values in live-action and animation and across all genres.’
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Collaborative Operations and Services Grant Program [US based]
Organised by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), “The Collaborative Operations and Services (“COS”) grant program is intended to support multistation initiatives to fully develop and implement collaborations, strategic alliances and other forms of partnerships that will increase stations’ abilities and capacities to achieve more together than each can accomplish alone.
The COS will provide smaller grants to assist stations with facilitation, analysis, and research (“FAR”) required for establishing parameters for collaboration efforts (see details below), as well as larger grants for the implementation of serious collaborative efforts.”
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Course on diversity in the news and newsrooms
Ongoing
This MOOC, from the Knight Center in partnership with the Google News Initiative, provides four weekly modules from 11 January to 7 February, 2021. This instructor-led course aims to explore how diversity can transform journalism by democratising the profession from within. Over the course’s duration, participants will learn about strategies to diversify newsrooms and retain talent and tools to work on stereotypes and racial biases which may colour news coverage. You can still access this course as a self-enrolled student.
Coverage of the COVID-19 Vaccine: What Journalists Need to Know
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas has made their free, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) available indefinitely for journalists who are interested in improving their coverage on COVID-19 and vaccines. The self-directed, self-paced course is available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Data Journalism Grant
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for innovative data-driven journalism projects that spotlight under reported issues. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad.
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Digital Journalism Course from Reuters and Facebook Journalism Project
Reuters, in partnership with the Facebook Journalism Project, has launched a course on digital journalism. The free online course offers training in digital newsgathering, verification and publishing skills, along with access to wellness and resilience resources.
Disinformation and fact-checking in times of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)
Online
“Aimed at journalists and communicators in general, this free training is open to anyone interested in the subject, especially journalism teachers and students. In four weeks, instructor Cristina Tardáguila will explain the origins of fact-checking in journalism and teach the tools necessary to discredit fake news in these times of pandemic.” You can still access this course as a self-enrolled student.
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The Knight Center offers many other journalism courses. Explore them here.
The ERC Collaborative Reporting Grants
The Environmental Reporting Collective is proud to announce we’re accepting applications for Collaborative Investigation Grants open to media outlets, journalists, and freelancers.
These grants ($1000 to $3000 USD) are specifically aimed at promoting collaboration, and allowing journalists from different countries to work together to fill in gaps in each others’ reporting, especially when tracing environmental crimes across borders.
Funds can be used creatively, and there is no travel requirement.
Applications are accepted anytime, with decisions made quarterly. Applications will be considered within 3 months of their submission from when applications are opened, to when they are closed.
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First Jobs Fund
The Journalists’ Charity recently launched a fund for new journalists starting out in the field. “The fund will offer support with essential costs such as accommodation, moving home, transport and essential work-related equipment.”
Free online course on vaccine reporting
Vaccines have become a household conversation. But often the talk is inaccurate and full of fear. Quality vaccine journalism ‘talks’ to people. It answers their questions and addresses their doubts. Let’s Talk Vaccines takes you on a journey of discovery from evolving vaccine science to how to hold governments to account to ensure all people get access to a COVID-19 vaccine, and on to strategies to address vaccine misinformation.
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Fund for Indigenous Journalists: REPORTING ON MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, TWO-SPIRIT, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
The Fund for Indigenous Journalists: Reporting on Missing & Murdered Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender People (MMIWG2T) directly supports Indigenous journalists’ reporting on violence that targets members of Indigenous nations, both on sovereign ground and in urban settings in the U.S. The dominant media narrative around Indigenous issues, including of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP), is often criticized by Indigenous journalists as perpetuating stereotypes and lacking critical nuance – victimizing Indigenous people and ignoring their survivorship. Meanwhile, Indigenous people make up less than one percent of working journalists in the U.S. and have little access to major media outlets to tell their own stories to national audiences.
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Fund for Women Journalists
Promoting the work and advancing the role of women and nonbinary journalists across the globe is critical to advancing transparency and diversity in the news media.
The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists (FWJ), the first funding initiative of its kind, supports journalists and journalism projects including, but not limited to, professional development opportunities, investigative reporting and media development initiatives led by women and nonbinary people. Established with a $4 million gift from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, FWJ has supported more than 330 journalists from 47 countries since its inception in 2015.
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Funding available for Black journalists [US based]
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) and Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund are providing two emergency funding opportunities. The Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund is designed to provide financial assistance for Black journalists who are unable to pay for mental health support. The IWMF’s United States Journalism Emergency Fund may address needs related to work, such as medical aid, destroyed or stolen equipment and protective gear; or long-term needs such as trauma, mental health services and referrals to legal support. Applicants must be working journalists and must provide proof of their financial need.
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Global Fact Check Fund
The Global Fact Check Fund will award grants in an open competition for one or a series of programs to support third-party organizations in strengthening the capabilities of fact-checking organizations across the world. The Fund will be administered by the IFCN with the guidance of a Global Fact Check Fund Steering Committee.
The Fund will support verified signatories of the IFCN Code of Principles fact-checking organizations, as well as non-signatory, partnering organizations, over a three-year period. As of April 2023, there are 154 IFCN verified signatories from more than 60 countries. Through multiple grant opportunities, this new initiative will offer up to $12 million USD in funding to recipients, in three tiers: up to $25,000 USD, up to $50,000 USD, and up to $100,000 USD.
The mission of the Fund is to strengthen and develop the operational, production and engagement capacities of local and regional media organizations to increase the quality, volume, frequency, scale and impact of fact checking abilities and activities. This Fund will support eligible organizations to increase the level of professionalism in fact-checking associated with media outlets, as well as improve target audiences’ ability to critically assess mass media and social media.
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Grants for Original Reporting on Artificial Intelligence and Its Impacts
Tarbell is seeking applications to fund established journalists through these grants to pursue original reporting on current & future harms from frontier models, investigate the inner workings of leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies, and scrutinise lobbying efforts shaping AI policy.
As artificial intelligence grows more advanced, the technology and the people making it are increasingly consequential. They believe journalism will play a crucial role in helping the public understand AI — and in holding companies and policymakers to account.
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How to become a forensic pro (French)
Take the open-access training designed by AFP for all journalists and journalism students, with support from the Google News Initiative.
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ICFJ Knight Fellowships
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is looking for outstanding journalists with a background in digital journalism, training or coaching, to work “in key areas of innovation such as newsroom transformation, entrepreneurship and business models, technology creation and adoption, diverse voices in news, investigative reporting, digital security and specialized reporting on health, gender and development.”
“Fellowships are typically a minimum of one year, and may be extended by ICFJ depending on funding and the opportunity for greater impact. Fellowship projects must produce measurable results.”
Proposals for fellowships are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year but there are other opportunities to apply for that can be found on the website.
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“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.” Individuals, NGOs and media outlets can apply for support.
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Ongoing
The Chilean digital magazine Puroperiodismo, is inviting journalists, developers, designers and innovators residing in Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in this project.
Media professionals who are currently exploring new technologies, approaches to reporting, developing an app or similar are encourage to talk about it in the magazine.
Entries are on an ongoing basis
International Reporting Grants
The Pulitzer Center’s International Reporting grants support reportage on topics of global importance. Grants are open to reporters, photographers, radio/audio journalists, television/video journalists, and documentary filmmakers. COVID-19 projects are currently being prioritised as well as other projects that can be completed in the near term without much travelling.
IWMF – Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists
The Howard G. Buffet Fund for Women Journalists, established by the International Women’s Media Foundation, provides funding to promote and advance the work of woman-identifying journalists in the news media globally. The fund accepts applications on a rolling basis. Teams of journalists may apply but the submission must be from a woman journalist and her team must include at least 50% women.
Judith Neilson Institute’s Grants
JNI’s grants provide journalists and media organisations with the resources they need to produce quality journalism.
Grant proposals should be clear and concise with a plan of how you will reach an audience. Please note that we will always receive more good ideas than we can support. We only respond to submissions we are interested in hearing more about. For freelancers and individuals, we recommend you apply with the support of a media platform.
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NPR Story Lab
“The NPR Story Lab is looking for great ideas. In fact, we’re an idea hub – generating new segments for our news programs, creating radio shows, and launching new podcasts. We want to collaborate with member stations and independent producers. We want to work with new talent that brings a fresh perspective to NPR. We want to keep innovating and leading in the podcast and radio world. The NPR Story Lab is a true creative studio at the heart of NPR, one that fosters experimentation and continues to evolve the sound of public radio. Tell us your ideas, and let’s make stuff!”
Are you interested in submitting your story or pitching a programme idea to America’s foremost public radio station? NPR are accepting applications on a rolling basis. Get involved via the link below.
OPEN Media Hub offers free online courses [Eastern Europe, MENA]
Journalists, media managers and other media professionals can take self-directed courses in English, French, Arabic and Russian. The OPEN Media Hub provides e-learning courses as a part of the support for media professionals in the countries of the European Neighborhood, including Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Topics range from media management and content production to media coverage of migration and COVID-19. All courses are free of charge and permanently open. Certificates are available to users who successfully complete them.
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Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa
Deadline: Ongoing
“OSIEA plays an active role in encouraging open, informed dialogue on issues of importance in Eastern Africa. Through a combination of grant making, advocacy and convening power, OSIEA is able to support and amplify the voices of pro-democracy organizations and individuals in the region and to strengthen their capacity to hold their governments accountable. This includes efforts to defend and support rights activists and pro-democracy advocates who come under attack for their work. ”
The eligibility criteria includes supporting projects based around media and access to information. The OSIEA is available to both organisations and individuals.
Interested grant seekers should consult the OSIEA website for more information on eligibility and application guidelines.
Pitching Investigative Documentaries – GIJN
The Global Investigative Journalism Network (IGJN) launched a collaborative network during a GIJN webinar. This is a platform where pitches for investigative documentaries and long-form productions about Covid-19 can be submitted and passed onto several public broadcaster production teams including BBC Africa, BBC Arabic, CBC Canada, PBS Frontline and RTS in Switzerland as well as Premières Lignes, an independent French TV production and news agency that has worked with France Télévisions.
Submit your pitch here:
Poynter hosts online course on trust building
Journalists who want to learn strategies to earn their communities’ trust can take this course.
Poynter offers the self-directed, online course “How any journalist can earn Trust.”
The training is divided into 10 modules: perceptions of news; tell your audience who you are, explain your ethics and values; transparency: why it’s important and how to do it day-to-day; building trust into beats; engaging with your audience; separate opinion content from news; connecting revenue to trust; build trust by helping people navigate the news; and next steps.
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Press Freedom Accountability Project grant funding [US based]
Following recent attacks on and intimidation of journalists in the United States, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is partnering with the News Leaders Association (NLA) to provide journalists with grants between $2,000 and $5,000 to “support reporting on press freedom violations and accountability.”
Rainforest Journalism Fund
Deadlines: Rolling
The Pulitzer Center has a number of grants available under its Rainforest Journalism Fund — the International Rainforest Journalism Fund; the Amazon Rainforest Journalism Fund; the Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund; and the Southeast Asia Rainforest Journalism Fund. The fund represents a major investment in international environmental and climate reporting. Through the Pulitzer Center, the Rainforest Journalism Fund plans to support nearly 200 original reporting projects over the five years’ existence of the Fund, along with annual regional conferences designed to raise the level of reporting on global tropical rainforest issues such as deforestation and climate change and produce stories that make an impact.
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Rory Peck Trust Assistance Grants for Freelance Journalists
The Rory Peck Trust provides assistance to freelance journalists and their families around the world. Applicants must be able to receive a grant from a British registered charity.
Rory Peck Trust Training Fund for Freelance Journalists
The Rory Peck Training Fund provides training to freelance journalists to equip them with the essential skills and knowledge needed to work in difficult and potentially dangerous situations. The training fund is available to freelancers who have worked in newsgathering and/or current affairs for a minimum of 18 months. Priority is given to those who work in hostile environments and to those with confirmed assignments.
Southeast Asia Rainforest Journalism Fund
The Pulitzer Center invites journalists who are working on projects related to tropical rainforests to submit a proposal to the Rainforest Journalism Fund. There are two types of grants available:
Grants for journalists reporting for major American and European news outlets on tropical rainforests in any part of the world. Applications must be in English.
Grants for journalists based in and reporting for local and regional outlets in Southeast Asia. See below for more information.
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The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center has published an advisory note to all new applicants in light of Covid-19. Please read here.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting offers several ongoing grants “to support in-depth, high-impact reporting on topics of global importance, including investigations of systemic problems that are often overlooked by mainstream U.S. media.” These include the International Reporting Grant, Rainforest Journalism Fund and Bringing Stories Home: Local Reporting Grants. Freelance and staff journalists from news outlets can apply.
Find out how to apply and the other grants available via the link below:
The Self-Investigation: A free online stress management program for journalists
In partnership with the ICFJ, Open News and the Online News Association, “The self-investigation is a free online program designed to support journalists with knowledge and evidence-based practices they can use to relate to stress and digital overload in a healthier way. This is an opportunity to get access to ongoing support from professionals so you can feel more balanced and tap into your innate resilience. The English language edition will take place over four weeks in July.”
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Training: Online Courses for Media Professionals
Deadline: Ongoing
A selection of online tutorials created by the European Journalism Centre and supported by the Google News Initiative.
The diverse new set of courses include ‘Where to hire a data journalist’; ‘Python for journalists’ as well as “Google Search for Journalists”; “Verification: the basics” and “Managing Data Journalism Projects” among many others.
All courses are free and vary in difficulty. Courses can be completed at the participant’s preferred pace.
Transatlantic Media Fellowship
Ongoing
European media representatives are invited to apply for this fellowship, which will give them the chance to travel across the United States and expand on their knowledge of America and its citizens.
Organized by the Transatlantic Media Network (TMN), the goal of this fellowship is to strengthen the existing transatlantic relationship and improving mutual understanding among journalists and media professionals of both sides of the Atlantic.
The visiting journalists will follow an individual itinerary, created on their skills and interests, which will take them mostly around Washington DC and to visit TMN’s partner institutions, such as universities and journalism schools.
The fellowships may have a different duration but they will all be up to three months.
Last updated on 23 May 2025
If you have any suggestions for grants applications and other opportunities please email PMA at editor@publicmediaalliance.org.