✍️✍️ Awards, Conferences, Events and Fellowship Deadlines ✍️✍️ — February 17
Freelancer Support Scheme, Investigating the War In Ukraine, The Art of the Newsletter and plenty more events and training
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🚨 Featured Postings 🚨
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Politico Europe
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Requirements: 1+ year of newsroom experience (internships/freelance counts.) Experience covering spot news and ability to write quickly and accurately to tight deadlines. Excellent written and spoken English. Fluency in multiple European languages a strong advantage. Background in European or national political news coverage an advantage. 100 wpm shorthand an advantage.
Deadline: February 17
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Requirements: 3+ years’ experience, including competition policy, business or financial reporting experience. Knowledge of European politics and policy. Strong English-language writing skills. Ability to work under pressure and on deadline. Knowledge of other European languages is a plus.
Deadline: February 17
Data Visualization Web Producer
Location: Brussels or London
Requirements: Newsroom experience and ability to meet deadlines. Experience with HTML or content management systems is preferred. Excellent command of Excel, as well as data analysis and visualization tools. Working knowledge of EU and/or national European politics and policy is a plus. Degrees and training in data journalism or one year of demonstrated experience are preferred. Written and verbal fluency in English is a must. Candidates should have acute attention to detail and accuracy, as well as enthusiasm to be a team player.
Deadline: February 17
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Reach
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $50,000-$55,000
Requirements: Understanding of usage rights when obtaining images from social media and the internet. Sound knowledge of Photoshop. Experience in the picture industry and keen interest in both photography and current affairs.
Deadline: February 24
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $85,000-$90,000
Requirements: Great written and verbal communication. Strong understanding of the unique nature of digital news. Strong understanding of the power of social media. Detailed knowledge of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok.
Deadline: February 24
Location: New York, NY
Salary: Up to $55,000
Requirements: Encyclopedic sport knowledge. Digital publishing and social media experience. Thorough knowledge of U.S. Sports, and keen interest in football, boxing, UFC, F1 and golf.
Deadline: February 24
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $50,000-$55,000
Requirements: Experienced journalist with in-depth knowledge of media law, who is able to create videos with flair, passion and skill. Confident writer who is able to write clear and concise captions to accompany videos with strong knowledge of IPSO.
Deadline: February 24
Location: New York, NY
Salary: Up to $55,000
Requirements: Strong track record of showbiz and/or TV reporting experience at a national title. Fantastic eye for detail and have a keen interest in the developments of the TV/showbiz world.
Deadline: February 24
Boardroom
Location: Remote, U.S.
Salary: $35-$45/hour
Requirements: 6+ months as a writer at a newsletter/website. Portfolio of content with engaging, authentic written voice. You study other writers and psychology to understand why people engage with certain types of content but not others, what makes them click and share.
Deadline: Rolling
Location: Remote, U.S.
Salary: Salary: $35-$45/hour
Requirements: Understand the topics our target audience are most interested in. Generate knowledge for CEOs. Draft insights into content worth publishing (primary newsletter as well as content for our website).
Deadline: Rolling
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💡 Awards, Conferences, Events and Fellowships 💡
🥶 February 🥶
🆕 Freelancer Support Scheme
IJ4EU’s Freelancer Support Scheme provides teams of journalists working outside of newsroom structures with grants of up to €20,000, plus tailored assistance including training, mentoring and networking opportunities.
Type: Bursary
Grant: Up to €20,000
By: European Journalism Centre
Deadline: February 23
🆕 Investigating the War In Ukraine One Year On
In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, journalists have faced enormous dangers carrying out their work. There’s also a lack of information, a tsunami of disinformation, and widespread disruption to the region’s independent media. Yet investigative journalists continue to expose wrongdoing — from war crimes and sanctions busting, to corruption by government officials and oligarchs, to Russian “filtration” camps. GIJN will bring together four senior investigative journalists who have investigated the war in Ukraine: Alesya Marokhovskaya, data-reporter and the editor of the data department of IStories; Natalia Onysko, co-editor of Ukrainian outlet Nashi Groshi Lviv; Valentyna Samar, founder and editor-in-chief of the Crimean Center for Investigative Journalism; and Haley Willis, visual investigations reporter with the New York Times.
Type: Online Event
By: GIJN
Where: Virtual
When: February 23 | 9am Eastern Time
Cost: Free
🆕 The Art of the Newsletter: How to Create and Grow a Newsletter
Newsletters are the correspondence of the 21st century. They have become a medium capable of reaching hundreds of email inboxes and have made a place for themselves in the daily routine of readers. In this talk, Mar Manrique, journalist and editor of the newsletter Fleet Street, will explain how she created her own newsletter, what to take into account when designing a newsletter and the basic keys to start a project from scratch.
Type: Online Event
By: ONA Spain
Where: Virtual
When: February 23 | 8pm Central European Time
Cost: Free
Resurrecting Local News
As traditional local news outlets, print as well as broadcast, continue to fold alternative news vehicles are beginning to take their places, bringing new opportunities for young journalists. National media outlets as well as niche publications are working to fill the void. This webinar will feature a panel of managers and reporters from these new outlets to share how they see their publications evolving and how they are building teams to accomplish their goals.
Type: Online Event
By: Washington Press Club Foundation
Where: Virtual
When: February 24 | 1pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
Registration: RSVP to programs@wpcf.org for your zoom link
PMJA Awards
These awards honor excellence in public media journalism, recognizing the best of local public radio news in an array of categories. Public radio newsrooms and collaboratives, freelancers, independent podcast producers and students can apply as long as your work has been broadcast or published in the public media system.
Type: Awards
By: Public Media Journalists Association
Deadline: February 24
New America Awards
The Society of Professional Journalists’ New America Award honors public service journalism that explores and exposes issues of importance to immigrant or ethnic communities in the United States. Although not required, collaboration with ethnic media is taken into account.
Type: Awards
By: Society of Professional Journalists
Deadline: February 27
WIJ Scotland Bursary Programme
Women in Journalism Scotland and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation have launched the inaugural WiJS x JRF bursary programme. Five women journalists will each be awarded £1,500 to develop a project shining a light on economic and/or social inequalities around Scotland. The project should be solutions-driven.
Type: Bursary
Prize: £1,500
By: Women In Journalism Scotland
Deadline: February 28
GIJC23 Fellowship
The 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference is offering 150+ fellowships to established and promising journalists in developing and transitioning countries, and for journalists from disenfranchised communities, to participate in this prestigious event. The fellowship includes: Round-trip airfare to Gothenburg, Sweden; hotel room for four nights; transport between Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport and the conference hotel; reception dinner; breakfast and lunch on conference days; award ceremony dinner; conference registration fee.
Type: Fellowship
By: Global Investigative Journalism Conference
Deadline: February 28
🌷 March 🌷
🆕 Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
ICFJ’s longest-running program, the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, provides talented young U.S., German and Canadian journalists the opportunity to live and work in each other’s country. This highly personalized and practical program improves the quality of news coverage in each country and strengthens the transatlantic relationship.
Type: Fellowship
By: ICFJ
When: July 24-September 29, 2023
Deadline: March 1
🆕 Post-Roe: Today’s Abortion Landscape
State lawmakers are beginning their first full legislative sessions since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June. There are dueling efforts to either protect or restrict abortion, falling along political fault lines. During this live virtual event, attendees will hear: A review of ProPublica’s post-Roe reporting on maternal health, access to abortion and data privacy; What we know about the current legislative battles; Insight into some of the upcoming debates in the post-Roe arena; A discussion with reproductive health care experts about how these restrictions are playing out on the ground.
Type: Online Event
By: ProPublica
Where: Virtual
When: March 2 | 4pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
NICAR 2023
IRE’s annual data journalism conference will offer a mix of panels, demos, discussions, networking, and hands-on data training. Full session and speaker details will be released in early 2023.
Type: Conference
Where: Nashville, TN
By: Investigative Reporters & Editors
When: March 2-5
Cost: $100-$450
2023 First Amendment Awards
The Radio Television Digital News Association is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to broadcast and digital journalism. Founded as a grassroots organization in 1946, RTDNA’s mission is to promote and protect responsible journalism. The RTDNA honors those who practice, promote and defend journalism each year at the First Amendment Awards.
Type: Event
Where: Washington, D.C.
By: RTDNA
When: March 2
Cost: $380
Best of News Design Creative Competitions
The Society for News Design Best of News Design is a juried competition recognizing excellence in print and digital storytelling, graphics, and social media, with a goal of identifying the best visual journalism that pushes the boundaries of design and technology.
Type: Awards
By: Society for News Design
Deadline: March 6
ONA Career Day 2023
Whether you’re interested in career advancement or shifting, fellowships or academic programs, ONA Career Day will provide you with opportunities to learn more and network virtually, both live and asynchronously.
Type: Online Event
By: Online News Association
Where: Virtual
When: March 9 | 12pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
AHCJ 2023
Type: Conference
Where: St. Louis, MO or Online
When: March 9-12
By: Association of Health Care Journalists
Cost: From $100
Freelance Journalism Conference
Schedule consists of 12 information-packed, interactive sessions on pitching, negotiations, fellowships, business, podcasting, interrogating power, and more. Learn directly from editors what they want in a pitch, including The Atlantic, Wired, The Verge, Prism, The Emancipator, Next City and more. Fellowship directors will explain how to get funding for an important journalism project. Business-savvy freelancers will share their secrets for increasing income and landing meaningful projects.
Type: Conference
Where: Online
By: Institute for Independent Journalists
When: March 9-10
Cost: $49 early bird registration
Writing the Investigative Narrative
Learn how to make your investigative writing compelling and powerful. The masterclass will cover everything from defining an investigative narrative to how to report, organize, write and self-edit your own. Topics include: Understanding the investigative narrative; How to pitch; Turning sources into characters; Writing a scene; Self-editing tips and techniques; Organizing and writing a deeply reported investigative narrative.
Type: Workshop
By: IRE
Where: Virtual
When: March 10 | 1-4pm Eastern Time
Cost: $45
SXSW 2023
SXSW will welcome attendees back to Austin, Texas. "AI in Newsrooms: What’s the Impact on Journalism?" "Brand Building & Storytelling in the Digital Age," "Navigating Calculated Risk on Social Media," and an interview with Kara Swisher are just a few of the unique topics covered in the expansive schedule.
Type: Conference
Where: Austin, TX or Online
By: SXSW
When: March 10-19
Cost: Various
ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program
Beginning this summer, ProPublica will invite up to 10 news editors from media companies across the country to participate in a yearlong investigative editing training program, led by the newsroom’s award-winning staff.
Type: Workshop
By: ProPublica
Where: New York, NY
When: June 4-8
Deadline: March 13
Mini-Bootcamp: Spreadsheets
The place to start for data journalism beginners who want to learn the foundations of using structured data. This online mini-bootcamp will dive deep into the fundamentals of using spreadsheets, including navigation, formulas and functions, sorting, filtering and grouping data, plus other critical skills such as finding, gathering and cleaning data. Using real-world datasets and examples, the IRE training team will help attendees learn the technical steps to work with datasets, along with the analytical skills needed to find and bulletproof data-driven stories.
Type: Workshop
By: IRE
Where: Virtual
When: March 13-16
Cost: From $200
Data Journalism Bootcamp
IRE’s Data Journalism Bootcamp provides a broad foundation in data skills for anyone with beginner to intermediate skills. You’ll start with basic spreadsheets and build into SQL, which can help you analyze millions of records. You’ll also cover data cleaning, finding data sources, using public records and bulletproofing your analysis.
Type: Workshop
By: IRE
Where: Columbia, MO
When: March 27
Cost: From $500 (scholarships available)
Aziz Foundation Scholarships
The Scholarships Programme offers 100% tuition fee Masters scholarships to support British Muslims to study at UK universities. The scholarships are aimed at those who wish to advance in their careers and bring positive change to their communities and beyond, including candidates who wish to champion diversity in media and journalism to ensure fairer and more accurate reporting.
Type: Fellowship
By: Aziz Foundation
Deadline: March 31
🌲 Evergreen 🌲
🆕 Media Innovator’s Mentorship
The International Press Institute’s Media Innovator’s Mentorship Programme creates space for sharing expertise, experience and lessons. IPI will match willing experts and media partners with individuals or newsrooms interested in mentorship. Mentorship is open to mid-career and senior journalists and other media practitioners.
Type: Mentorship
By: International Press Institute
Cost: Free
Deadline: Rolling
🆕 Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative
FRONTLINE is accepting applications for their Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative program. The program provides investigative journalists interested in long-form documentary storytelling with one-on-one support and seminars, and places them within “a production company to expose them to the business side of documentary filmmaking.” Applicants should have at least a decade of news experience. The program is remote and there is no deadline to apply, but the first cohort will begin in early December.
Type: Training
By: PBS Frontline
When: December
🆕 Gateway Grants
In this initial round, we will award five projects with up to $10,000 each for ambitious ideas around specific document collections, such as monitoring and archiving government reading rooms or exploring how decentralized technologies can preserve key materials at risk of censorship or removal. Projects should build on DocumentCloud’s recently launched Add-On infrastructure, making it easy to extend and automate DocumentCloud’s functionality.
Type: Bursary
Grant: $10,000
By: MuckRock and Document Cloud
Military Veterans in Journalism Training
MVJ is offering free training on disability reporting and veterans for newsrooms across the nation. The sessions take roughly one hour in-person or via Zoom. What will reporters learn? Relevant data points on disabled veterans, challenges and common tropes related to disabled veterans, intersectionality in the disabled veterans and broader disability communities — how does improving coverage of disabled veterans affect the issues in disability reporting? And crafting respectful narratives around disabilities — language and storytelling tips and advice.
Type: Training
Cost: Free
When: Year-round
Registration: Email Sara Feges at sara@mvj.network to schedule a free training session for your newsroom