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Hello and welcome to another edition of Inside The Newsroom, home to more journalism opportunities than any other newsletter in the world.

Last week we talked about anticipating the emotions we might feel if we make one decision vs another. This week I want to talk about something I'm confident every single journalist has felt at some point in their careers: imposter syndrome.

Walk into any newsroom and you'll find rooms full of people who are secretly convinced they don't belong there. The investigative reporter who's won national awards but still panics before every big story, certain this time they'll be exposed as a fraud. The editor who's mentored dozens of successful journalists but worries what impact they actually have on others. The young reporter who landed a dream job but spends each day waiting for someone to realize they made a huge mistake in hiring them. Imposter syndrome in journalism is as pervasive as it gets.

What's particularly cruel about imposter syndrome in our field is how it feeds on the very nature of journalistic work. We're trained to question everything, to doubt sources, to look for holes in stories. We're conditioned to believe that there's always another angle, another source, another piece of information that would make the story better. Is it any wonder we turn that same relentless skepticism on ourselves? The more we know about journalism, the more we understand how much we don't know. The more successful we become, the higher the stakes feel, and the more terrifying the prospect of failure becomes.

I've experienced this fear first hand. It made me do things, say things, that I wouldn't have otherwise done or said had it not been for feeling like I needed to in order to prove I belonged. In my case, my generally relaxed attitude and mentality rarely got a look in, and now I even wonder how much of that "newsroom personality" transcended the newsroom and even came home with me to my personal life. The irony is that the very vulnerability we're trained to extract from sources or stories becomes something we're terrified to reveal in ourselves.

But while imposter syndrome might feel, or even be, just part of any workplace, it doesn't need to take over our lives. I've worked hard on this aspect of my life and career and, while journalism more than most industries might feel more intense, that pressure to constantly produce does not need to dictate how we carry ourselves and how we perform the task ahead of us.

So with that, let's take one step, one day and one opportunity at a time and keep the imposter in all of us locked away. Have a great week everybody.

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🆕 Women in Journalism

AI course for journalists taught by journalists

Tickets are on sale for an online Advanced AI for Journalists course taught by reporters from newsrooms including the BBC, Reuters and The Economist.

Across five sessions, you'll cover using AI to work with documents and data, getting social media scripts to sound like you, a beginner’s guide to building simple journalism AI agents and some global inspiration to take back into your own newsroom.It's being run by Women in Journalism, a not-for-profit grassroots organisation, which is reflected in the low ticket price given the calibre of speakers. You don't have to be a member (or a woman, or even a journalist!) to sign up. Tickets are £60 for members and £100 for non-members but you can also buy sessions individually. All sessions are recorded and sent out afterwards if you can’t make it live. It starts on Wednesday lunchtimes from April 15.

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Learn to Use ProPublica’s Database of Disclosures From Political Appointees

Level up your investigative toolkit with ProPublica. On April 8, the ProPublica team is hosting a special training session on their new “Trump Appointees” news app. This informational webinar will show you how to dig through financial disclosure records to find stories on debt, outside positions, and conflicts of interest within the executive branch. Learn the reporting process directly from the experts who built the database and find out how to use it in your own newsroom.

Sign up for the free webinar here

🆕 New England First Amendment Coalition

The New England First Amendment Coalition defends First Amendment freedoms and government transparency, and runs monthly online workshops aimed at journalists based across the U.S. and around the world.

Consumer Reporting 101

Type: Workshop
When: April 10, 2026
Location: Remote
Eligibility: Journalists (and non-journalists) from around the world
Registration Deadline: Rolling

Salinas Valley Now

Staff Writer

Location: Salinas, CA
Type: Full-Time
Salary: $60,000-$65,000
Deadline: ASAP

Bilingual Editor

Location: Salinas, CA
Type: Part-Time
Salary: $45,000
Deadline: ASAP

🔜 The Robert B. Silvers Foundation

The Robert B. Silvers Foundation is a charitable trust established by a bequest of the late Robert B. Silvers, a founding editor of The New York Review of Books, with the aim of supporting writers working in the fields of long-form literary and arts criticism, the intellectual essay, political analysis, and social reportage.

2026 Silvers Grants for Work in Progress

Type: Grant
Stipend: Up to $10,000
Location: Worldwide
Deadline: March 31, 2025

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🎓 Fellowships

➡️ AHCJ Freelance Travel ScholarshipAssociation of Health Care Journalists | Fellowship📍 U.S.⏰ Deadline: March 27, 2026🔗 Apply here

➡️ Mental Health and Climate Change FellowshipThe Carter Center | Fellowship📍 Worldwide⏰ Deadline: April 3, 2026🔗 Apply here

➡️ Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme 2026The Centre for Investigative Journalism | Grant📍 UK⏰ Deadline: April 6, 2026🔗 Apply here

🧠 Events & Trainings

➡️ Disagreeing Better in a Polarized World: A conversation with Julia Minson and Todd RogersShorenstein Center | Webinar📍 Cambridge, MA • 🗓️ March 26, 2026 • Free⏰ Deadline: Rolling🔗 Register here

➡️ Reporting on AI IntensivePulitzer Center | Workshop📍 Online • 🗓️ April 20-22, 2026⏰ Deadline: March 26, 2026🔗 Register here

➡️ 2026 ProPublica Investigative Editor Training ProgramProPublica | Training📍 U.S. • 🗓️ March 30, 2026⏰ Deadline: March 30, 2026🔗 Register here

🏆 Awards

➡️ Rising Star Awards 2026Printing Charity | Award📍 UK • 💰 £1,500⏰ Deadline: March 29, 2026🔗 Apply here

➡️ The 2026 CCNow Journalism AwardsCovering Climate Now | Award📍 Worldwide⏰ Deadline: March 31, 2026🔗 Apply here

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That's all for today. Have a great week and be sure to join us again on Friday for our newsletter dedicated to freelance journalism!