Grants

Female journalists can Apply for IWMF’s $5000 Grants

DEADLINE: JANUARY 17, 2021 — The IWMF’s Kim Wall Memorial Fund seeks to support female journalists, whose work embodies the spirit of Kim’s reporting, with $5,000 grants.

The grant will fund a woman reporter covering subculture and “the undercurrents of rebellion.”

Applicants must be affiliated or freelance women-identifying or non-binary journalists with three (3) or more years of professional experience working in news media from anywhere in the world.

Non-native English speakers must have excellent written and verbal English skills in order to fully participate in and benefit from the program.

Grants will be awarded to cover reporting-related costs including travel (flights, ground transportation, drivers), logistics, insurance, visa fees, and payment for fixers/translators.

Applications will end on January 16, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST.

APPLY HERE

MORE MEDIA AND JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES FROM I-79 MEDIA

Apply for the Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2020 ― Business journalists from across Africa are invited to submit entries for the 6th edition of the Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards. APPLY HERE

Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge 2020

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2020 ― The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is seeking proposals that develop innovative approaches to reporting on the novel coronavirus crisis using collaboration among journalists and newsrooms across state lines or national borders. APPLY HERE.

Apply for Goethe-Institut Africa-focused memory project

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021 ― Interested persons can apply for the Goethe-Institut memory project tagged Archive of Forgetfulness. APPLY HERE

Apply for Rory Peck Trust COVID-19 Hardship Fund

DEADLINE: ROLLING ― In response to the devastating impact of the pandemic, the Rory Peck Trust has created a dedicated fund to provide practical and financial support to active freelance news journalists whose work and livelihoods have been directly affected by COVID-19. APPLY HERE

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