✍️✍️ Journalism Awards, Events and Fellowships Deadlines ✍️✍️ — May 12

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In today’s edition, we have an updated Journalism Awards, Events and Fellowships Deadlines Calendar with a whopping 37 listings! Some of my favorites include The International News Media Association’s 30 Under 30 Awards, Grist’s contest on writing what the future might look like by the year 2200, and The 19th’s Frances Ellen Watkins Harper year-long news fellowship.

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🚨 Featured Postings 🚨

The New York Times

Senior Product Manager, Visuals

• Location: New York, NY
• Contract: Full-Time
• Salary: $140,000-$160,000
• Requirements: 4+ years of relevant experience; 1+ year of experience working with or supporting a newsroom; An ability to collaborate with a wide set of partners; An understanding of the evolving media, technology and news landscape; Support senior newsroom editors in setting a strategy for making our news coverage more visual; Partner with visual journalists to build an insight-driven roadmap that improves editor tools and innovates on new formats at the same time.
• Deadline: Rolling

Senior Product Manager, Story

• Location: New York, NY
• Contract: Full-Time
• Salary: $140,000-$160,000
• Requirements: 4+ years of relevant experience in journalism and product-development-related skills; Experience working with, in, or supporting a newsroom; Proven ability to collaborate with a broad set of partners; Understanding of the evolving media, technology, and news landscape; Implement and enable opportunities for other teams to use and extend our core article editor in their work advancing storytelling and newsroom goals; Partner with engineering and newsroom support to prioritize work needed to ensure secure and reliable 24x7 global operations for story workflows
• Deadline: Rolling

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🐝 May 🐝

Social Data School 2023

You will learn new methods and tools for data-intensive public interest investigations and academic research, from leading academics and practitioners in the field. You will also have the possibility to use the Library and visit relevant places at the University of Cambridge.

• Type: Training
• By: University of Cambridge
• When: June 26-30
• Where: Cambridge, UK
• Cost: £695
• Deadline: May 13
• Registration

Journalism Professors Multimedia Training

The Dow Jones News Fund provides funding for full scholarships to 12 journalism instructors across the country to attend the academy hosted at the University of Texas at El Paso. The Academy teaches basic skills in multimedia reporting using a learning-by-doing model.  Participants in the academy are supported by trainers as they go out on assignment in teams in the El Paso community to produce multimedia stories that are published on Borderzine.com at the end of the workshop.

• Type: Fellowship
• By: Borderzine
• When: June 2-8
• Where: El Paso, TX
• Deadline: May 14
• Registration

Global Fact Check Fund

The International Fact-Checking Network at the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalistic excellence. It will award grants in an open competition for one or a series of programs to support third-party organizations in strengthening the capabilities of fact-checking organizations across the world.

• Type: Grant
• Grant: $25,000-$100,000
• By: Poynter
• Deadline: May 15
• Registration

Women Photograph Project Grants

These $5,000 grants will support photography projects — either new or in-progress — from visual journalists working in a documentary capacity. Five grants are available, at least one of which will be earmarked for a nonbinary or transgender photographer. Funding may be used to cover the hard costs of reporting, photographers’ creative fees, and any other expenses that support the production of new work. This grant is not meant to support the production of books, exhibitions, workshops, or other secondary materials.

• Type: Grant
• Grant: $5,000
• By: Women Photograph
• Deadline: May 15
• Registration

National Press Club Journalism Awards

The NPC seeks to recognize and honor professional journalists who produced outstanding work for the public, either independently or as employees of editorially independent news entities. Categories include humor, animal reporting, breaking news, news photography, newsletters and consumer journalism.

• Type: Award
• By: The National Press Club
• Cost: $135
• Deadline: May 15
• Registration

Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative

This fellowship for public media journalists will strengthen news leadership and ethical decision-making skills. Over nine months, participants will receive individual coaching, learn from industry experts, collaborate in small peer groups, and work on a personal project that will benefit their newsroom and their own leadership. This fellowship requires participation in twice-monthly online workshops, along with additional online meetings with peer groups and coaches and one trip to St. Petersburg, Florida, in September.

• Type: Fellowship
• By: Poynter
• When: September 11, 2023-April 17, 2024
• Deadline: May 15
• Registration

🆕 The Adaptation of International Graduates in the Journalism Industry in the U.S.A.: Natural and Legal Challenges

The panelists in the webinar will discuss the challenges international students face after graduation in journalism for getting jobs in the media industry in the U.S.

• Type: Event
• By: Society of Professional Journalists
• Where: Online
• When: May 16 | 7pm Eastern Time
• Cost: Free
• Registration

News Journalism Workshop

If you’re interested in a career in journalism, join this free, hands-on workshop that will give you a glimpse into the industry and award-winning NCTJ training. Whether you’re just starting out or thinking of a career change, this practical session is suitable for those looking to get into news, sport, online or broadcast journalism.

• Type: Training
• By: News Associates
• Where: Remote
• When: May 16 | 7-9:30pm British Summer Time
• Cost: Free
• Registration

🆕 Covering the Business of Travel

There might be fewer flights this summer and the airline pilot and labor shortage could play a factor in travel this summer — the first summer since 2019 that the U.S. isn’t under a national emergency for COVID-19. This panel will tell you what you should be looking at before summer travel unofficially starts in the coming weeks.

• Type: Event
• By: SABEW
• Where: Online
• When: May 18 | 1:00pm Eastern Time
• Cost: Free
• Registration

Resilience in Combating Misinformation

Journalists today face disinformation and misinformation challenges as well as the simultaneous eroding of public trust in institutions. They are combating overt tactics to share incorrect information and deploying strategies to prevent the spread of misinformation. As journalists’ efforts continue, they’ll discuss how to be resilient in the face of these challenges in this participatory virtual event.

• Type: Event
• By: Online News Association
• Where: Online
• When: May 18
• Cost: Free
• Registration

ONA DC: How Audience Engagement Teams Can Adjust to Changes at Twitter and Meta

Amid mass layoffs, strategic shifts and continued platform updates at Twitter and Meta since last fall, many newsrooms’ audience engagement strategies have had to shift significantly in 2023. How is your audience engagement team adjusting to these changes? Join ONA DC to talk about what’s working so far, what they’ve learned and where they’re experimenting for reaching and engaging with their communities.

• Type: Event
• By: Online News Association
• Where: Washington, D.C.
• When: May 23
• Cost: $10-$25
• Registration Deadline: May 18

IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival 2023

The 2023 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival will gather leading journalists, editors, and publishers from around the world. Under the theme “New frontiers: Press freedom and media innovation in the age of AI”, they’re focused on securing the future of news media, building on the solid footing of the past.

• Type: Conference
• By: IPI
• Where: Vienna, Austria
• When: May 25-26
• Cost: €0–€180
• Registration

Online Journalism Awards

The OJAs recognize major media, international and independent sites and individuals producing innovative work in digital storytelling. Finalists and winners are selected through a two-step process. First, industry-leading journalists and digital media professionals screen the awards to determine semi-finalists. Second, panels of judges, composed of senior-level journalism professionals, convene in August to select the finalists and winners.

• Type: Award
• By: Online News Association
• Cost: $15-$200
• Deadline: May 25
• Registration

European Local Cross-Border Investigative Journalism

This grant programme supports local cross-border investigative teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets to bring the locals to the European level as well as to local citizens all over Europe. The grant can cover working time and expenses such as logistics, travel, insurance, access to legal support, translations, access to technology and data sets, etc. Along with financial support, teams can also apply for mentorship from an experienced professional with either focus on the investigation or the need for competencies in a specific skill.

• Type: Grant
• By: Journalismfund Europe
• Deadline: May 25
• Registration

2023 NABJ-Apple News Fellowship

Apple News and the National Association of Black Journalists have partnered to give a recent graduate or early-career journalist the opportunity to work at the forefront of news and technology. The program is designed to expose the fellow to each of the key editorial areas. After an initial three-month rotation with each of the editorial teams, the fellow and mentors from Apple News will select a single focus area for the remainder of the program. The fellow will have weekly one-on-one meetings with both their manager and mentor to check in on progress and answer any questions.

• Type: Fellowship
• By: NABJ and Apple News
• When: August 2023-May 2024
• Salary: $42/hour
• Deadline: May 26
• Registration

Local Media For Democracy Grant

This pilot media funding scheme will inject €1.2m financial support to local, regional and community media who are struggling to serve the public interest in “news deserts” in Europe. News deserts are a geographic or administrative area, or a social community, where it is difficult or impossible to access reliable, diverse and independent local, regional and community media.

• Type: Grant
• By: Journalismfund Europe
• Deadline: May 27
• Registration

🆕 The 19th News Fellowship

The 19th is recruiting for its 2023-2024 fellowship cohort of the Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship. Named for the “mother of African-American journalism. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellows will spend a year working in editorial, audience, product or technology roles with full-time salaries and benefits, made possible by the generous support of Michelle Mercer and Bruce Golden. Fellows will receive on-the-job training, mentorship and development opportunities. We’ll also provide career coaching to prepare fellows for their path after their fellowship.

• Type: Fellowship
• By: The 19th
• Salary: $70,000-$75,000
• When: October 2023
• Where: Remote, U.S.
• Deadline: May 31
• Registration

🆕 5th Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication

The Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication recognizes the work of professionals and organizations in any country that have contributed exceptionally to improving public understanding and awareness of ecological issues, through the dissemination of scientific knowledge and by opening up new perspectives on nature from any disciplinary angle.

• Type: Award
• By: Biophilia
• Prize: €100,000
• Deadline: May 31
• Registration

Kurt Schork Freelance Award

Now in their 22nd year, the Awards honour American freelance journalist Kurt Schork— who was killed in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone — and recognise excellence in courageous reporting of conflict, corruption, injustice and human rights transgressions. The Freelance Award is open to journalists who travel the world’s conflict zones, usually at great personal risk, to witness and report on the impact and consequences of these events.

• Type: Award
• By: Kurt Schork Memorial Fund
• Prize: $5,000
• Deadline: May 31
• Registration

☀️ June ☀️

Mesa Refuge Residency

The Mesa Refuge has supported more than 800 writers and other creatives, mostly focused on “ideas at the edge” of nature, human economy and social equity. A Mesa Refuge residency is an opportunity to develop ideas and present them to the public. They give priority to writers focusing on nature, the human economy and social equity.

• Type: Fellowship
• By: Mesa Refuge
• When: Fall
• Where: Point Reyes, CA
• Deadline: June 1
• Registration

2023 Media Impact Forum: Stories of Community

The forum will explore the power and presence of community media and its importance for the empowerment of civil society. The day will feature thought-provoking plenaries, flash talks, breakout sessions, networking, and music featuring the makers and journalists creating change on the local level.

• Type: Conference
• By: Media Impact Funders
• Where: Remote or San Francisco, CA
• When: June 1-2
• Cost: $125-$400
• Registration

JournalismAI Discovery

JournalismAI Discovery is an interactive self-guided course that will help you understand what AI technologies can do to improve your journalism. The course is designed for journalists, editors, product managers, and newsroom people – but everyone in and around journalism is welcome to take the course. There will be no complicated maths or programming involved. JournalismAI Discovery is the perfect first step if you are a complete beginner, and a helpful refresher course if you’re familiar with the principles.

• Type: Training
• By: The London School of Economics
• Where: Remote
• When: June 13
• Cost: Free
• Deadline: June 4
• Registration

🆕 Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Prize for War Correspondents

The Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Prize for war correspondents rewards a report on a conflict situation or its consequences for civilian populations, or on a current event concerning the defense of freedoms and democracy. The report must have been produced between June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023.

• Type: Award
• By: Prix Bayeux
• Prize: €7,000
• Deadline: June 6
• Registration

2023 Collaborative Journalism Summit

This year’s Summit will take place alongside INN Days 2023 (see below) from the Institute for Nonprofit News. You’ll be treated to two days of lightning talks, workshops, and participatory discussions about a wide array of collaborative journalism topics and projects. When you register for the Summit, you'll receive a $50 discount on registration for INN Days 2023.

• Type: Conference
• By: Center for Cooperative Media
• Where: Washington, D.C.
• When: June 6-7
• Cost: $75-$150
• Registration

INN Days 2023

It’s been four years since folks last gathered together in person for INN Days. Since then, nonprofit news has sustained its growth with more people served than ever before. The 400+ newsrooms of the INN Network have emerged from the global pandemic and a tumultuous election cycle with practices and visions to address ground-shifting changes within the world and communities they serve. When you register for INN Days, you will receive a $50 discount registration for the Collaborative Journalism Summit (see above).

• Type: Conference
• By: Institute for Nonprofit News
• Where: Washington, D.C.
• When: June 8-9
• Cost: $105-$225
• Registration

🆕 Imagine 2200: Write the Future

Imagine 2200 is an invitation to writers from all over the globe to imagine a future in which solutions to the climate crisis flourish and help bring about radical improvements to our world. They’re looking for stories of 3,000 to 5,000 words that envision the next 180 years of climate progress — roughly seven generations — imagining intersectional worlds of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope. 

• Type: Contest
• Prize: $300-$3,000
• By: Grist
• Deadline: June 13
• Registration

DIG Awards 2023

The prestigious DIG Awards, DIG’s international competition that recognizes the best audio and video investigative products and funds a video investigation in the making, are back. For video products, these are based on the content characteristics of the projects and their duration and are “Investigative Long,” “Investigative Medium,” “Reportage Long,” “Reportage Medium,” and “Shorts.” For audio products, such as podcasts and radio surveys, however, the Audio category is available.

• Type: Award
• Grant: Up to €15,000
• By: DIG
• Deadline: June 15
• Registration

Science Journalism Fellowship

The fellowships enable journalists to report, in any European language, on ongoing research in the Earth, planetary or space sciences, with successful applicants receiving up to €5,000 to cover expenses related to their projects.

• Type: Grant
• Grant: Up to €5,000
• By: European Geosciences Union
• Deadline: June 16
• Registration

IRE Conference 2023

IRE’s annual investigative journalism conference includes a range of hands-on and master classes, covering topics from interviewing and cultivating sources, to analyzing your data in R and Python. For anyone interested in investigative and/or data journalism, IRE 2023 is a must-attend.

• Type: Conference
• By: Investigative Reporters and Editors
• Where: Orlando, FL
• When: June 22-25
• Cost: $100 (Students), $325 (Early bird ends April 24), $399 (Regular ends June 20), $450 (On-site)
• Registration

World News Media Congress 2023

While news interest is high, sustainability, democratic freedoms, truth and prosperity are at risk. Since 1948, the World News Media Congress has been among the most important annual gatherings of news media leaders. Spread over three days, the Congress, its various summits and fora will address key issues facing our industry. The many events, including Gala Dinner and Reception, offer unmatched networking opportunities for delegates, speakers and technology partners.

• Type: Conference
• By: World Association of News Publishers
• Where: Taiwan
• When: June 28-30
• Cost: €1,290-€2,190
• Registration

🆕 Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant Application 2023

This grant aims to tell visual stories about and by photojournalists from historically underrepresented communities. Photojournalists are invited to submit proposals for stories that focus on and explore the systemic and underreported issues in our communities, including but not limited to racial justice, climate change, environmental justice, gender equality, and human rights. Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant is extended to photojournalists worldwide, with a preference for journalists working within their own local communities. 

• Type: Grant
• Grant: $3,000
• By: Pulitzer Center
• Deadline: June 30
• Registration

PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival

PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival is a joint initiative that invites the world’s youth to submit original and creative videos focusing on the themes of migration, diversity and social inclusion. By supporting the distribution of youth-produced media, PLURAL+ recognizes youth as powerful agents of positive social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and religious divisions.

• Type: Award
• By: PLURAL+
• Deadline: June 30
• Registration

The AIBs 2023

AIB is the trade association for TV, radio and digital broadcasting. Established in 1993, AIB provides its members with intelligence, networking, lobbying, promotion and more. This year’s award categories include Presenter of the Year, Best Short Feature, Best News Coverage and Best Investigative.

• Type: Award
• By: Association for International Broadcasting
• Entry Cost: £100-200
• Deadline: June 30
• Registration

🌻July 🌻

🆕 30 Under 30 Awards

The International News Media Association aims to find 30 rising stars in news media with early career achievements, insights into innovation, ability to influence, and likely management skills across advertising, audience, business intelligence, content and product, and leadership functions at media companies. They seek outstanding individual applicants based on merit and an “30 Under 30” class that represents the diverse markets news media serves worldwide: race, creed, colour, gender, and more.

• Type: Award
• By: International News Media Association
• Cost:
• Deadline: July 15
• Registration

🌲 Evergreen 🌲

Data Journalism Grants

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for innovative data-driven journalism projects that spotlight underreported issues. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the U.S. and abroad.

• Type: Grant
• By: Pulitzer Center
• Deadline: Rolling
• Registration

Fund for Women Journalists

The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, the first funding initiative of its kind, supports journalists and journalism projects including, but not limited to, professional development opportunities, investigative reporting and media development initiatives led by women and nonbinary people.

• Type: Grant
• By: International Women’s Media Foundation
• Deadline: Rolling
• Registration

Media Innovator’s Mentorship

The International Press Institute’s Media Innovator’s Mentorship Programme creates space for sharing expertise, experience and lessons. IPI will match willing experts and media partners with individuals or newsrooms interested in mentorship. Mentorship is open to mid-career and senior journalists and other media practitioners.

• Type: Mentorship
• By: International Press Institute
• Cost: Free
• Deadline: Rolling
• Registration