Workshops and Fellowships

Mid-career journalists who want to write a novel or fictional prose are invited to apply for this workshop, Jul 10-17, 2024, at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications in Evanston, Ill. Fully funded by "Game of Thrones" author Martin, pictured left. Deadline: Jan 16.

Looking for new freelance clients in 2024 or thinking about becoming a freelancer? The National Press Club invites you to Washington, DC for a workshop with editors from the Washington Post, Washingtonian, Slate, AARP Bulletin, Industry Dive, Brainfacts.org, POLITICO, WHYY, and more. 1-4:30 p.m. ET.

The U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics invites applications for one of ten $10,000 reporting grants for journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics. Open to journalists worldwide. Deadline: Jan 31, 2024.

Orion is accepting applications for six online writing workshops in nonfiction and poetry that will begin in January and February 2024. Apply by Nov 15.

ProPublica is looking for an Ancil Payne Reporting Fellow to do enterprising, hard-hitting stories from their headquarters in New York. The paid fellowship starts in January 2024 and runs for two years. Remote applicants need not apply. Deadline: Nov 27, 2023

The Pulitzer Center's RIN seeks to harness investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration to tackle deforestation stories at the intersection of climate change, corruption and governance in the world’s three main tropical rainforest regions: Amazon, Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. Deadline: Dec 20, 2023.

Proposals for this year-long fellowship at Harvard University may deal with any issue relating to journalism’s digital transformation. Open to both international and U.S. journalists, including freelancers. Deadlines: Dec 1, 2023 and Jan 31, 2024, respectively.

Early-career journalists and storytellers from and working in the Global South are invited to apply for this Rockefeller Foundation-funded program in Abu Dhabi intended to raise awareness about the impact of climate change in their home countries. All expenses paid. Apply by Nov 15, 2023.

To mark its 20th anniversary in 2024, Earth Journalism Network is offering a new year-long virtual fellowship program for journalists which will enhance reporting over four priority areas — climate change, biodiversity, the ocean and One Health. Deadline to apply: Nov 16, 2023.

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists to apply by Nov 3 for this virtual workshop, Nov 13-14, 2023, exploring how Tribes and First Nations are joining discussions over environmental policy and resource management – and the challenges and opportunities TEK can bring to conservation and restoration efforts.