✍️ Journalism Awards, Events, Fellowships and Trainings ✍️ — November 17
63 fellowships, events, webinars, workshops and awards
Hello folks, happy Friday! Another week, another record. Today we have a ginormous 63 total listings on the calendar, broken down as follows: 33 fellowships/grants (6 new); 25 webinars/events (9 new); and six awards (two new).
I know I seem to repeat this every week, but the more I search, the more I find. There really are dozens of opportunities out there, and it’s my pleasure to find them for you.
If you missed Tuesday’s jobs and news update, we added another 454 new active openings at the biggest and smallest names across North America and Europe. And if it’s internships you’re looking for, we still have around 60 applications still open for spring and summer next year.
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USA Today
🆕 Election Reporting Fellowship Program
The USA Today Network’s statehouse reporting fellowship program expands the coverage of the country’s largest news publisher at a critical time as they serve audiences with local, regional and national election journalism.
Locations: Hartford, CT; Lincoln, NE; Cheyenne, WY; Remote, U.S.; Salt Lake City, UT
Salary: $19.28-$21.41/hour
When: January 2 to December 27, 2024
Requirements: Has proven experience in a digital news environment filing accurate, concise, and clean copy on deadline; Robust understanding of what’s happening in state politics and across the country to create conversation-starting journalism; Infinitely curious and always has a story idea ready to go; Can manage time wisely, balancing short-turn stories with deeper investigations; Enjoys collaborating with editors and writers across the network on breaking news and special packages; Ensures coverage includes a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices; Upholds Gannett’s standards of journalistic rigor, accuracy, and fairness; Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the minimum liability insurance required by state law.
Deadline: ASAP
🆕 Elections Opinion Writer, USA TODAY Network Election Team
Location: Remote, U.S.
Salary: $38.46/hour
When: January 2 to December 27, 2024
Requirements: Proven experience in a digital news environment filing accurate, concise, and clean copy on deadline; Robust understanding of what’s happening in politics and across the country to create conversation-starting journalism; Infinitely curious and always has a story idea ready to go; Can manage time wisely, balancing short-turn stories with deeper investigations; Enjoys collaborating with editors and writers across the network on breaking news and special packages; Ensures coverage includes a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices; Upholds Gannett’s standards of journalistic rigor, accuracy, and fairness; Has a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the minimum liability insurance required by state law.
Deadline: Rolling
Mastering User Needs For News: Ask Me Anything
Smartocto is ending the year with a webinar where you can ask all your burning questions regarding user needs. Dmitry Shishkin and smartocto's CMO, Rutger Verhoeven, will provide the answers and reflect on numerous use cases of newsrooms introducing the model. They will also share what they've learned from User Needs Labs, a project aimed at assisting 10 European news websites in better aligning with their visitors' preferences.
Type: Webinar
By: Smartocto
Where: Online
When: December 13, 2023
Cost: Free
🗓️ Awards, Events and Fellowships Calendar 🗓️
💵 Fellowships 💵
🆕 Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists
This fund was designed to help women journalists by providing grantees support to: Expose under-reported but critical global issues; Undertake ambitious projects that challenge traditional media narratives; Develop field-based expertise and strengthen careers; Pursue training and leadership opportunities; Launch entrepreneurial news projects or acquire the skill to do so.
Type: Grant
By: International Women’s Media Foundation
ABC News Fellowship Program
Are you an aspiring journalist ready to take your newsroom experience and skills to the next level? The ABC News Fellowship is a year-long rotational program designed to develop early career journalists and content creators from a diverse group of backgrounds. Spend a year rotating through a series of shows and platforms while mastering the editorial, production, and newsgathering skills crucial to success in the competitive, fast-paced field of multiplatform journalism.
Type: Fellowship
Salary: $51,120- $70,290
By: ABC News
Where: New York, NY
Native American Journalism Fellowship
The Oklahoman is seeking applicants for its third annual Native American Journalism Fellowship program. The year-long program, run in partnership with the Indigenous Journalists Association, is designed to give one to two early-career journalists a well-rounded grounding in real-world journalism.
Type: Fellowship
By: The Oklahoman and Indigenous Journalists Association
Where: Oklahoma City, OK
YourClassical Fellow
Do you love classical music and want to help more audiences discover its beauty? Minnesota Public Radio is seeking two fellows to join its first ever YourClassical Fellowship cohort. This experience will help you gain hands-on experience in radio hosting, production, audience insight and multimedia storytelling within public media. Additionally, you’ll build a network with other professionals in the industry. Its goal is to identify and inspire the next generation of public broadcasters in the field of classical music.
Type: Fellowship
Salary: $18-$23/hour
By: Minnesota Public Radio
Where: St. Paul, MN
When: January 8 to November 29, 2024
First Jobs Fund and Financial Assistance
Starting a new job in journalism can be expensive and challenging, especially if you’re burdened with debt from your studies. The Journalists’ Charity’s First Jobs Fund is designed to offer support as you start your career, helping you focus on what matters – being a great journalist during these challenging times. The cost-of-living crisis also means lots of journalists are struggling to get by, especially when the industry is still recovering from the challenges of the pandemic. If you’re finding it difficult to cope, we’re here to help with information, practical support, and financial assistance.
Type: Grant
By: Journalists’ Charity
Flashlight Grant Application
Flashlight is a giving circle funding investigative journalists. Once per quarter, they pool funds and give a grant to an enterprising U.S.–based freelance investigative journalist. They’re a small and mighty group – all with experience working in media – who care about finding sustainable models for journalism.
Type: Grant
Grant: $500-$1,000
By: Flashlight
2023 Dr. Sheila Brooks NABJ Entrepreneur Scholarship
This Scholarship was created to honor Dr. Brooks’ lifetime of service with NABJ, and is looking for aspiring entrepreneurs who are enthusiastic about the possibility of pursuing a career in media, marketing, or communications.
Type: Scholarship
Grant: $2,500
By: National Association of Black Journalists
BBC Apprenticeship Scheme
Gold standard training for those already demonstrating their journalistic potential and looking to develop advanced journalism, broadcast and engineering, and UX skills.
Type: Apprenticeship
Salary: £25,000
By: The BBC
Where: UK
When: September 2024
Deadline: November 20 — Journalists, Broadcast & Engineering, Digital UX
Grist Fellowship Program
Want to grow as a journalist while absorbing a universe of environmental knowledge? The Grist Fellowship Program is a paid opportunity to hone your skills at a national news outlet and deepen your understanding of environmental issues. The experience is designed to give early-career journalists with a demonstrated interest in environmental issues the experience to succeed in climate and environmental media.
Type: Fellowship
By: Grist
When: March 2024-February 2025
Ancil Payne Reporting Fellowship
ProPublica is looking for a two-year Ancil Payne Reporting Fellow to join one of America’s most innovative investigative newsrooms. They’re not interested in having you cover daily news. Your job will be to do enterprising, hard-hitting stories. Over the course of two years, they expect the fellow to take on a mix of short-, medium- and long-term stories.
Type: Consultancy (part-time)
Salary: $75,000
By: Free Press Unlimited
Where: New York, NY
When: January, 2024
Journalism Traineeship
DW is looking for young people from all over the world interested in a comprehensive, exceptional quality journalism program with an international broadcaster. Candidates should have journalism experience or be passionate about switching to journalism, and who are open-minded people full of creative ideas. The program covers the range of skills a journalist of the future needs: TV moderation, multimedia storytelling, data journalism, social media and virtual reality. DW trainees are involved in long-term innovative, international projects and have been honored in past years with the CNN Journalism Award and the Grimme Prize. After the traineeship, the trainees usually continue to work for DW.
Type: Traineeship
Salary: Paid
By: Deutsche Welle
Where: Berlin or Bonn, Germany
When: January 2025
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.
Type: Fellowship
By: Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University
🆕 Youth Video Challenge
SJN is offering grants of $5,000 to support video storytelling that centers the experiences and perspectives of young people grappling with mental health issues and finding sustainable responses to this widespread phenomena. Their hope is that these projects will inspire a conversation in your newsroom or your community about the things that are making a difference and helping this age group that is reporting significant mental health challenges. Applicants must be aged 14-24.
Type: Grant
Grant: $5,000
By: Solutions Journalism Network
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
New York Times Newsroom Fellowship Program
The New York Times Fellowship is a one-year work program aimed at cultivating the next generation of journalists. The fellowship represents a unique opportunity to do great journalism for The Times. It incorporates speakers, feedback and training opportunities. The program’s goal is to benefit not only the participants and The Times, but also other newsrooms. Most fellows will graduate to positions around the country and world.
Type: Fellowship
Salary: Paid
By: The New York Times
Where: New York, D.C., San Francisco, London
When: Starts in June, 2024
Mesa Refuge Residency
The Mesa Refuge has supported more than 800 writers and other creatives, mostly focused on “ideas at the edge” of nature, human economy and social equity. A Mesa Refuge residency is an opportunity to develop ideas and present them to the public. They give priority to writers focusing on nature, the human economy and social equity. They encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and disciplines.
Type: Fellowship
By: Mesa Refuge
Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholars
Graduate and undergraduate students at North American colleges and universities or American students studying abroad are invited to apply for Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar Awards. In a typical year, the Foundation grants 18 scholar awards for the pursuit of academic goals. Winners receive either a $3,000 scholarship for independent work or a $4,000 fellowship to be used to fund time in a bureau of a leading news organization such as the Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg or the Wall Street Journal.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $3,000-$4,000
By: Overseas Press Club Foundation
Knight-Wallace Fellowships
The Knight-Wallace Fellowship offers accomplished journalists two rare commodities: time and resources. Journalists who are eager for growth and deeply committed to the future of journalism spend an academic year at The University of Michigan to access the resources of a world-class university and dive into a journalism project. Areas of focus can include, but are not limited to, sharpening professional skills, addressing a challenge facing your newsroom, digging into data and research for a long-term reporting project or developing a journalism venture.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $85,000 + $5,000 for relocation
By: University of Michigan
Where: Ann Arbor, MI
When: 2024-25 academic year
Deadline: December 1 (international applicants)
Nieman Fellowship
A Nieman Fellowship is open to journalists working in all media in every country around the world. Those selected for the program spend two full semesters at Harvard auditing classes with some of the university’s greatest thinkers, participating in Nieman events and collaborating with peers. Nieman Fellows are also able to audit classes at other local universities including MIT and Tufts.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $85,000
By: Nieman Foundation
Where: Harvard University
Deadline: December 1 (International Applicants)
American Aftermaths Grant
The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace. The Aftermath Project holds a yearly grant competition open to working photographers worldwide covering the aftermath of conflict.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $25,000 (winner), $5,000 (four finalists)
By: The Aftermath Project
🆕 Investigative Journalism Grants
GRID-Arendal, a non-profit environmental foundation based in Norway and a partner of the UN Environment Programme, is offering six grants for investigative journalism projects focused on environmental crime in developing countries. Journalists based around the world are eligible to apply.
Type: Grant
Grant: $2,000
By: GRID-Arendal
Where: Worldwide
Empowering Journalists in the Digital Field
Six journalists from crisis areas will be invited to Berlin for a period of six months. Who can apply? Professional journalists, bloggers, media professionals and citizen journalists who are exposed to digital threats of any form; Experienced digital violence such as doxing or impersonation; Want to educate themselves about digital security in order to improve their personal security and the safety of their sources; Interested in passing on the knowledge acquired during the scholarship program to colleagues in their home regions and, ideally, already have some experience in teaching or other areas of knowledge transfer.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: €1,000/month
By: Reporters Without Borders
Where: Berlin, Germany
When: May to October 2024
Paul Miller Washington Reporting 2024 Fellowship
For more than 35 years, the Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship has introduced rising D.C. reporters to the city they’re assigned to cover. In monthly sessions, fellows learn what it takes to cover the White House, Supreme Court, Capitol, Pentagon, Justice Department and other key government institutions.
Type: Fellowship
By: National Press Foundation
Where: Washington, D.C.
When: January-December 2024
AWSM 2024 Scholars
The Association for Women in Sports Media will award female college students a $1,000 scholarship and placement in a paid internship in one of four fields: sports writing, broadcast production, social media and media relations. ESPN and Sporting News will return as internship hosts while more host employers will be announced in the coming weeks. The winners will be announced early 2024.
Type: Scholarship
Scholarship: $1,000
By: Association of Women in Sports Media
JSK Journalism Fellowships
JSK is seeking journalists eager to explore, identify and test ideas for improving access to news and information people need to create and sustain robust democratic communities. You should apply if you: Want to grow as a journalist and leader and believe that your best work is ahead of you; Are ready to set aside current work responsibilities and dig into a 10-month journey of professional and personal exploration; Are committed to being in journalism.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $95,000
By: John S. Knight Foundation
Where: Stanford University, CA
Rory Peck Trust Training Fund
Safety training is vitally important for freelance journalists planning to work in hostile environments. The Rory Peck Trust Training Fund enables freelance journalists to gain the essential skills and knowledge needed to work in difficult and potentially dangerous situations. Launched in 2000, the fund has given hundreds of bursaries to freelance journalists, photographers, camera operators and filmmakers to allow them to take part in training with one of their trusted course providers. Courses teach them to assess risk and spot danger, handle a crisis, support others and give vital first aid.
Type: Bursary
By: Rory Peck Trust
California Health Equity Fellowship
This fellowship is designed to support reporters in the Golden State pursuing ambitious, enterprising projects on overlooked health and health equity issues. You decide what stories need to be told in your community to improve health outcomes and they work to support you. Fellows join for a busy week of in-person training and discussion on the USC Annenberg campus, where they learn from nationally renowned health experts, policy analysts and community health leaders, from top journalists in the field, and from each other. That’s followed by ongoing mentoring and virtual meetings to support Fellows across the finish line.
Type: Fellowship
Stipend: $2,000-$10,000
By: USC Center for Health Journalism
Where: California
Media Development Investment Fund
MDIF Ventures is calling for applications for investment from young and growing independent media companies with positive social impact and potential to scale. Successful applicants will receive equity financing and strategic advice to help them take their business to the next level.
Type: Grant
By: MDIF Ventures
Obama Foundation Scholars Program
The Obama Foundation Scholars Program seeks rising leaders who: Are emerging leaders who have made meaningful contributions to their field and are now at a “breakthrough moment” in their careers; Have a proven commitment to service and leadership within a community, region or country, coupled with a demonstrated commitment to return to these communities following their completion of the program and apply their enhanced training; Are fluent in English (verbal, written and spoken); Have a demonstrated commitment to inclusivity, community-orientation, hope, courage, imagination, strategy, accountability, integrity and resilience.
Type: Fellowship
By: Columbia University
When: 2024-2025
🆕 Health Innovation Journalism Fellowship
This fellowship is aimed at supporting in-depth, high-quality reporting on health innovation topics through professional fellowships. Throughout the duration of the fellowship, selected fellows will strengthen their skills to report on the latest developments in health and medicine.
Type: Fellowship
By: International Center For Journalists
🆕 Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2024
The IWMF's Kim Wall Memorial Fund will provide $5,000 grants to journalists whose work embodies the spirit of Kim’s reporting. The grant will fund women or non-binary reporters covering subculture, broadly defined, and what Kim liked to call “the undercurrents of rebellion.” Kim wanted more women to be out in the world, brushing up against life, and the Kim Wall Memorial Fund honors this legacy.
Type: Grant
Grant: $5,000
By: International Women’s Media Foundation
🆕 Rainforest Investigations Network
The network seeks to harness investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration to tackle stories at the intersection of climate change, corruption, and governance in the world’s three main tropical rainforest regions: Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia. The full-time, yearlong fellowships will cover the reporter’s salary (or part of it, depending on location) and provide additional support for the media outlet that employs the journalist (if on staff), or that agrees to host the Fellow (if a freelancer).
Type: Fellowship
By: Pulitzer Center
🧠 Events and Training 🧠
🆕 2024 Latina Leadership Program
Are you a Latina newsroom pro with more than 10 years of experience looking to move up to the executive level? Maybe you’re already a newsroom director or manager and want to hone your executive skills. Or you’re a mid-level journalist who regularly takes on leadership roles and wants to land a title that allows you to shape coverage. If so, then this program may be for you. The NAHJ Adelante Academy is proud to announce its inaugural Latina Leadership Program. If you’re a driven journalist with a CEO mindset, eager to strengthen your executive skills and take charge, apply for the Latina Leadership Program.
Type: Training
By: National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Where: Online
Cost: Free
Deadline: November 19 (5pm ET)
🆕 JournalismAI Connect
JournalismAI Connect is a Slack community for journalists, techies and media professionals enthusiastic about the responsible use of AI technologies in journalism. They want to create a space for the wider community to exchange ideas, ask for help, share achievements, and support each other along the AI-journalism journey.
Type: Training
By: JournalismAI Connect
Where: Online
Cost: Free
🆕 Fundamentals of Journalism Course
Learn the basics of journalism from NBCUniversal News Group anchors and newsroom leaders.
Type: Training
By: NBCUniversal
Where: Online
Investigating Data with R
Learn how to leverage the potential of the R programming language and it will repay you many times over. As well as reclaiming precious research time from repetitive tasks, you’ll make the first steps into using code for journalism and give yourself an edge, whether in the job market or in nailing the evidence you need to stand up that impactful story. This is an investment you can cash in on straight away, taking back skills you can apply to your work straight away.
Type: Training
By: The Center for Investigative Journalism
Where: Online
When: November 20-24, 2023
Cost: From £65
🆕 Reporting On COP28: Climate Talks In a Changing Geopolitical Context
Global cooperation on climate change has taken on a new sense of urgency this year as 2023 has seen many climate records shattered, with unprecedented air and ocean temperature anomalies and low sea ice coverage. How can journalists best prepare to report in this fraught geopolitical context? What are the key topics to watch this year in Dubai? What makes good COP coverage? Clean Energy Wire invites journalists from across the world to join its online briefing with a panel of experienced COP reporters.
Type: Webinar
By: Clean Energy Wire
Where: Online
When: November 21
Cost: Free
🆕 Beyond 2024: The Next Battlefields In Global Tech
The third episode in Nikkei’s webinar series ‘Untold Story of Chip War’ will discuss how the tech industry’s landscape is likely to change in the next few years. They will focus on the rapid development of new technologies, in particular AI, quantum computing and self-driving vehicles, and the impact these advances will have on competition in the semiconductor industry.
Type: Webinar
By: Nikkei Forum
Where: Online
When: December 11
The Psychological Toll of Journalism & How to Build Resilience
Guilt, shame, anger, vicarious trauma, moral dilemmas… these are some of the many challenges that journalists are increasingly grappling with. This panel discussion will address the growing psychological load journalists experience, how to build resilience and support your colleagues.
Type: Event
By: Rory Peck Trust
Where: London
When: November 22
Cost: £6
Meet the Team Behind the Scoop That Brought Down Spain's Football Chief
Soon after Spain won the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the celebration turned into outrage when Spanish Football chief Luis Rubiales kissed Spanish player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent. Prompted by criticism in Spain and beyond, Rubiales recorded a non-apology apology and put out a statement from Hermoso saying the kiss had been consensual. But those were not Hermoso’s words. Rubiales’ team had made them up. Spaniards learnt about the coverup from Relevo, a young sports news site founded in 2022. In this seminar we'll hear from two key members of Relevo's newsroom: Football Editor Sandra S. Riquelme and its Communities Editor Fermín Elizari, who's leading an innovative social media strategy with a focus on TikTok, Instagram and Twitch.
Type: Webinar
By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Where: Online
When: November 22 | 1-2pm UK Time
Cost: Free
Anti-SLAPP Conference
This conference will bring together experts from across the globe to delve into SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation) and explore how to reduce the impact such legal challenges have on journalists, media freedom and wider society.
Type: Conference
By: The Foreign Policy Centre, Justice for Journalists Foundation, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute
Where: Online or London (in-person)
When: November 27-28
Cost: Free
🆕 Investigating War Crimes
There are more than one hundred armed conflicts and wars taking place around the world today: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, more recently, the war between Israel and Hamas, are two most frequently in the news. But violent conflict continues in Syria, Sudan, The Sahel, Yemen, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nagorno Karabakh, Mexico and in many many other places. This webinar will share methodologies for investigating war and conflict, and provide a briefing on the laws that govern what in popular usage, are called “war crimes”.
Type: Webinar
By: Global Investigative Journalism Network
Where: Online
When: November 28
Cost: Free
Chasing Big Stories
Award-winning journalists Natalie Obiko Pearson of Bloomberg and Alexandra Posadzki of the Globe and Mail will share their journeys reporting impactful stories that took dogged investigative reporting to bring to light. Whether it’s Natalie’s stories on racism at international schools and the waste produced by fast fashion, or Alexandra’s reporting on the feud at Rogers that turned into a soon-to-be-released book, learn from these industry-leading journalists as they reveal what it takes to parlay a scoop into a big story.
Type: Webinar
By: SABEW
Where: Online
When: November 28
Cost: Free
Documenting From a Distance: Iranians’ Uproar Over the Death of Mahsa Amini
Documentary filmmaker Sasha Joelle Achilli is the producer of a new Frontline documentary that explores the aftermath of Mahsa Amini’s death and Iranians' ongoing protests about the issue. Barred from entering the country, Achilli deployed collaborative techniques to collect footage and interview Iranian citizens. In this seminar, she will discuss how she managed to cover the protests from afar and what she and her colleagues learnt about the situation in the country.
Type: Webinar
By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Where: Online
When: November 29 | 1-2pm UK Time
Cost: Free
Datawrapper API: A beginner’s guide with R
Are you already familiar with R and interested in automating your workflow with Datawrapper's API? This webinar is for you. Join Datawrapper Product Specialist Guillermina and discover: What you can do with Datawrapper's API; When and why you should use Datawrapper's API; How you can connect to Datawrapper's API with R to create, edit and publish visualizations.
Type: Webinar
By: Datawrapper
Where: Online
When: November 30
Cost: Free
Media Subscriptions Town Hall
The INMA Media Subscriptions Town Hall is the world's largest annual virtual conference focused on strategies and tactics to grow and optimise news media subscriptions. Every year more than 1,000 news executives and professionals join the live stream to discuss the future of media subscriptions, share ideas, and inspire change.
Type: Training
By: International News Media Association
Where: Online
When: November 30
Cost: Free
Web Scraping With Python
Participants will learn how you can use the Python programming language to scrape data from the web. You’ll cover: Using built-in browser tools to target page elements for extraction; Setting up a Python project with a virtual environment, using Jupyter notebooks and installing various scraping and parsing libraries; Strategies for navigating various kinds of web pages, from simple (static HTML) to advanced (paginated databases, server-rendered content, restrictive cookies, etc.); Writing your scraped data to file; Scraping best practices
Type: Workshop
By: Investigative Reporters and Editors
Where: Online
When: December 4-7
Cost: From $200
JournalismAI Festival 2023
JournalismAI is a project of Polis — the journalism think-tank at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Join for their free conference that will hear from this year’s JournalismAI fellows, as well as conversations and case studies from the cutting edge of journalism and artificial intelligence.
Type: Webinar
By: JournalismAI
Where: Online
When: December 5-6
Cost: Free
Using AI + Automation to Supercharge Your Collaborative Journalism Workflow
Are you a journalist who believes in the power of collaboration? Are you seeking ways to improve your team's workflow? Then this webinar is for you! Led by Joe Amditis, a seasoned journalism expert and AI enthusiast, this session aims to revolutionize the way you think about collaborative journalism projects.
Type: Webinar
By: Center for Cooperative Media
Where: Online
When: December 5 | 3-4:30pm Eastern Time
Cost: $5
🆕 State of Silence: The Espionage Act, Politics, and Press Freedom
Since the passage of the Espionage Act in 1917, the U.S. secrecy regime has expanded with no overall vision, limiting the press, restricting political dissidents, and keeping citizens in the dark. A panel of legal experts and journalists will discuss the contemporary politics of the Espionage Act, including its use in the prosecution of former President Trump, the ongoing efforts to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S., and the prospects for reforming the act to reduce the harms it poses to American democracy.
Type: Event
By: Columbia University
Where: New York
When: December 6
Cost: Free
Exploring RSF’s New AI Charter For Journalism
Back in November 2022, Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) announced a new charter aimed at regulating the use of AI in the media. The charter is a collaborative effort by representatives from 31 leading media organisations including AFP, Rappler, the Tow Center for Journalism, the Media Institute of Southern Africa, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Canadian Journalism Foundation and the Committee to Protect Journalists. In this seminar project manager Arthur Grimonpont will speak about the initiative and about its members' collective commitment to uphold the ethics of journalism and the right to information in the age of AI.
Type: Webinar
By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Where: Online
When: December 6 | 1-2pm UK Time
Cost: Free
🆕 Reporting On Suicide On Campus: Solutions-focused Tools For Student Journalists
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the second leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds, but research also shows suicide is preventable and that coping skills, support and treatment work for most people. Student journalists are playing a crucial role in covering mental health on campuses. Join this webinar on how you can use both the solutions approach to report with care and rigor on youth mental health.
Type: Webinar
By: Solutions Journalism Network
Where: Online
When: December 7
Cost: Free
Embracing Neurodiversity
Led by a consultant clinical psychologist with many years of experience supporting children and adults who are neurodivergent, this workshop takes a look at: What do we mean by neurodivergence? (ADHD, Autism, Dyspraxia, and Dyslexia); The relationship between neurodivergence and mental health; Why embrace neurodiversity?; The recruitment process — how do we attract neurodivergent staff; How different thinking styles in teams can enhance productivity; Supporting neurodivergent staff and creating an inclusive work environment; Exploring how can the work environment support the retention of staff.
Type: Training
By: Creative Access
Where: Online
When: December 7
Taking Charge as a Freelancer
Being a freelancer is like running a small business. You are the CEO when it comes to finding stories, keeping the work flowing, and managing the money coming in. This in-person afternoon workshop of networking to find your tribe and to learn strategies for winning pitches, managing freelancing as a business, and building the writer and editor relationship to sustain that business.
Type: Workshop
By: National Press Club Journalism Institute
Where: Washington, D.C.
When: December 8
Cost: $65-$75
🆕 Foreign Press Awards Ceremony & Party
Join for an evening of festivities and celebrate some of the best foreign press correspondents around the world.
Type: Event
By: Foreign Press Correspondents USA
Where: New York
When: December 11
Managing Investigators: Protecting Your Team From Threats
Join IRE’s inaugural “Managing Investigators” lunch-and-learn webinar for a Q&A with McCurtain Gazette journalists, moderated by Kat Stafford. This management webinar series will continue in the spring and is free and open to any IRE member – especially those currently or aspiring to lead investigators.
Type: Webinar
By: Investigative Reporters and Editors
Where: Online
When: December 12
🏆 Awards 🏆2024
Sony World Photography Awards
The Sony World Photography Awards elevate the careers of photographers to the next level. Since the beginning, the Awards have championed inclusivity and access by being free to enter. Acting as an insight into photography today in all its diversity, the Awards spotlights photographers telling the stories of our time.
Type: Award
Prize: $25,000
By: World Photo
AACR June L. Biedler Prize For Cancer Journalism
This award showcases outstanding examples of cancer journalism and recognizes individual professional journalists who have produced accurate, informative, and compelling stories that enhance the public’s understanding of cancer, cancer research, cancer advocacy, or cancer policy.
Type: Awards
Prize: $5,000
By: American Association for Cancer Research
The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards
Established in 1998, the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards recognize excellence in nonfiction that exemplifies the literary grace and commitment to serious research and social concern that characterized the work of the awards' Pulitzer Prize-winning namesake, J. Anthony Lukas, who died in 1997. Four awards are given: two J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Awards, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the Mark Lynton History Prize.
Type: Awards
Prize: $10,000
By: Columbia Journalism School
🆕 European Press Prize 2024
The European Press Prize 2024 accepts entries in five categories: Distinguished Reporting, Innovation, Investigative Reporting, Migration Journalism and Public Discourse. This year the Innovation Award will focus on work that uses data in innovative ways, either in the journalistic process or in the final publication.
Type: Awards
By: European Press Prize
13th Annual Mobile Photography Awards
The Mobile Photography Awards is the longest running international competition open exclusively to photographs shot & edited on all mobile phones and tablets. Founded in 2011, it recognizes and celebrates the talent and imagery of the mobile phone photo & art communities.
Type: Awards
Prize: $10,000 in cash prizes
By: Mobile Photography Awards
🆕 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award 2024
This award was created to honor the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer and IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner Anja Niedringhaus (1965-2014). Anja was killed in an attack in Afghanistan while covering the country’s 2014 presidential election.
Type: Awards
Prize: $20,000
By: International Women’s Media Foundation