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Awards

Northern Writing Prize

"The Northern Writing Prize was established in 2018, to help writers, photographers, and artists tell stories about the North. This year, we’re excited to bring back the contest in collaboration with the Northern Journalism Training Initiative (NJTI). The winner will receive $600 for a feature article, photo essay, or graphic narrative that examines the politics, culture, environmental issues, and/or activism present in Canada’s North. The best pitch will be selected by Briarpatch’s staff, and developed into a feature that will be published in the Spring 2026 issue of Briarpatch Magazine. The winner will also receive one mentoring session with NJTI to develop their draft. Briarpatch seeks to publish writing on social and environmental justice – we’re interested in decolonization, land defense, feminism, poverty, and workers’ rights, among other topics." Deadline: March 1, 2026.
Awards

Northern Writing Prize

Summary:
"The Northern Writing Prize was established in 2018, to help writers, photographers, and artists tell stories about the North. This year, we’re excited to bring back the contest in collaboration with the Northern Journalism Training Initiative (NJTI). The winner will receive $600 for a feature article, photo essay, or graphic narrative that examines the politics, culture, environmental issues, and/or activism present in Canada’s North. The best pitch will be selected by Briarpatch’s staff, and developed into a feature that will be published in the Spring 2026 issue of Briarpatch Magazine. The winner will also receive one mentoring session with NJTI to develop their draft. Briarpatch seeks to publish writing on social and environmental justice – we’re interested in decolonization, land defense, feminism, poverty, and workers’ rights, among other topics." Deadline: March 1, 2026.
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How To Pitch Type Investigations

"Type Investigations is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to transforming the field of independent investigative journalism. We produce high-impact reporting in partnership with print, broadcast, and digital media outlets — allowing us to bring our work to a wide range of audiences. We are particularly interested in pitches on the following topics: erosion of rights, political influence and corporate malfeasance, and climate change and environmental justice. Written features generally run between 3,000 and 5,000 words — though we do publish articles that are shorter and longer. Typical budgets range from $3,000 to $6,000."
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How To Pitch Type Investigations

Summary:
"Type Investigations is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to transforming the field of independent investigative journalism. We produce high-impact reporting in partnership with print, broadcast, and digital media outlets — allowing us to bring our work to a wide range of audiences. We are particularly interested in pitches on the following topics: erosion of rights, political influence and corporate malfeasance, and climate change and environmental justice. Written features generally run between 3,000 and 5,000 words — though we do publish articles that are shorter and longer. Typical budgets range from $3,000 to $6,000."
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Organization

The COALESCE Project

"The COALESCE [Coordinated Opportunities for Advanced Leadership and Engagement in Science Communication in Europe] project is funded by the European Commission (EC) to establish a self-sustaining European Competence Centre for Science Communication, and an associated Science Communication Academy that will be a part of the Competence Centre. COALESCE seeks to decrease the distance in European societies to scientific understanding and address issues concerning public distrust and policy responses to scientific crises. It will do so by building on and adding to existing forms of excellence in science communication, public engagement with sciences and co-creation practices."
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The COALESCE Project

Summary:
"The COALESCE [Coordinated Opportunities for Advanced Leadership and Engagement in Science Communication in Europe] project is funded by the European Commission (EC) to establish a self-sustaining European Competence Centre for Science Communication, and an associated Science Communication Academy that will be a part of the Competence Centre. COALESCE seeks to decrease the distance in European societies to scientific understanding and address issues concerning public distrust and policy responses to scientific crises. It will do so by building on and adding to existing forms of excellence in science communication, public engagement with sciences and co-creation practices."
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Fellowships & Grants

Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists

Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future

"CLF established the Food Systems and Public Health fellowship for Journalists in 2024 with the goal of helping early-to-mid career journalists learn about and navigate the complexity of issues at the intersection of public health and food systems, with a special focus on issues associated with food animal production. The fellowship aims to cultivate a supportive network for journalists who are striving to report on under-communicated stories that reflect the interrelationship of food production, the public’s health, and the promise of healthy, just, equitable, and sustainable food systems. Preference will be given to journalists with seven or fewer years of experience on the food systems beat, and staff and freelance journalists across all media platforms are eligible to apply. Fellows are also eligible to apply for a reporting grant. The 2026-2027 cohort will begin in Baltimore, Maryland, with an in-person event from June 2 to 5, 2026. The fellows’ costs for travel to Baltimore, lodging, and meals will be covered." Deadline: March 1, 2026.
Fellowships & Grants

Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists

Summary:
"CLF established the Food Systems and Public Health fellowship for Journalists in 2024 with the goal of helping early-to-mid career journalists learn about and navigate the complexity of issues at the intersection of public health and food systems, with a special focus on issues associated with food animal production. The fellowship aims to cultivate a supportive network for journalists who are striving to report on under-communicated stories that reflect the interrelationship of food production, the public’s health, and the promise of healthy, just, equitable, and sustainable food systems. Preference will be given to journalists with seven or fewer years of experience on the food systems beat, and staff and freelance journalists across all media platforms are eligible to apply. Fellows are also eligible to apply for a reporting grant. The 2026-2027 cohort will begin in Baltimore, Maryland, with an in-person event from June 2 to 5, 2026. The fellows’ costs for travel to Baltimore, lodging, and meals will be covered." Deadline: March 1, 2026.
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Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future

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Workshop

Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop

The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York

"Join a community of writers, improve your craft, and reimagine how you think about nature. Guided by award-winning instructors, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop provides an intimate space to connect with writers, artists, and editors, spark creativity, and renew, illuminate, and deepen your relationship with place. This week-long workshop is cosponsored by the Omega Center for Sustainable Living. Whether your passion is nonfiction, fiction, or poetry, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop is a creative laboratory for anyone seeking to reflect their environments through their work. The course features breakout sessions dedicated to intensive craft practice, faculty readings and lectures, student readings, and panels on publishing."
  • Apply for the June 14-19, 2026 workshop by May 1, 2026.
  • Early bird tuition rate ends March 15.
  • Limited financial aid is available. Deadline to apply for a scholarship is March 1.
Workshop

Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop

Summary:
"Join a community of writers, improve your craft, and reimagine how you think about nature. Guided by award-winning instructors, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop provides an intimate space to connect with writers, artists, and editors, spark creativity, and renew, illuminate, and deepen your relationship with place. This week-long workshop is cosponsored by the Omega Center for Sustainable Living. Whether your passion is nonfiction, fiction, or poetry, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop is a creative laboratory for anyone seeking to reflect their environments through their work. The course features breakout sessions dedicated to intensive craft practice, faculty readings and lectures, student readings, and panels on publishing."
  • Apply for the June 14-19, 2026 workshop by May 1, 2026.
  • Early bird tuition rate ends March 15.
  • Limited financial aid is available. Deadline to apply for a scholarship is March 1.
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The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York

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Article

Communicating Uncertainty to Non-Experts: A Good Problem To Tackle

"Uncertainty in geosciences is an inherent part of scientific processes and assessments, propagating throughout the entire workflow (Pérez-Díaz et al., 2020). As scientists, we are used to seeing error bars, confidence intervals, or statistical indicators that tell us how robust our models or measurements are (Padilla et al., 2021). The challenge arises when we need to communicate these scientific results outside our circle of peers. We may hesitate, worrying that non-experts will misunderstand or misinterpret our uncertainty statements, and therefore prefer to omit them from reports or presentations. This hesitation becomes even stronger when our audience includes stakeholders who must make important decisions, such as those made during a crisis. In this case, the pressure to 'not get it wrong' increases. Yet withholding uncertainty can have worse consequences: choosing not to communicate uncertainty means accepting the risk that decision makers will have to guess, instead of using our best (though imperfect) judgment." See the key messages from a EGU General Assembly 2025 session on May 1.
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Communicating Uncertainty to Non-Experts: A Good Problem To Tackle

Summary:
"Uncertainty in geosciences is an inherent part of scientific processes and assessments, propagating throughout the entire workflow (Pérez-Díaz et al., 2020). As scientists, we are used to seeing error bars, confidence intervals, or statistical indicators that tell us how robust our models or measurements are (Padilla et al., 2021). The challenge arises when we need to communicate these scientific results outside our circle of peers. We may hesitate, worrying that non-experts will misunderstand or misinterpret our uncertainty statements, and therefore prefer to omit them from reports or presentations. This hesitation becomes even stronger when our audience includes stakeholders who must make important decisions, such as those made during a crisis. In this case, the pressure to 'not get it wrong' increases. Yet withholding uncertainty can have worse consequences: choosing not to communicate uncertainty means accepting the risk that decision makers will have to guess, instead of using our best (though imperfect) judgment." See the key messages from a EGU General Assembly 2025 session on May 1.
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Iris Schneider Pérez and Solmaz Mohadjer

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EGU GeoLog

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January 12, 2026

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Podcast

For $1/Word, Science Friday Wants Enterprise Stories That Spark Curiosity

Institute for Independent Journalists

"Robin Kazmier is senior digital editor for Science Friday, overseeing the digital operation for the beloved radio show that’s broadcast to more than 500 public radio stations across the country. An experienced science journalist in her own right, Kazmier shares the secrets to a successful Science Friday story with IIJ leader Erika Hayasaki. Kazmier accepts submissions in English and Spanish, and seeks enterprise stories about the surprising ways science helps people understand the world around them."
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For $1/Word, Science Friday Wants Enterprise Stories That Spark Curiosity

Summary:
"Robin Kazmier is senior digital editor for Science Friday, overseeing the digital operation for the beloved radio show that’s broadcast to more than 500 public radio stations across the country. An experienced science journalist in her own right, Kazmier shares the secrets to a successful Science Friday story with IIJ leader Erika Hayasaki. Kazmier accepts submissions in English and Spanish, and seeks enterprise stories about the surprising ways science helps people understand the world around them."
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Institute for Independent Journalists

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The Freelance Journalism Podcast

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January 26, 2026

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Fellowships & Grants

Shackelford Shines Stipend

"The Tiffany Shackelford Foundation provides up to 10 stipends each year to support individuals in the journalism community. These stipends are aimed at helping you attend events and programs that will let your talents shine and enhance your skills as innovative editors, reporters, technologists, or similar roles. Stipends of up to $599 to individuals (not employers) to help offset travel and/or registration costs for training, workshops, and events. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit your application using the form below no less than 45 days before you need the stipend approved. These stipends are intended to advance the educational and social welfare opportunities for US-based women and underrepresented people in journalism. People working at the intersection of journalism and technology are encouraged to apply."
Fellowships & Grants

Shackelford Shines Stipend

Summary:
"The Tiffany Shackelford Foundation provides up to 10 stipends each year to support individuals in the journalism community. These stipends are aimed at helping you attend events and programs that will let your talents shine and enhance your skills as innovative editors, reporters, technologists, or similar roles. Stipends of up to $599 to individuals (not employers) to help offset travel and/or registration costs for training, workshops, and events. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit your application using the form below no less than 45 days before you need the stipend approved. These stipends are intended to advance the educational and social welfare opportunities for US-based women and underrepresented people in journalism. People working at the intersection of journalism and technology are encouraged to apply."
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Events

Webinar With the Datajournalists From Oxpeckers

"During the session, Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism will be demonstrating how to incorporate data into environmental investigations. They will introduce the organisation and the way they work, and showcase some of their digital tools, including #PowerTracker (renewable energy), #WildEye (wildlife trafficking) and #MineAlert (mining licences) to show how data can uncover hidden environmental harms. An Oxpeckers journalist, Andiswa Matikinca, will also walk participants through her award-winning investigation into lithium smugglers as a real-world example of data in action."
  • When: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 @ 17:00 CET / 11 am EST / 8 am PST
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Webinar With the Datajournalists From Oxpeckers

Summary:
"During the session, Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism will be demonstrating how to incorporate data into environmental investigations. They will introduce the organisation and the way they work, and showcase some of their digital tools, including #PowerTracker (renewable energy), #WildEye (wildlife trafficking) and #MineAlert (mining licences) to show how data can uncover hidden environmental harms. An Oxpeckers journalist, Andiswa Matikinca, will also walk participants through her award-winning investigation into lithium smugglers as a real-world example of data in action."
  • When: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 @ 17:00 CET / 11 am EST / 8 am PST
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European Competence Centre for Science Communication

"The role of the EU Competence Centre for Science Communication is to further develop and mainstream science-communication knowledge and to foster connections between society and science, including the related fields of technology, engineering and mathematics (together known as STEM). It will produce open-access resources and tools to achieve high-quality, evidence-based and interdisciplinary science communication. As part of the Competence Centre, the SciComm Academy will provide bespoke science communication training to interested groups such as researchers, science communicators and journalists. The Competence Centre is virtual in nature, represented by national and regional hubs in countries across Europe." The goal is for the Centre to be fully established by March 2027.
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European Competence Centre for Science Communication

Summary:
"The role of the EU Competence Centre for Science Communication is to further develop and mainstream science-communication knowledge and to foster connections between society and science, including the related fields of technology, engineering and mathematics (together known as STEM). It will produce open-access resources and tools to achieve high-quality, evidence-based and interdisciplinary science communication. As part of the Competence Centre, the SciComm Academy will provide bespoke science communication training to interested groups such as researchers, science communicators and journalists. The Competence Centre is virtual in nature, represented by national and regional hubs in countries across Europe." The goal is for the Centre to be fully established by March 2027.
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Article

5 Actionable Ways To Find Health IT Stories in 2026

"Health information technology is an ever-evolving field with plenty of subtopics ripe for news coverage. If you are looking to incorporate health IT into your reporting, or you’re just getting started as a general reporter who periodically tackles health IT, here are some suggestions for finding story ideas. "
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5 Actionable Ways To Find Health IT Stories in 2026

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"Health information technology is an ever-evolving field with plenty of subtopics ripe for news coverage. If you are looking to incorporate health IT into your reporting, or you’re just getting started as a general reporter who periodically tackles health IT, here are some suggestions for finding story ideas. "
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Karen Blum

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Association of Health Care Journalists

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January 16, 2026

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Fellowships & Grants

Club of Rome Communications Fellowship

"The fellowship is a seven-month mentoring programme aimed at increasing the diversity of voices covering sustainability issues and supporting early-career communications professionals from Most of the World: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The fellowship will be a remote placement with the successful fellow working from their home environment and with one trip to meet members of the Club of Rome team. The fellowship offers a modest stipend towards living costs and includes work-related travel costs. There are two positions available." Deadline: Feb. 20, 2026.
Fellowships & Grants

Club of Rome Communications Fellowship

Summary:
"The fellowship is a seven-month mentoring programme aimed at increasing the diversity of voices covering sustainability issues and supporting early-career communications professionals from Most of the World: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The fellowship will be a remote placement with the successful fellow working from their home environment and with one trip to meet members of the Club of Rome team. The fellowship offers a modest stipend towards living costs and includes work-related travel costs. There are two positions available." Deadline: Feb. 20, 2026.
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