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  • DEADLINE: National Press Foundation Awards

    The National Press Foundation awards are open to journalists across the media spectrum. Winners will receive cash prizes and are honored at the NPF Journalism Awards Dinner. The awards have different criteria. NEW: U.S. Chamber Award for Excellence in Local Business Reporting; $10,000 The Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade; $10,000 The Benjamin

  • DEADLINE: Reed Environmental Writing Award

    The Southern Environmental Law Center's annual Reed Environmental Writing Award "seeks to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the South’s natural treasures by giving special recognition to writers who most effectively tell the stories about the region’s environment." There are two categories, each with a $2,500 prize: Book, for works of nonfiction

  • DEADLINE: The Alicia Patterson Foundation Program

    "The Alicia Patterson Foundation Program was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson, who was editor and publisher of Newsday for nearly 23 years before her death in 1963. One-year and six-month grants are awarded to working journalists to pursue independent projects of significant interest and to write articles based on their investigations for

  • DEADLINE: Western Journalism and Media Fellowship — Bill Lane Center for the American West

    "The Bill Lane Center for the American West has been supporting journalism about the West and its environment for more than a decade. Our Western Media Fellowships provide opportunities for journalists working in all kinds of media — newspapers, magazines, radio, television, online, multimedia, video, film, data visualization and mapping, and books. "The fellowship enables

  • DEADLINE: Scientific Outreach Grants

    "The Biochemical Society supports public engagement and outreach activities that communicate the excitement of molecular bioscience to young people and the community." Two tiers of funding are available: Up to £1,000 for one-off, smaller events Up to £2,500 for repeat, scalable and sustainable events Note: The date of the event/activity must be at least six

  • DEADLINE: Neal Peirce Foundation Journalism Travel Grants

    "We support journalists in covering under-told stories about ways to make cities and their metro regions work better for all their people. An ideal project for us to support is one where a journalist aims to inform a critical local debate by reporting on how a promising approach in another city is working. Our travel grants of

  • Balancing Hope With Hurdles: How To Cover Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

    "Solutions journalism is often rooted in optimism, but how do you tell hopeful stories without glossing over formidable challenges? Marine carbon dioxide removal pushes this tension to the limit. Approaches like Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement are *geophysically* plausible at massive scale, yet face massive scientific, political, and social hurdles that could prevent deployment. In this session,

  • Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit

    "The Outrider Nuclear Reporting Summit will gather media practitioners, national security experts, frontline communities, policymakers and scientists. This free, two-day conference and training will focus on how nuclear weapons issues intersect with artificial intelligence, community health, outer space, climate change, local economies, and the environment." The conference takes place at Titan Ranch in Vilonia, Arkansas.

  • CASW Connector Chat: How To Cover Ongoing Chaos in Science Funding

    Virtual

    Ongoing cuts and reinstatements to federal science funding, along with related lawsuits, have kept reporters hopping. At this Connector chat, top reporters Stephanie Lee of The Chronicle of Higher Education and Katherine Wu of The Atlantic will discuss how they’re managing the deluge: how they track ongoing changes, keep up with sources and select the

  • DEADLINE: U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship and International Health Study Fellowship

    "Applications are now open for two of the Association of Health Care Journalists most competitive and career-changing reporting fellowships." U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship: For mid-career journalists to keep their regular jobs while working on a major project over a 12-month calendar year International Health Study Fellowship: For experienced journalists with a focus on international

  • DEADLINE: Barcelona International Photography Festival on Human Rights and Global Justice

    "We are now open for submissions to the 5th edition of the BCN-DH photography competition, the Barcelona International Photography Festival on Human Rights and Global Justice. Once again this year, we are seeking photography projects on human rights and global justice." Categories include social justice, climate justice, gender justice and economic justice. Cash prizes and

  • DEADLINE: NPPF Alan Hagman Photojournalism Grant

    The National Press Photographers Foundation annually offers the $6,000 Alan Hagman grant to "support projects ranging from human rights to environmental issues. A creative approach to important stories that might otherwise go untold is highly valued."