Category: Journalism

The News Corp Media Fellowship offers international reporters and editors an immersive, hands-on experience in some of the world’s most digitally advanced newsrooms. Fellows learn firsthand how these top outlets are navigating the changing journalism landscape.  By shadowing reporters and editors across different departments, the fellows gain a comprehensive understanding of how an innovative news outlet operates in the digital age, and bring back new skills to transform their own newsrooms. 

Since 2014, ICFJ and News Corp have partnered to bring journalists from Africa, India, Mexico and Russia to the company’s newsrooms in New York (The Wall Street Journal) and London (The Wall Street Journal’s London office and The Times). ICFJ also organizes expert briefings on journalism trends and press freedom for the fellows. 

More than 1,000 journalists have applied for the opportunity to spend one month at The Wall Street Journal and/or The Times of London.

Are you a journalist with a great idea for a high-impact story that “Follows the Money” but few resources to get it done? The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism would like to hear from you.

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories with a strong economic, financial or business angle. You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply — many of our previous Fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education or the environment. Others have focused on issues such as economic inequality or corporate accountability.

Given the enormous changes in federal spending and policy priorities now coming out of the new administration in Washington DC, we are particularly interested during the Spring 2025 round of Fellowships in story proposals that examine the impact of these changes.

The upcoming deadline to apply for Spring 2025 Fellowships is April 14, 2025. 

We consider proposals from both freelance and staff journalists in all forms of media — text, audio, photo, and short-form video — and encourage those that combine formats to create a multimedia package. We look for projects that focus on important local or regional topics, as well as those that tackle compelling national or international stories or report on under-covered communities or issues. Journalists from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Winter 2025-26 issue of The Stinging Fly, due to publish in November 2025, will have a special focus on the climate crisis, where we will showcase visionary, provocative, and original new work about the climate and the endangered future of our planet. 

We now invite pitches for pieces of creative non-fiction engaging with this topic. Your pitch, which should be submitted through this form, should clearly outline what you wish to write about, how you intend to develop it, and what will make your essay effective, unique or compelling. 

Pitches will be accepted until 5pm, 31st March 2025.

We seek stories that urgently challenge mainstream narratives about who we are as a community. We strive for original and necessary journalism at all times.

What role does masculinity play in the lives of trans men & trans masc folks, butch women & nonbinary persons?

We are looking for underreported stories advancing the conversation about masculinity—its presence, performance, and possibilities.

If you are a journalist or a non-fiction writer with a story idea that explores these complex intersections of masculinity & queerness in India, we want to hear from you.

Please note that at least two years of reporting & writing experience are required for this opportunity. 

Send us a pitch of no more than 250 words providing a deft summary of your proposed story along with two published writing samples and the subject line, “Pitch on Masculinity & Queerness”, to pitches@queerbeat.org.

Last Date: April 15, 2025

I'm looking for journo pitches for @living360uk under the categories of health, fitness and wellness - they must have a strong SEO-driven hook and can be reported or first person. Please send examples of similar work. Email: mattie.lacey-davidson@aplmedia.com 

Created in 2025, the grants are awarded to proposals that demonstrate potential for significant impact, that could affect change in law or improve quality of life. The use of mapping and GIS is highly encouraged in these projects. The grants are intended to support work that will be published for United States and/or Canadian audiences. Established through the generosity of a longtime IRE member, the goal of this program is to foster investigative reporting in the medical and public health fields.

Laptop Mag is looking to add another technology news writer to its team. This is a freelance role with a monthly commision. 

If you've got experience in writing daily news about technology — laptops, software, peripherals, and the people driving change in those sectors — we're looking for a new voice who loves the pace and thrill of journalism at its most urgent.

**JOB ALERT**: Looking for experienced Digital Editors & Reporter/Producers to join Aljazeera.com's award-winning team. Preferably based in North America. Positions are remote freelance. Must have experience working for a major digital news publisher. DM me your CV if interested and please share with your network!

The Gecko Project is looking for experienced editors and investigative journalists to help us out on a freelance basis. We have lots of exciting investigations underway and need more firepower. We’re particularly keen on hearing from anyone with experience on complex investigations and running cross-cultural teams. We pay competitive rates. If this sounds interesting, drop us a CV and some info on your availability at jobs@thegeckoproject.org.

🚨hashtag#Hiring for multiple freelance writers at Athlon Sports to cover the following teams: MLB (St. Louis Cardinals & Kansas City Royals) and College (Missouri Tigers). All roles are compensated per 1,000 pageviews and are best suited for hungry, entrepreneurial content creators with sports/culture expertise. 

If interested, please email your resume, brief introduction and 2-3 writing samples to anthonykaz4@gmail.com. DMs open for questions.

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories with a strong economic, financial or business angle. You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply — many of our previous Fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education or the environment. Others have focused on issues such as economic inequality or corporate accountability.

Given the enormous changes in federal spending and policy priorities now coming out of the new administration in Washington DC, we are particularly interested during the Spring 2025 round of Fellowships in story proposals that examine the impact of these changes.

The upcoming deadline to apply for Spring 2025 Fellowships is April 14, 2025. 

We consider proposals from both freelance and staff journalists in all forms of media — text, audio, photo, and short-form video — and encourage those that combine formats to create a multimedia package. We look for projects that focus on important local or regional topics, as well as those that tackle compelling national or international stories or report on under-covered communities or issues. Journalists from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

English-speaking journalists and editors with experience working with data, audience engagement, or newsletters are welcome to apply for the webinars - the first step toward the fellowship. Journalists from all countries are eligible for the opportunity.

While reporting skills will be useful, the fellowship has a non-reporting component, instead focusing on audience, newsletter and other digital journalism skills. The selected journalist should not expect to receive bylines during their fellowship.

Applications can be found here and are open until Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST.

The GGSC is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) to support nonfiction content and reported stories related to love. We are interested in projects that extend well beyond romantic love; we define love as a deep, unselfish commitment to another person’s well-being—even to put their interests before your own.

The GGSC will distribute grants of between $5,000 and $50,000 to two dozen journalists and media producers who approach the topic of love from a variety of angles and across a range of media, including articles, videos, radio stories, podcasts, social media content, and more. The grants are part of the GGSC's Spreading Love Through the Media project, supported by a three-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation, with additional funding from Acton Family Giving and Unlikely Collaborators.

In addition to financial support, we will also connect the grantees with scientific experts who will serve as advisors to their projects, guiding them to relevant research and helping them align their work with the science of love. Grantees will participate in quarterly cohort meetings online and three in-person convenings over the course of the project period.

The submission window opens January 7, 2025, and the application deadline is 11:59 pm PT on March 24, 2025. For grant winners, the project period will run from September 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027.

Thank you for your interest in AJI’s 2025-2027 Reporting Fellowship, which will begin in September.
 
The fellowship offers aspiring journalists a two-year educational program that prepares them for careers as credible, non-partisan reporters in the nation’s capital or wherever their work may take them. Students learn core skills from respected professional reporters and editors in a classroom setting, and they gain real-world experience by working as reporters at AJI’s publication, NOTUS. Students are paid an annual stipend of $60,000 so that they can live in the D.C. area and devote their attention and energy to the fellowship. More information about the fellowship — including testimonials from current fellows and bios of AJI faculty and staff — can be found at aji.org, and you can read NOTUS here.

Applications are due February 19, 2025 at 11:59pm ET.
 
We plan to review applications in February, March and April, selecting a group of finalists to interview. We expect to tell all applicants in April whether they are moving on to the interview round. And we expect to complete interviews and notify finalists of our decisions in May. All applicants must have U.S. work authorization in order to be eligible for this fellowship. AJI fellows are not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship.
 
If you have any questions about the program or the application, please contact us at admissions@aji.org. We look forward to reading your application.