✍️ Journalism Awards, Events, Fellowships and Training ✍️ — October 13
42 Awards, Events, Fellowships and Trainings
Hello folks and another happy Friday. We have yet another bumper update to our calendar today, with 42 different awards, events, fellowships and trainings. A couple of my favourites include The Tarbell Fellowship for folks interested in covering artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, and the Society of Professional Journalists’ webinar on how to perform trauma-informed interviewing. If I missed any, please send them my way!
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🗓️ Awards, Events and Fellowships Calendar 🗓️
💵 Fellowships 💵
Journalists in Residence Program
The Journalists in Residence Program is a transformative learning experience for journalists from around the world interested in deepening their understanding of the interactions between politics and the economy.
Type: Residence
By: Chicago Booth
Where: Chicago
When: March 11, 2024 - June 1, 2024
Frontline PBS Local Journalism Initiative 2023-24
The initiative provides support to local news organizations to produce a specific investigative journalism project. Its focus is on communities where independent reporting is endangered by financial pressures on news media. PBS is looking for great stories in every medium — text, audio or video. As they approach the 2024 election year, they are particularly interested in projects about elections, democracy and voting. In some cases, a project may also be considered for a FRONTLINE documentary.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: Annual Salary
By: PBS Frontline
Journalism Travel Grant
These travel grants of up to $1,500 enable journalists to travel to cities within the U.S. to produce one or more stories for publication. The grants cover travel expenses necessary for on-the-ground reporting. Full-time freelancers and journalists currently employed by a news organization are eligible to apply. The foundation anticipates awarding up to seven travel grants.
Type: Grant
Stipend: $1,500
By: The Neal Peirce Foundation
Investigate Election Disinformation
Journalists from across the world have the opportunity to receive funding, mentorship and training to expose the money behind mis- and disinformation targeting voters, as part of the global Disarming Disinformation program. This support comes as political campaigns kick off in dozens of countries across the world, with billions of people slated to take to the polls in 2024 for landmark elections.
Type: Funding
By: International Center for Journalists
Where: Online
When: November 7-9
Cost: Free
Gwen Ifill Mentorship Program
This program is designed to address the lack of diversity in leadership positions across newsrooms in the U.S. The benefits of mentorship have been well documented, leaders who look back and help lift others up the ladder of success are sorely needed. During the nine-month program, U.S. based fellows will be paired with mentors and have the opportunity to learn from media experts on a wide range of topics. This will be a valuable professional development opportunity for women and nonbinary journalists from underrepresented backgrounds, laying the groundwork for their success and future leadership in the news industry.
Type: Mentoring
By: International Women’s Media Foundation
Where: Online
Cost: Free
Creative Access and ITV Mentoring Programme
Are you curious to explore how a career in television could make the most of your interests and talents? Or do you want support to progress your existing career in the industry? If the answer to either question is ‘yes,’ apply to be matched with a mentor from the largest commercial television network in the UK.
Type: Mentoring
By: Creative Access and ITV
Where: UK
When: January-June, 2024
Early-Career Science Journalism Fellowship Program
During the course of this fellowship, fellows work with a mentor to plan, report, and write articles for publication at The Open Notebook and become part of the editorial team. This ten-month program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests and passions and to sharpen their skills as part of a talented, supportive, diverse community of past and present fellows and mentors.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $6,000
By: The Open Network
Where: Remote
When: March, 2024 - January, 2025
Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award
The Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award offers talented writers in need of financial support an opportunity to attend the Iceland Writers Retreat in Reykjavík. Candidates do not need to be professional writers, but should be serious about the craft and interested in developing their skills and contacts. Their writing interests must fit well with the faculty for the 2024 retreat (i.e. literary fiction, non-fiction, memoir).
Type: Scholarship
By: Iceland Writers Retreat
When: April 2024
Alicia Patterson Fellowships
The Alicia Patterson fellowships are open only to U.S. citizens who are full-time print journalists, or to non-U.S. citizens who work full-time for U.S. print publications, either in the U.S. or abroad. Freelancers are welcome to apply.
Type: Fellowship
By: Alicia Patterson Foundation
Where: Worldwide
🆕 The Tarbell Fellowship
The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year programme for early-career journalists interested in covering emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence. Fellows secure a 9-month placement at a major newsroom, participate in a study group covering AI governance & technical fundamentals, and attend a 2 week journalism summit in Oxford. The programme incorporates expert speakers, feedback & mentorship from experienced journalists and networking events with experts from leading AI organisations.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $50,000
By: Tarbell Fellowship
Study a Masters Degree in the UK
To be eligible for a Chevening Scholarship you must: Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory; Return to your country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after your award has ended; Have completed all components of an undergraduate degree that will enable you to gain entry onto a postgraduate programme at a UK university by the time you submit your application; Have at least two years of work experience.
Type: Scholarship
By: Chevening
ACES Scholarships
Six scholarships are awarded annually through the ACES Education Fund to students interested in a career in editing. Applicants for all ACES scholarships must be seeking degrees as enrolled college/university juniors, seniors, or graduate students at the time of the deadline.
Type: Fellowship
By: American Copy Editors Society
🆕 Kiplinger Fellowship
This fellowship is for journalists with 5+ years’ experience covering immigration and migration, and is made up of a combination of international and U.S. journalists. Kiplinger will pay all of your training and lodging for the week, most of your meals and provide a travel stipend to cover the majority of your transportation. You, or your employer, will be responsible for the remaining costs.
Type: Fellowship
By: Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University
🆕 Student Media Grant Program
The Program on Conflict and Development at Texas A&M University is accepting applications for its annual Student Media Grant Program, offering folks an opportunity to highlight the human stories behind major global issues.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $5,000
By: Texas A&M University
🧠 Events and Training 🧠
Why What Happened in Kansas Matters to Us All
The Marion County Record has a circulation in the thousands, serving a rural Kansas county 50 miles north of Wichita. But when the police raided the paper's offices in August, confiscating electronic data and equipment, it made national news centered on First Amendment press protections. Join guests Eric Meyer, Publisher and Editor of the Marion County Record; Seth Stern, Advocacy Director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation; and Claire Regan, 2022-23 SPJ President. They will bring their first-hand knowledge and professional expertise to this timely discussion of media and the law.
Type: Webinar
By: Society of Professional Journalists
Where: Online
When: October 14 | 2-3pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
SRCCON 2023
SRCCON is for people who want to transform the ways journalism and tech work in their organizations and communities. Its schedule is built around hands-on sessions, conversations, and workshops focused on the practical challenges that news technology and data teams encounter every day.
Type: Conference
By: OpenNews
Where: Minneapolis, MN
When: October 17-18
Cost: From $250 (some free scholarship tickets available)
Predictors of Psychological Distress in Frontline Journalists
In this seminar Dr. Anthony Feinstein, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and author of a recent academic article about the predictors of psychological distress in frontline journalists, will unpack his analysis of 1,103 frontline journalists who covered several conflicts from 2000 to 2022. He’ll be joined by Colombian journalist Laura Dulce Romero, who will discuss whether new journalistic formats can offer a practical solution for those who are most at risk.
Type: Webinar
By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Where: Online
When: October 18 | 1-2pm UK Time
Cost: Free
🆕 Getting Started With Datawrapper
Just starting out with Datawrapper, or curious about whether it's the right tool for your work, research, or personal projects? Join Datawrapper Product Specialist Guillermina and discover: What Datawrapper's all about, and how to get started; What types of visualizations you can create with Datawrapper; How to create engaging visualizations; and where to find resources to dig deeper.
Type: Webinar
By: Datawrapper
Where: Online
When: October 19 | 4pm UK Time
Cost: Free
Trust Conference
The Trust Conference offers an exclusive opportunity to hear world-leading experts, innovators and activists share their insights into pressing global issues including media freedom, the impact of technology on human rights, socio-economic inclusion and the climate emergency.
Type: Conference
By: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Where: London, UK
When: October 19-20
Cost: Free
Money in Politics: Reporting On Campaign Finance and Lobbying
Political spending is expected to reach record-breaking heights in the coming year. Journalists will play a crucial role in informing the public about who and what organizations are funding candidates, ballot measures, and policy debates. But campaign finance and lobbying laws are complex and often opaque, posing challenges to journalists assigned with tracking money in politics and the lobbying beat. This training will cover the basics of how to cover campaign finance and lobbying.
Type: Training
By: National Press Club
Where: Online
When: October 20 | 11:30am Eastern Time
Cost: Free
How to Pitch to Editors with the Guardian’s Toby Moses
Toby Moses, the head of newsletters and former deputy opinion editor at the Guardian, will teach you everything from how to write the perfect pitch email to an editor, to how to increase your chances of getting recommissioned, in this practical and informative online workshop.
Type: Training
By: The Guardian
Where: Online
When: October 20 | 2-4:30pm UK Time
Cost: £99
IRE Phoenix Workshop
Elevate your investigative and data skills. Whether you're a reporter, student, editor, educator, producer, freelancer or all of the above and then some — you'll be guaranteed a plethora of new tips, tricks, and skills for your tool belt, ideas for your next story and connections with some of the top investigative and data journalists in the country.
Type: Training
By: Investigative Reporters and Editors
Where: Tempe, AZ (Arizona State University)
When: October 20-21
Cost: $25 (students) or $75 (professional)
What You Need to Know About the Philips CPAP Recall
ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spent a year investigating the 2021 Philips Respironics recall of millions of breathing machines, yet the company continued to sell the devices. Join them for a virtual conversation as we answer your questions about the recall and the potential health risks of using the machines.
Type: Webinar
By: ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Where: Online
When: October 24 | 4pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
Early Childhood Reporting Institute
This four-day global reporting institute will bring together journalists from around the world for panels, workshops, and skills-based training by leading researchers, clinicians, and child development experts and practitioners, as well as journalist-to-journalist conversations on how to translate these issues and themes into meaningful stories and salient, cross-cutting news coverage.
Type: Webinar
By: Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Where: Columbia University, New York
When: March 8-11, 2024
Cost: Free
Unpacking Canada’s Cruel History
Connie Walker is a Canadian Indigenous investigative journalist and the host of Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's, a ground-breaking podcast produced by Gimlet which won a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody Award in 2023. The show follows Walker as unearths how her own family was impacted by one of Canada's darkest chapters: the residential school system. In this seminar Walker will share what she learnt when reporting the story and reflect on the issues raised by the show.
Type: Webinar
By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Where: Online
When: October 25 | 1-2pm UK Time
Cost: Free
The Fundamentals of Cartography
Every map tells a story. They are detailed, sophisticated tools that reveal more about human nature than we may realise — from where our ancestors settled and why, to the rise of political movements, the spread of disease and trends in our changing climate. The key is knowing how to read them. In this masterclass with experts from Ordnance Survey, you will take a look ‘under the cover’ of a map sheet and investigate all its elements.
Type: Training
By: The Guardian
Where: Online
When: October 25 | 5-8pm UK Time
Cost: £99
🆕 Trauma-informed Interviewing
From the rising prevalence of mass shootings to daily crime coverage, journalists frequently encounter and interview victims of trauma. Speaker Tamara Cherry spent 15 years as a crime reporter for the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, and CTV News Toronto before launching a research project to produce educational materials for journalists on working with these victims in a trauma-informed way.
Type: Webinar
By: Society of Professional Journalists
Where: Online
When: October 26 | 2pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
🆕 AI in Action: How to Harness the Power of AI in Newsrooms
A hands-on, in-person workshop that dives into how newsrooms can use AI to improve efficiencies in their organization.
Type: Webinar
By: Online News Association
Where: Atlanta
When: October 26 | 6pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
🆕 How to Cover Conservation Technology
Got questions about how machine-learning can help scientists better monitor species and human impacts on them? Want to know more about advancements in drones and satellite technology? Mongabay explores the most exciting advancements emerging in conservation technology and how journalists can better write about it.
Type: Webinar
By: Mongabay
Where: Online
When: October 26 | 2pm UK Time
Cost: Free
Five Free AI Projects For Your Newsroom
The Associated Press will showcase its new projects to help local newsrooms adopt artificial intelligence, the news leaders who worked on the projects, and how to install each one for your newsroom. This session will enable developers to speak directly with the technology team on each project in breakout rooms on how to implement the tool.
Type: Webinar
By: Associated Press
Where: Online
When: October 26 | 12pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
Writing Opinion Pieces, With Polly Townbee and Tim Dowling
We’ve all got an opinion about virtually everything, but how can you communicate your viewpoint with originality and confidence, and in a voice that is uniquely yours? What is the difference between writing an opinion piece that’s grounded in first-hand research, and writing a regular column that draws on your life experiences? In this masterclass with Polly Toynbee and Tim Dowling, you will learn the key steps for getting your opinions down — and then out into the world.
Type: Training
By: The Guardian
Where: Online
When: October 30 | 6:30-8:30pm UK Time
Cost: £65
R for Data Analysis
R is a free, open-source and powerful programming language for cleaning, analyzing and visualizing data, as well as statistical analysis. This bootcamp will cover all those skills, starting with the building blocks of importing and performing basic analysis on data. This bootcamp is for anyone who is familiar with the basics of analyzing structured data and wants to learn a programming language that specializes in visualization and statistical analysis.
Type: Training
By: Investigative Reporters and Editors
Where: Online
When: October 30-November 2
Cost: $200 (students/freelancers) or $300-$600 (professional/educators)
Empowering News Media With AI
Journalists worldwide are already embracing AI, but it’s about to become an even more essential part of their toolkit, and leveling up skills and systems is vital. With Smsrtocto’s new toolkit, media professionals are being relieved of basic day-to-day concerns. Values like story copyright and confidentiality are completely secured.
Type: Webinar
By: Smartocto
Where: Online
When: October 31 | 8am Eastern Time
Cost: Free
Networking Africa's Investigative Journalists
On 1 November 2022, 19 African investigative journalists from 14 countries came together to form the Network of African Investigative Reporters and Editors (NAIRE). Their goal was to “establish in the investigative journalism profession in Africa a more systemic focus, moving away from (the focus on) corrupt events and corrupt individuals towards questioning the institutions of the African (postcolonial) state.” On the first anniversary of NAIRE's launch, RISJ will host a seminar with one of its founders, Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Type: Webinar
By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Where: Online
When: November 1 | 1-2pm UK Time
Cost: Free
Tribute To Journalists 2023
This event will honor the achievements of brave colleagues whose passion and perseverance have made a huge impact. Many are intrepid reporters who often put their lives on the line to bring us the news. Today they face unprecedented challenges, and need our help — and recognition — more than ever.
Type: Event
By: International Center For Journalists
Where: Online and Washington, D.C.
When: November 2 | 6pm Eastern Time (In-Person), 7:45pm Eastern Time (Online)
🆕 Audience Engagement Professionals in Broadcast News
Join the ONA for an idea swap for audience engagement professionals working in broadcast news organizations. At this event you’ll meet up with others working in engagement strategy at broadcast news organizations and share ideas in a series of fast-paced breakout discussions. Bring an idea or two to share, and expect to leave with a bunch of new ideas from your peers, plus new professional opportunities, new peers, mentors and colleagues, and inspiration for a collaboration or partnership.
Type: Webinar
By: Online News Association
Where: Online
When: November 8 | 1-2:15pm Eastern Time
Cost: Free
🆕 Internet Freedom and Independent Press in 2023
Apar Gupta is the founder and director of the Internet Freedom Foundation, which defends online freedom, privacy, and net neutrality in India. In this seminar he will give an overview of the challenges faced by press freedom in India in the light of new censorial tech laws. He will also share his views on the press coverage of new threats to privacy, surveillance and data protection following the introduction of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023.
Type: Webinar
By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Where: Online
When: November 8 | 1-2pm UK Time
Cost: Free
🏆 Awards 🏆2024
Georgina Henry Award
Women in Journalism is proud to support the brightest new ideas with an annual £4,000 prize sponsored by Wiggin LLP, in memory of the Guardian’s late deputy editor, Georgina Henry, also a former Women in Journalism chair. The prize is used to support an initiative by the applicant. Applicants can be any age, working in either print or multimedia and the winner will also join the WiJ committee, and be an honorary Women in Journalism Fellow.
Type: Award
Prize: £4,000
By: Women in Journalism
🆕 RJI Student Innovation Competition
The Challenge: Create something to help a newsroom measure the impact of their news coverage for their community. The impact measurements should not revolve around traditional metrics like clicks, views or visits – but the real life impact of the journalism and its benefit to the communities it serves.
Type: Competition
Prize: $1,000-$10,000
By: Reynolds Journalism Institute
Global Media Competition on Labour Migration
The aim of this award is to distinguish fair and balanced media reports on labour migration. Negative and stereotypical public narratives can fuel discrimination and abusive practices towards migrant workers, including forced labour, as well as challenge social cohesion. Journalists are invited to submit articles showing exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment.
Type: Award
Prize: $500-$1,200
By: International Labour Organization
James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public
The purpose of this award is to recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding reporting directly to the public which materially increases the public's knowledge and understanding of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields.
Type: Awards
Prizes: $5,000
By: American Chemical Society
🆕 2024 True Story Award
This prize aims to set an example to motivate journalists all over the world and to strengthen them in their work. The central idea of the prize is to supplement and broaden the predominantly Western view of the world with other perspectives. Due to the nature of media coverage, readers in North America and Europe have a view of the world different to those in the Arab world, Africa and Asia. The prize encourages the broadening of our field of vision through the voices of reporters from different countries.
Type: Award
Prize: 25, 000 Swiss Francs
By: World Photo