Workshops and Fellowships

New America invests in thinkers with big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day. $15k-$30k stipend provided for Sep 1-Aug 31 fellowship. Stay in your current job, coming together for two cohort gatherings during the fellowship year. Apply by Feb 1, 2024.

This yearlong fellowship is for a journalist living in and reporting on a rural community in Northern California, Oregon, Washington or Alaska. $25,000 stipend plus expenses. Journalists who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply by the Dec 15, 2019 deadline.

The South Asian Journalists Association's fellowships program encourages in-depth coverage of South Asia or the South Asian Diasapora by providing grants of $2,000-$5,000 to cover a portion of reporting expenses. Deadline: Mar 29, 2020 (Spring/Summer).

Mongabay and Global Forest Watch offer an online training at 10:00 a.m. ET to demonstrate how journalists can use GFW tools to add evidence to news articles, and more. Free registration required.

In this free National Press Foundation webinar (1:00-2:00 p.m. EST), we will help journalists understand clean energy and climate change and the resources you’ll need to cover these issues in an election year. Topics to be covered include global trends and challenges, fuel diversity, and government incentives and pressures.

Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources in Chicago, Nov 3-5, 2019, for a workshop on Asian carp: How they got here, current efforts to protect America's waterways, and what the future of this invasive species might hold. $25 registration fee includes lodging, local travel and meals. Only a few spots left. Registration closes Oct 18 at noon ET.

In 2020, TRACE, in partnership with Alfred Friendly, will sponsor two fellowships for journalists dedicated to investigative reporting that encourages greater commercial transparency. Apply by Sep 16.

MacDowell in New Hampshire supports journalists by providing residencies (studio, lodging and meals for two weeks to two months) and project funding of up to $2,500 in addition to financial aid for accepted applicants engaged in long-form journalism projects. Apply by Sep 10 for Spring-Summer 2024.

The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is hosting this free fact-checking workshop virtually on Apr 8, 2022, with a focus on science journalism. Open to writers and editors who already cover science, as well as those with an interest in covering science, health, technology or the environment. Apply by Feb 25.

The International Center for Journalists invites Latin American journalists to apply for this biennial fellowship. In 2023, the program begins with a webinar on disinformation and fact-checking best practices. Participants can apply for a 3-week, in-person study tour and newsroom attachment in the U.S. Deadline is Sep 14.