Workshops and Fellowships

Add depth, dimension and soul to your storytelling. In this Berkeley Advanced Media Institute introductory online mini-course, Sound Design for Podcasters, you’ll gain foundational insight into the vital art of pre- and post-production sound design. $125. 5:30-7:00 p.m. ET each day.

California high school students with a strong interest in journalism can apply to this free Asian American Journalists Association/CalMatters program. Spend June 20-25, 2023 working in the CalMatters newsroom in Sacramento, gaining regional journalism connections and reporting on water and drought in local communities. Apply by Feb 1.

SEJ and The Uproot Project are partnering to offer diversity fellowships (worth up to $2800) to support journalists' attendance at #SEJ2024 in Philadelphia, Apr 3-7. Apply by January 5!

U.S. journalists or editors who cover international news can apply for the Council on Foreign Relations' fellowship. Spend ten months full time in residence at CFR's headquarters in New York, engaging in sustained analysis, writing and more. $100,000 stipend plus travel grant. Apply by Mar 1, 2024.

The Middle East Program will select one Arab, Middle Eastern or North African journalist to spend three months in residence at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., to carry out advanced, policy-oriented research and writing. $5,000 per month stipend. Apply by Jan 15, 2023.

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) invites professional environmental journalists from low- or middle-income countries to apply for travel grants of up to $2,500 to attend and report from conferences and global summits related to biodiversity issues that are taking place in 2023. Deadline: Jan 6, 2023.

The 2023 conference will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, Sep 19-22, with more than 150 expenses-paid fellowships available to both established and promising journalists in developing and transitioning countries, and for journalists from disenfranchised communities, to participate in-person.

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's fellowship (and $15,000 grant) is for an early-career journalist to accompany an oceanographic expedition to Antarctica, Nov 2023-Jan 2024, investigating how rapid glacier melting and associated processes are affecting the chemistry of the world’s oceans. Deadline: Jan 31, 2023.

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) offers up to $20,000 in scholarships and grants to journalism students every year. The money can go towards paying a number of things, including tuition and fees, internship costs and living expenses. These opportunities have different deadlines, applications and criteria.

TWC is hosting a 75-minute year-end business audit, where you get to celebrate your freelance wins this year, and get clarity on where to take things the coming year. Turn your goals into tactical next steps. Includes TWC's online business planning course and the business audit worksheet. 3:00 p.m. ET on Nov 15 or 29.