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✍️ Journalism Awards, Events and Fellowships Deadlines ✍️ — September 29

Early Career Journalist Mentoring, BBC Editorial Networking Event, Election Disinformation, The Art of Graphic Journalism, Cyber Investigations Training plus dozens more

✍️ Journalism Awards, Events and Fellowships Deadlines ✍️ — September 29

Hello folks and another happy Friday to you all! There was a slight lack of new fellowships launched this week, though we did still add four. Where we really did well this week was in the realm of events and webinars, where we added 11 new listings. One not to miss for early-career journalists is The BBC’s networking event with the Morning Live Team, while I’ll be attending GIJN’s Cyber Investigations Training program, as well as RISJ’s Predictors of Psychological Distress in Frontline Journalists. Check the rest out below!

In other news, check out Tuesday’s jobs update and media news roundup, where we added around 500 new jobs at the likes of Amazon, BBC News, CNN, Condé Nast, Disney, DJNF, Eurosport, Fortune, Hearst, Nat Geo, NBC News, NPR, NYT, PRWeek, Scripps, Sky New, Virgin Radio, The Washington Post and Yahoo.

We also looked at The Guardian’s launch of its new digital Europe edition; The New York Times Sports section published for the last time; how reporting on and answering reader questions can boost traffic and subscriptions; X/Twitter’s plans to start charging all users; and how the BBC’s fact checkers separate themselves from the rest.

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The Hechinger Report

Executive Editor

  • Location: Remote, U.S.
  • Salary: $150,000
  • Requirements: 5+ years in a leadership role at a journalism organization; Track record of success overseeing high-caliber journalism with impeccable integrity; Experience managing, motivating and inspiring staff; Excellent editorial judgment and skills, and detailed understanding of different forms of journalism; Ability to work effectively and eagerly across departments, promoting a collaborative and inclusive newsroom; An understanding of the importance of the latest audience engagement strategies and methods; Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; Superior organizational skills and ability to balance many different priorities.
  • Deadline: October 22, 2023

🗓️ Awards, Events and Fellowships Calendar 🗓️

💵 Fellowships 💵

🆕 Early Career Journalist Mentoring

The John Schofield Trust’s award winning face-to-face mentoring scheme matches apprentice and early career journalists with experienced mentors from a different organisation. The scheme is an exciting opportunity for young journalists to develop their professional skills. It offers access into the industry when it can be of most help – within the first five years of a news career.

Alicia Patterson Fellowships

The Alicia Patterson fellowships are open only to U.S. citizens who are full-time print journalists, or to non-U.S. citizens who work full-time for U.S. print publications, either in America or abroad. Freelancers are welcome to apply. All applicants, including those being considered for the new Cissy Patterson fellowship for environmental or science topics, should complete the Alicia Patterson Foundation application.

McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism

This fellowship provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories that delve into critical economic, financial or business issues across a wide array of subjects. You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply; many previous fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education or the environment.

2024 Melvin M.S. Goo Writing Fellowship

This fellowship will award financial support to an individual journalist, author, or writer from the U.S. or China for a project that will enhance understanding between the two countries. The project: May be produced in either (or both) English or a Chinese language variety; Must be published or otherwise made publicly accessible in the U.S. and/or China; Must be completed and delivered by the end of 2024.

The Tarbell Fellowship

The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year programme for early-career journalists interested in covering emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence. Fellows receive a 9-month placement at a major newsroom, participate in a study group covering AI governance & technical fundamentals, and attend a 2 week journalism summit in Oxford. The programme incorporates expert speakers, feedback & mentorship from experienced journalists and networking events with experts from leading AI organisations.

Chauncey Bailey Journalist of Color Investigative Reporting Fellowship

The year-long program is intended to prepare and support a journalist of color for a solid career in investigative reporting. The program also provides an opportunity for the fellow’s news outlets to benefit from the fellow’s investigative skill-building. An underlying goal of the program is to increase the range of backgrounds, experiences and interests within the field of investigative journalism, where diverse perspectives are critically important.

BWP x Flickr and SmugMug

This is dedicated to advancing the recipient's photography practice, coupled with a two-year Flickr Pro membership and a one-year SmugMug Pro subscription. Additionally, ten deserving recipients will receive a one-year Flickr Pro membership and a one-year SmugMug Pro subscription.

MPIL Journalist in Residence Fellowship

The fellowship enables journalists with several years of experience to spend three months at the Institute. The time and duration of the stay are agreed individually. MPIL Journalists in Residence are free to pursue their own research. They are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to exchange ideas with researchers at the institute and to participate in its various work and discussion formats. The fellowship is geared towards freelance and staff journalists from all media who report and write regularly on legal and constitutional topics, or topics from politics, the economy and research-related topics.

Bill Lane Center for the American West

The Western Journalism and 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 journalists to: interact with Stanford researchers, scholars, and students; develop or work on a project of their own design; and spur new coverage and understanding of the American West.

🆕 Investigate Election Disinformation

Journalists from across the world have the opportunity to receive funding, mentorship and training to expose the money behind mis- and disinformation targeting voters, as part of the global Disarming Disinformation program. This support comes as political campaigns kick off in dozens of countries across the world, with billions of people slated to take to the polls in 2024 for landmark elections – including in the U.S., India and Mexico. 

🆕 Gwen Ifill Mentorship Program

This program is designed to address the lack of diversity in leadership positions across newsrooms in the U.S. The benefits of mentorship have been well documented, leaders who look back and help lift others up the ladder of success are sorely needed. During the nine-month program, US based fellows will be paired with mentors and have the opportunity to learn from media experts on a wide range of topics. This will be a valuable professional development opportunity for women and nonbinary journalists from underrepresented backgrounds, laying the groundwork for their success and future leadership in the news industry.

Alicia Patterson Fellowships

The Alicia Patterson fellowships are open only to U.S. citizens who are full-time print journalists, or to non-U.S. citizens who work full-time for U.S. print publications, either in America or abroad. Freelancers are welcome to apply. All applicants, including those being considered for the new Cissy Patterson fellowship for environmental or science topics, should complete the Alicia Patterson Foundation application.

ACES Scholarships

Six scholarships are awarded annually through the ACES Education Fund to students interested in a career in editing. Applicants for all ACES scholarships must be seeking degrees as enrolled college/university juniors, seniors, or graduate students at the time of the deadline.

🆕 Fund for Indigenous Journalists

To bring awareness to the crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender people (MMIWG2T), the Howard G. Buffett Foundation has given the IWMF a $750,000 grant to establish a three-year fund supporting U.S.-based reporting projects by Indigenous journalists on the issue. The fund directly supports Indigenous journalists’ reporting on violence that targets members of Indigenous nations, both on sovereign ground and in urban settings in the U.S.

🧠 Events and Training 🧠

🆕 Morning Live Editorial Networking Event

The BBC has a fantastic networking opportunity to meet the Morning Live team in Manchester. The team will be hosting an informal networking event for a chance to meet with hiring managers, senior leaders and peers working in the Studio and Films team. If you're an Editorial freelancer from Researcher level up only, we want to hear from you! – Including Aps, Producers, PDs and Edit Producers.

Oxford Climate Journalism Network

The course is designed for reporters from all beats, desks and formats that are interested in improving their coverage of climate change. The course aims to broaden the scope of climate change journalism. As a result, journalists, multimedia reporters, photographers and editors from beats such as sports, business and politics are encouraged to apply. Only practising journalists should apply.

National FOI Summit 2023

Join for an annual gathering of access professionals, transparency advocates, journalists and anyone else who knows that open government is good government.

  • Type: Conference
  • By: National Freedom of Information Coalition
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 3-5
  • Cost: $25 (members) or $30 (non-members)
  • Registration

🆕 Fall Health Coverage: What Two Experts Want Journalists To Know In a Time of Vaccine Fatigue

Vaccine fatigue is real, but there are multiple new angles to explore when covering health issues in your community this fall. Cooler weather is traditionally when respiratory diseases — like the flu, colds, and COVID-19 — flourish. With so much misinformation and misunderstanding circulating on social media about new vaccines and health topics, journalists will continue to play an essential role in providing crucial information that people need to care for themselves and their families. Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute for a discussion with two prominent health experts on what journalists need to know regarding vaccines and current health issues this fall.

  • Type: Event
  • By: The National Press Club
  • When: October 4 | 12:30-1pm Eastern Time
  • Where: Washington, D.C.
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration

🆕 Cyber Investigations Training

Our interconnected world means that digital threats impact just about every beat and area of coverage. Disinformation, trolling, malware, spyware and other forms of digital deception and tracking target the public and newsrooms more than ever before. In this training course, reporters from around the world will learn how to investigate the digital environment in order to understand and expose attacks and manipulation. The goal is to provide them with the expertise needed to deliver cyber investigations across a range of beats and topics. 

🆕 The Art of Graphic Journalism

Learn from KC Schaper is a projects editor who leads innovative cross-platform storytelling and strategy at the Washington Post. She was the editor of the project Searching for Maura, a moving illustrated story that traces the missing remains of a woman from the Philippines taken to the US for the World’s Fair in 1904, and was published as an immersive comic and an animated video. Schaper will speak about the project and explain how it was reported and produced. 

  • Type: Webinar
  • By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 11 | 1-2pm UK Time
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration

Women in Visual Journalism Conference

The National Press Photographers Association is dedicated to the advancement of visual journalism.

  • Type: Conference
  • By: National Press Photographers Association
  • Where: Dallas, TX
  • When: October 15
  • Cost: $10 (student members), $20 (student non-members), $75 (professionals)
  • Registration

SRCCON 2023

SRCCON is for people who want to transform the ways journalism and tech work in their organizations and communities. Its schedule is built around hands-on sessions, conversations, and workshops focused on the practical challenges that news technology and data teams encounter every day.

  • Type: Conference
  • By: OpenNews
  • Where: Minneapolis, MN
  • When: October 17-18
  • Cost: From $250 (some free scholarship tickets available)
  • Registration

🆕 Predictors of Psychological Distress in Frontline Journalists

In this seminar Dr. Anthony Feinstein, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and author of a recent academic article about the predictors of psychological distress in frontline journalists, will unpack his analysis of 1,103 frontline journalists who covered several conflicts from 2000 to 2022. He’ll be joined by Colombian journalist Laura Dulce Romero, who will discuss whether new journalistic formats can offer a practical solution for those who are most at risk.

  • Type: Webinar
  • By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 18 | 1-2pm UK Time
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration

🆕 Trust Conference

Trust Conference offers an exclusive opportunity to hear world-leading experts, innovators and activists share their insights into pressing global issues including media freedom, the impact of technology on human rights, socio-economic inclusion and the climate emergency. 

For the first time, this year's conference is free to attend.

  • Type: Conference
  • By: Thomson Reuters Foundation
  • Where: London, UK
  • When: October 19-20
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration

RTDNA Leadership Lab

This one-day event will focus on the leadership skills you need to tackle recruitment and retention in your newsroom, to show up as a more productive and authentic leader from wherever you are, and to lead in a culture that benefits employees and the communities you serve. As an added bonus, mingle with other journalists and meet with journalism students interested in their future career plans.

Skill Up @ SABEW 2023

SABEW, the leading association for business journalists, has assembled a top-notch workshop entirely focused on helping you sharpen your skills. The day will conclude with a wine-and-cheese mixer.

  • Type: Workshop
  • By: SABEW
  • Where: New York (The Wall Street Journal Newsroom)
  • When: October 20 | 12:45-6pm Eastern Time
  • Cost: $74 (members), $99 (nonmembers); Students: $29 (members), $49 (nonmembers)
  • Registration

How to Pitch to Editors with the Guardian’s Toby Moses

Toby Moses, the head of newsletters and former deputy opinion editor at the Guardian, will teach you everything from how to write the perfect pitch email to an editor, to how to increase your chances of getting recommissioned, in this practical and informative online workshop.

  • Type: Training
  • By: The Guardian
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 20 | 2-4:30pm UK Time
  • Cost: £99
  • Registration

IRE Phoenix Workshop

Elevate your investigative and data skills. Whether you're a reporter, student, editor, educator, producer, freelancer or all of the above and then some — you'll be guaranteed a plethora of new tips, tricks, and skills for your tool belt, ideas for your next story and connections with some of the top investigative and data journalists in the country.

  • Type: Training
  • By: Investigative Reporters and Editors
  • Where: Tempe, AZ (Arizona State University)
  • When: October 20-21
  • Cost: $25 (students) or $75 (professional)
  • Registration

🆕 Early Childhood Reporting Institute

This four-day global reporting institute will bring together journalists from around the world for panels, workshops, and skills-based training by leading researchers, clinicians, and child development experts and practitioners, as well as journalist-to-journalist conversations on how to translate these issues and themes into meaningful stories and salient, cross-cutting news coverage. The institute will offer opportunities for knowledge sharing, source development, and peer-to-peer learning and continue to grow a global network of journalists dedicated to reporting on young children and caregivers with insight, accuracy, sensitivity and depth.

🆕 Unpacking Canada’s Cruel History

Connie Walker is a Canadian Indigenous investigative journalist and the host of Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's, a ground-breaking podcast produced by Gimlet which won a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody Award in 2023. The show follows Walker as unearths how her own family was impacted by one of Canada's darkest chapters: the residential school system. In this seminar Walker will share what she learnt when reporting the story and reflect on the issues raised by the show. Walker grew up in the Okanese First Nation and has worked for Canadian public broadcaster CBC, where she produced several investigative podcasts. 

  • Type: Webinar
  • By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 25 | 1-2pm UK Time
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration

The Fundamentals of Cartography

Every map tells a story. They are detailed, sophisticated tools that reveal more about human nature than we may realise — from where our ancestors settled and why, to the rise of political movements, the spread of disease and trends in our changing climate. The key is knowing how to read them. In this masterclass with experts from Ordnance Survey, you will take a look ‘under the cover’ of a map sheet and investigate all its elements.

  • Type: Training
  • By: The Guardian
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 25 | 5-8pm UK Time
  • Cost: £99
  • Registration

Writing Opinion Pieces, With Polly Townbee and Tim Dowling

We’ve all got an opinion about virtually everything, but how can you communicate your viewpoint with originality and confidence, and in a voice that is uniquely yours? What is the difference between writing an opinion piece that’s grounded in first-hand research, and writing a regular column that draws on your life experiences? In this masterclass with Polly Toynbee and Tim Dowling, you will learn the key steps for getting your opinions down — and then out into the world.

  • Type: Training
  • By: The Guardian
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 30 | 6:30-8:30pm UK Time
  • Cost: £65
  • Registration

R for Data Analysis

R is a free, open-source and powerful programming language for cleaning, analyzing and visualizing data, as well as statistical analysis. This bootcamp will cover all those skills, starting with the building blocks of importing and performing basic analysis on data. This bootcamp is for anyone who is familiar with the basics of analyzing structured data and wants to learn a programming language that specializes in visualization and statistical analysis.

  • Type: Training
  • By: Investigative Reporters and Editors
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 30-November 2
  • Cost: $200 (students/freelancers) or $300-$600 (professional/educators)
  • Registration

🆕 Networking Africa's Investigative Journalists

On 1 November 2022, 19 African investigative journalists from 14 countries came together to form the Network of African Investigative Reporters and Editors (NAIRE). Their goal was to “establish in the investigative journalism profession in Africa a more systemic focus, moving away from (the focus on) corrupt events and corrupt individuals towards questioning the institutions of the African (postcolonial) state.” On the first anniversary of NAIRE's launch, RISJ will host a seminar with one of its founders, Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

  • Type: Webinar
  • By: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
  • Where: Online
  • When: November 1 | 1-2pm UK Time
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration

Tribute To Journalists 2023

This event will honor the achievements of brave colleagues whose passion and perseverance have made a huge impact. Many are intrepid reporters who often put their lives on the line to bring us the news. Today they face unprecedented challenges, and need our help — and recognition — more than ever.

  • Type: Event
  • By: International Center For Journalists
  • Where: Online and Washington, D.C.
  • When: November 2 | 6pm Eastern Time (In-Person), 7:45pm Eastern Time (Online)
  • Registration

🆕 News Product Management Certification Application

The News Product Management Certification is a rigorous, part-time virtual training. This course is for mid- to senior-level news professionals who are passionate about solving complex problems in the news industry with product solutions, who have some product experience from working on editorial products, and may work in mid-level or senior roles from any part of the organization, including editorial, technology, audience and revenue positions.

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.

🏆 Awards 🏆

National Press Foundation Annual Awards

The National Press Foundation recognizes and encourages excellence in journalism through its awards and fellowships. Awards include: The Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress; The Innovative Storytelling Award; The Feddie Reporting Award for outstanding coverage of federal laws or regulations and their effect on local communities; The Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade; The Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons; The AARP Award for Excellence in Journalism on Aging.

2024 Pulitzer Book Contest

The Pulitzer Prizes for Books are awarded to work in Fiction, U.S. History, Biography, Memoir or Autobiography, Poetry and General Nonfiction. For the 2024 competition, the criteria for entry in all categories remain the same: Eligible titles must be first published in the United States during calendar year 2023, and made available in hardcover or bound paperback for purchase by the general public. Authors in all categories except U.S. History must be American citizens.

James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public

The purpose of this award is to recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding reporting directly to the public which materially increases the public's knowledge and understanding of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields.

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