Grant Deadline Nears for Independent Journalists

The Fund for Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ism (FIJ) is seek­ing pro­pos­als for inves­tiga­tive projects from inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ists for grants to cover travel and other report­ing expenses. The next dead­line is 5 p.m. EDT, Mon­day, June 10, 2013. FIJ is inter­ested in pro­pos­als that break new ground and expose wrong­do­ing. Projects from eth­nic media are strongly encour­aged. Grants aver­age $5,000. The awards support […]

Religion Newswriters Association Scholarship Application Deadline is Jan. 1

Jour­nal­ists inter­ested in tak­ing col­lege courses in reli­gion or spir­i­tu­al­ity have until Jan. 1 to apply for a schol­ar­ship pro­gram offered by the Reli­gion Newswrit­ers Asso­ci­a­tion. Jour­nal­ists will receive schol­ar­ships for up to $5,000 each to study reli­gion at any accred­ited col­lege, uni­ver­sity or sem­i­nary. Schol­ar­ships cover expenses includ­ing tuition, reg­is­tra­tion fees and books. Scholarships […]

Knight’s Data-Centric News Challenge Winners

By Joshua Ben­ton, Nie­man Jour­nal­ism Lab Sept. 20, 2012 Today at the Online News Association’s annual con­fer­ence in San Fran­cisco, the Knight Foun­da­tion will present its newest class of Knight News Chal­lenge win­ners. This cycle — the sec­ond of three this year under Knight’s new harder-better-faster-stronger con­test régime — was focused on data, and the six win­ners are unusu­ally tool-heavy — […]

FIJ Seeks Grant Proposals

WASHINGTON — The Fund for Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ism (FIJ) is seek­ing grant pro­pos­als for inde­pen­dent inves­tiga­tive projects from jour­nal­ists who need sup­port for travel and other report­ing expenses. The dead­line for pro­pos­als is 5 p.m. EDT, Mon­day, April 30. FIJ is inter­ested in pro­pos­als that break new ground and expose wrong­do­ing. Projects relat­ing to gov­ern­ment account­abil­ity and […]

Fund for Investigative Journalism Grant Renewed

The Fund for Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ism is proud to announce con­tin­u­ing sup­port from the Park Foun­da­tion for the fund’s grant pro­gram for inde­pen­dent watch­dog jour­nal­ists.   The Park Foun­da­tion, based in Ithaca, New York, has awarded the Fund for Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ism a grant for $75,000; it will give crit­i­cal assis­tance to reporters work­ing on domes­tic reporting […]

Elizabeth Neuffer fellowship: human rights

The Inter­na­tional Women’s Media Foun­da­tion is accept­ing appli­ca­tions for the 2011-12 Eliz­a­beth Neuf­fer Fel­low­ship, which is named for the 1998 IWMF Courage in Jour­nal­ism Award win­ner and Boston Globe cor­re­spon­dent who was killed in Iraq in 2003. The pro­gram aims to advance Neuffer’s life mis­sion of pro­mot­ing inter­na­tional under­stand­ing of human rights and social justice […]

Reminder: Maynard multimedia fellow deadline

Dis­placed Jour­nal­ists: Apply by April 15 at 11:59 PDT to receive a mul­ti­me­dia edit­ing fel­low­ship from the May­nard Insti­tute at the Reynolds School of Jour­nal­ism, Uni­ver­sity of Nevado-Reno.

USC Annenberg 2011 health reporting grants

Call for Appli­ca­tions! All-Expenses-Paid Mini Fel­low­ship at USC Annen­berg with $2,000-$10,000 Report­ing Grant When: July 24–29, 2011 Where: Los Ange­les Dead­line to Apply: May 2, 2011 In this era of tight news­room bud­gets and declin­ing free­lance fees, it’s often hard to find the resources to under­take an ambi­tious report­ing project. The Cal­i­for­nia Endow­ment Health Jour­nal­ism Fel­low­ships offer […]

FIJ seeks grant proposals for investigative reporting

WASHINGTON (March 8, 2011) — The Fund for Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ism (FIJ) is seek­ing grant pro­pos­als for inde­pen­dent inves­tiga­tive projects from jour­nal­ists who need sup­port for travel and other report­ing expenses. The dead­line for pro­pos­als is 5 p.m. EDT, April 11. FIJ is par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in pro­pos­als from reporters inves­ti­gat­ing issues in the United States, involv­ing governmental […]

Investigative journalism grant for independent journalists

Wash­ing­ton ( Feb­ru­ary 16, 2011) – The Fund for Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ism is proud to announce con­tin­u­ing sup­port for its grant pro­gram for inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ists from the Ethics and Excel­lence in Jour­nal­ism Foun­da­tion, based in Okla­homa City. The Foun­da­tion has announced a grant for $75,000 that will give crit­i­cal assis­tance to reporters who have the ideas, sources, […]

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