Diversity

These free online courses in Spanish are part of the Reporters Committee's ProJourn collaboration with Microsoft and Davis Wright Tremaine. Register for one or all: Newsgathering rights (Oct 18); Pre-publication review of articles, podcasts, documentaries (Nov 1); and Access and transparency (Nov 15). 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

The International Women's Media Foundation invites US-based women and nonbinary journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to apply for this 8-month virtual program, which is designed to address the lack of diversity in leadership positions across newsrooms in the U.S. Apply by Nov 7, 2024.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) invites midwest-area journalists to attend a free half-day, in-person training at DePaul University. Keynote is 'Fact-checking isn't just for fact-checkers,' with presenter Monique Curet, assistant editor at PolitiFact.

The East-West Center will award up to three US$10,000 grants to individual journalists, authors or writers from the United States or China for a project that will promote better understanding between the people of the two countries; focus on underreported feature topics; and reach a broad audience. Deadline: Nov 1, 2024.

This fall, the Institute for Independent Journalists is offering free monthly webinars to help you strengthen your freelance journalism practice. The series continues Dec 13, 2024 with "How to Find Journalism-Adjacent Freelance Work." 12-1:15 p.m. ET.

This program supports investigative or explanatory projects on systemic racism in public health, health care policy and the practice of medicine, including inequity in treatment, access to care, patient experience and health outcomes for Black people, Indigenous people and other people of color. Apply by Mar 26, 2025.