Upcoming deadlines for grants, workshops and other opportunities for media workers
Scroll to discover opportunities for media workers, practitioners, researchers and journalists. All opportunities are in chronological order and separated into PMA-specific, Featured and Month-by-Month sections. Good luck!
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PSM Unpacked | Prominence
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Radiodays Asia 2024
PMA is once again partnering with Radiodays Asia 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, and offering exclusive discounts for staff at PMA-member organisations.
Applications open for media literacy bootcamp for Caribbean media workers
Media practitioners from Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago can now apply for our media & information literacy bootcamp!
Developing a library of media literacy resources for Caribbean educators and journalists
Behind the scenes: In this Insight report, we explore how PMA is developing a digital library of media literacy resources for educators and journalists.
Meet the 2024 Grantees
Discover the stories of our 2024 cohort of nine Global Grantees as they share their reactions to being selected.
PSM Unpacked | Prominence
MEMBERS EXCLUSIVE: In this online roundtable event, we will examine how PSM can restore their prominence in the current media landscape.
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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.
European Local Cross-border Grants
Deadline: 26 September 2024
This grant, mentoring and scholarships programme aims at addressing the shortage of local independent journalism by administering grants to local investigative journalistic projects in Europe and stimulating cross-border collaboration.
This programme will:
- Stimulate local journalists and (small) news outlets to conduct investigative journalism and learn from colleagues in other countries, creating a European network of local (investigative) journalists in the long run.
- Stimulate local journalists and news outlets to compare with other regions and cities in other countries that face similar problems or challenges, which are eminently European issues.
- Increase the dissemination, reach and impact of local investigative journalism.
[Text retrieved from JournalismFund]
Digital Public Infrastructure Journalism Fellowship open [West Africa]
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Journalists from Benin, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria are invited to apply.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), in partnership with Co-Develop, is offering the Digital Public Infrastructure Journalism Fellowship. This program is intended to build a pool of West African journalists who would have the knowledge and skills to produce impactful reports on digital public infrastructure and digital public goods and services.
This three-month fellowship will run November 2024 to January 2025. The fellowship features training workshops, mentorship and story production.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Five reporting grants for Syrian women journalists [Syria]
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Experienced Syrian women journalists are eligible to apply for reporting grants.
The Al-Jumhuriya platform is offering five grants of EUR4,000 each to support women journalists in completing stories, reports or investigations that contribute to the Syrian public space.
Women journalists will collaborate with Al-Jumhuriya’s editorial team and receive assistance in proofreading, visual design, translation and distribution.
Story pitches can focus on human rights violations against Syrians by those in power, the complex realities faced by Syrian women, the lives of Syrian youth aged 15 to 30, and more.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Native Youth Media Project
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The Vision Maker Media’s Native Youth Media Project is now open for applications.
Storytelling remains a primary source of educating each other. Native American youth are the future, and like the elders, it will be incumbent upon them to eventually learn, protect, practice, maintain and in some cases revitalise Native cultural knowledge, science, and wisdom. Vision Maker Media’s Native Youth Media Project works in partnership with Native youth organisations to mentor and train Native youth in storytelling skill sets for short-format media.
This partnership between Vision Maker Media and Native organisations and communities will work together to strengthen Native youth’s story development for short-format media. Youth may produce short-format videos around such topics as science, health & wellness, climate & environment, education, art, culture, history, language, and empowerment. Finished videos are expected to be shared in a community engagement activity that is determined by the partner organisation.
Funding Information:
Vision Maker Media is accepting applications with up to $25,000 in funding support from Vision Maker Media for existing Native American youth programs.
[Text sourced from the Global Forum for Media Development]
Grant Competition for 5 Media Organisations
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The independent analytical center Expert-Grup in partnership with the Institute for European Policies and Reforms, has launched a grant competition to select 5 media organisations for the project “Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Republic of Moldova.”
The main goal of the project is to raise awareness and ensure the enforcement of consumer rights in Moldova. It aligns with the broader objective of enhancing the capacity of civil society organisations in implementing the association agreement, particularly at the local level, as consumer protection is a key aspect of the European integration process. Specifically, it supports Lot 2 of the call for proposals: promoting consumer protection through advocacy.
This call aims to select 5 media organisations to receive sub-grants of up to EUR 15,000 each, supporting communication and awareness activities across Moldova.
[Text sourced from the Global Forum for Media Development]
Climate solutions fellowship for media leaders [Europe]
Deadline: 6 October 2024
Media leaders in Europe can apply for a fellowship.
The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) and the European Journalism Center (EJC) invite 12 forward-thinking media leaders to join their European Climate Fellowship. The program aims to revolutionise how climate issues are reported across Europe.
This 10-month fellowship will equip editorial leaders with the tools, knowledge and support to become climate solutions journalism champions within their news organisations.
Fellows will receive up to EUR10,000 for a climate solutions reporting project tailored to their newsroom’s needs.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Grants fund media innovation projects [Africa]
Deadline: 6 October 2024
Media start-ups, journalism incubators, innovative media initiatives, non-profit and for-profit media organizations can apply for an innovation grant.
The Al Khatt association, in collaboration with Free Press Unlimited (FPU), is seeking applications for an innovation grant within a program called “Stimulating innovation to increase audience engagement for independent media in the Maghreb region,” with the support of the European Union.
The program aims to stimulate innovation in the media to increase audience engagement, support independent media initiatives to produce quality journalism and promote diversity and inclusion in the media.
The program offers four grants up to EUR20,000 per project.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
The Kyiv Independent launches training course for journalists [Ukraine]
Deadline: 7 Octobre 2024
English-speaking Ukrainian media professionals can apply for this free course.
The Kyiv Independent and UNESCO launched J-School 2.0, a training course for journalists and media managers aspiring to report to foreign audiences. The program is part of UNESCO’s broader efforts to support the safety of journalists and freedom of expression in Ukraine.
The program consists of two study sessions and will take place offline in Kyiv from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 and online from Nov. 26 to 30.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
JournalismAI Innovation Challenge
Deadline: 10 October 2024
The JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative, aims to fund projects from these news publishers to help fight misinformation and disinformation, experiment with new formats across mobile, video and audio and identify ways to grow subscription and support diverse forms of revenue.
This nine-month long programme is designed by the JournalismAI team at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and supported by the Google News Initiative.
This new grantmaking programme will enable 35 news organisations around the world to experiment and implement solutions to enhance and improve journalistic systems and processes using AI technologies. By the end of the programme, selected organisations will also share outcomes of their respective projects, and best practices about using AI technologies in the news industry.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Professional Development Grants for Environmental Journalism
Deadline: 10 OCTOBER 2024
This grant facility supports enabling activities and supporting services for environmental investigative journalism as a whole. It seeks to promote collective development and support services for environmental investigative journalism, by providing funding to project ideas from organisations and institutions for training and professional development programmes, i.e. skills-focused professional training or fellowship programmes targeted at enabling investigative journalists to upskill with regards to reporting on environment related issues
[Text retrieved from Journalism Fund]
Voices
Deadline: 15th OCTOBER 2024
Voices is granting 10 awards for 1000 euros each to young journalists and media literacy advocates to participate in the festival’s second edition.
The Awards have a dual focus and will recognise five achievements in the field of Journalism, and five achievements in the realm of Media Literacy. Each comprises different categories dedicated to diverse themes described in the calls for entries.
Are you dedicated to these fields? Can you showcase innovation in your work and projects? Apply by 15 October 2024 and get the chance to present your work in Zagreb!
[Text sourced from Voices]
Environmental Investigative Journalism
Deadline: 24 October 2024
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.
The total available amount per call to be distributed among all supported investigations will be around €400.000.
[Text sourced from JournalismFund EU]
Media Engagement Activity in BIH – Rolling Innovation Fund
Deadline: 25 October 2024
The goal of Internews’ activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina through USAID Media Engagement Activity (MEA) is to strengthen the information space in BiH.
The Rolling Innovation Fund is an open-call funding opportunity under the USAID MEA project implemented by Internews in partnership with FHI 360 and local partners, open to all the media, civil society organisations and individual media professionals interested in developing innovative solutions in content creation and distribution.
Through this Fund, the Media Engagement Activity will support projects that explore new approaches in the media industry or search for new ways of using existing methods. They welcome ideas that aim to improve the quality and reach of diverse content, using new and insufficiently researched channels of transmitting credible information to a wider audience.
This fund is available for individual applications (up to $2,950) and media organisations (up to $12,000 each).
[Text sourced from the Global Forum for Media Development]
IJ4EU Freelancer Support Scheme
Deadline: 28 October 2024
IJ4EU’s Freelancer Support Scheme provides grants to cross-border teams of journalists made up predominantly of freelancers and who can benefit from an extra layer of tailored support.
The Freelancer Support Scheme is designed to support journalists operating outside of newsroom structures who may be underserved by other journalism support schemes and who are willing and able to collaborate with others to launch investigations of importance to audiences at a local, national, regional or European level.
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. During these six months, in addition to grant funding, they also benefit from non-financial support.
Eligible topics
IJ4EU is open to cross-border investigative projects on any topic. This includes, but is not limited to, corruption, illicit enrichment and financial crime, security, democracy and human rights, environment and climate change, and health. Projects must aim to reveal new information that is of relevance to the public in at least two Creative Europe countries.
IJ4EU is dedicated to supporting a diverse range of topics and teams across Europe. Projects focusing on underreported issues are welcomed. Furthermore, teams working in eligible countries where investigative journalism is under pressure, including financial and political pressure, are especially encouraged to apply.
Funding information
The Freelancer Support Scheme will provide around €500,000 in grants in 2024/25, along with training, mentoring and networking opportunities. It is managed by the European Journalism Centre (EJC).
[Text sourced from the Global Forum for Media Development]
IJ4EU Investigation Support Scheme
Deadline: 28 October 2024
IJ4EU’s Investigation Support Scheme provides financial support to cross-border journalistic teams working on investigations of public interest in Europe.
Teams working in countries where investigative journalism is under pressure, including financial and political pressure, are especially encouraged to apply.
Eligible topics
Projects on all topics will be considered. This includes, but is not limited to, corruption, illicit enrichment and financial crime; security; democracy; human rights; the environment and climate change; migration and public health
Applicants to the Investigation Support Scheme can request grants of between €5,000 and €50,000.
[Text sourced from Global Forum for Media Development]
CFPs: Boosting Fact-Checking Activities in Europe
Deadline: 31 October 2024
The European Media & Information Fund has announced the Boosting Fact-checking Activities in Europe to support projects from independent fact-checking organisations, which play a key role in limiting the negative effects of disinformation on the public discourse and democratic processes.
Objectives
Independent fact-checking organisations play a key role in limiting the negative effects of disinformation on the public discourse and democratic processes. In addition to raising public awareness about concrete disinformation cases, their work feeds into mainstream news, media literacy practices and research, thereby entailing a strong multiplier effect.
[Text retrieved from Global Forum for Media Development]
Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative
Deadline: 31 October 2024
Are you developing new media products and would like to make them market-ready? If you’re a media founder developing economically sustainable services and want to strengthen your business management skills and journalistic know-how, then Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative is just what you need.
The Media Start Funding under the Vienna Media Initiative supports self-employed journalists and small media companies. You can apply for funding to help cover costs for training and professional development, courses and consultations, internal payroll costs, and travel expenses.
[Text sourced from the Global Forum for the Media Development]
ICFJ offers reporting grants for journalists
Deadline: 1 November 2024
Journalists worldwide can apply for reporting grants.
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is offering the program Boost: Reporting Grants for Journalists. The reporting grants program is designed to expand ICFJ’s offering to its global network by introducing individual reporting grants for projects that might not fit under existing programs.
The first call for applications is focused on climate and climate change. ICFJ is looking for high-quality reporting that explores this topic in the Global South.
Grants ranging from US$2,000 to US$3,000 will be awarded to at least two winning proposals.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Pascal Decroos Fund
Deadline: 14 November 2024
The Pascal Decroos Fund for Investigative Journalism is Journalismfund’s first and oldest grant programme to promote investigative journalism in the Dutch-language media in Belgium since 1999. These are projects that have great news value and depth, and at the same time are original, innovative and time-consuming, and would not be realised without financial support. The Flemish government is subsidising this programme with the aim to keep the memory of Pascal Decroos alive and to continue his life’s work.
In 2024, there will be €280,000 to distribute over four application rounds, which means approx. €70,000 per round. The programme is subsidised by the Flemish government.
[Text sourced from JournalismFund EU]
Grant Scheme for Media Professionals in the Western Balkans
Deadline: 31 December 2024
The Western Balkans Media for Change project announces the grant-funding scheme for individuals, media outlets, associations and other organisations from the Western Balkans.
The Western Balkans Media for Change project is funded by the UK Government and implemented by the British Council in partnership with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), Thomson Foundation (TF), and The International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC). It supports the work of media outlets and individual journalists from the Western Balkan countries.
One of the six areas that the scheme supports is the Priority area 1: Validation of a business idea, or the Validation Booster programme. The programme targets individuals from the Western Balkans that can act as “intrapreneurs” – people who work for media outlets or CSOs and launch new products/services or initiatives inside the existing entities.
The call aims to support projects focused on quality, engaging and innovative content production, local and regional collaboration, professional development, internships, networking, mobility, and validation of business ideas. Specifically, six priority areas fall into this call:
- Validation of a business idea
- Content production through learning, mobility or collaboration
- Strengthening public broadcasting service content and audience reach
- Audience development and engagement
- Networking support
- Promoting quality professional and ethical journalism
[Text sourced from the Global Forum for Media Development]
Safety training course for journalists [East Africa]
Deadline: 5th JULY 2024
Local freelance and journalists based in East Africa can participate in a three-day safety training course.
The ACOS Alliance, in partnership with IREX, is offering the East Africa Safety Training 2024 for local and freelance journalists. In line with the ACOS Alliance Safety Principles, the course is designed to help journalists who face risks and safety challenges in their work to be better prepared.
The training will focus on digital security, psychological safety, and first aid, taught by an experienced and qualified medic. The course will be in English.
The course will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from Aug. 7 to 9.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Fellowships to cover UN Biodiversity Conference [Worldwide]
Deadline: 6th JULY 2024
Journalists working in low- or middle-income countries are eligible for a fellowship to attend COP16.
Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering a new fellowship for journalists interested in reporting from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16). The conference will be held Oct. 24 to Nov. 1 in Cali, Columbia.
In the leadup to COP16, fellows will receive resources and tools to help prepare for reporting at the conference.
While in Cali, fellows will participate in a series of specially designed activities, including an orientation session with biodiversity experts on the key issues at COP16, daily briefings and interviews with high-level officials.
Five journalists will be selected for the fellowship. Fellows will receive airfare, accommodation, meals, travel insurance, and transportation costs to participate in the fellowship.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Journal seeks papers on media and women [MENA]
Deadline: 15th JULY 2024
Journalists, academics and students from the Arab world can submit their papers.
Arab Media & Society, the biannual journal of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism at the American University in Cairo, is seeking submissions for its next issue on “Media and Artificial Intelligence.”
Possible topics include the role of artificial intelligence in media production and content creation, and the ethical considerations and challenges in introducing artificial intelligence in media and communication.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Sub-Grants to support Local Media Outlets in Albania
Deadline: 15th JULY 2024
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania (BIRN Albania) is launching an open call for sub-grants to support local media outlets in Albania (NGOs), which will provide them with technical, editorial and financial resources to report independently, ethically and in a gender-balanced way.
The three-year project: “Strengthening Media Freedom, Professionalism and Journalists’ Safety in Albania” is implemented by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania (BIRN Albania), in cooperation with Science for Innovation Development Centre (SCiDEV) and Qendra Faktoje.
The project is awarded within the EU funded Call: “Civil Society Facility and Media Programme 2022 and Thematic Programme for Human Rights and Democracy 2022-2023”. In the framework of this project, BIRN Albania has opened a call for 3 (three) Sub-Grants to support local media outlets in Albania.
[Text sourced from the Global Forum for Media Development]
Journalism fellowship covers human rights [Latin America]
Deadline: 17th JULY 2024
Journalists with more than five years of experience covering human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean can apply for this online training in Spanish.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation are launching a new edition of their investigative journalism fellowship, which aims to encourage in-depth knowledge of the functioning of the Inter-American Human Rights System, the agenda for strengthening human rights protection work and the role of the Inter-American Court.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
Environmental Investigative Journalism
Deadline: 25th JULY 2024
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 t 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.
[Text sourced from JournalismFund]
Competition highlights investigative journalism [Europe]
Deadline 31st JULY 2024
Journalists from Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine can compete in this contest.
The CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merit in Investigative Journalism will honor reporters operating under difficult conditions.
This year, the contest seeks to highlight the role of investigative journalism in raising public awareness of critical issues in the agriculture/food security, environment, and health sectors, with the aim of advocating for transparency and good governance as regards practices, procedures and funding.
The competition has two categories: professional journalists and young journalists (ages 30 and younger), awarding EUR4,000 and EUR1,000, respectively.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
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.
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.
[Text sourced from AFP]
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.
[Text sourced from The Judith Nielson Institute]
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.
[Text sourced from ERC]
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.
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.
[Text sourced from Internews]
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.’
[Text from BFI]
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.”
[Text sourced from CPB]
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.
[Text sourced from Pulitzer Center]
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.
[Text sourced from Knight Center]
The Knight Center offers many other journalism courses. Explore them here.
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.”
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.
[Text retrieved from the International Women’s Media Foundation]
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.
[Text retrieved from the International Women’s Media Foundation]
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.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
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.
[Text from ICFJ]
“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.
[Text sourced from RSF]
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.
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.
[Text sourced from IJNet]
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:
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.
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.”
[Text sourced from The Self-Investigation]
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.
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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