FIJ Announces Coronavirus Rolling Grant
We are unveiling a new effort to provide immediate emergency grants to U.S.-based freelance investigative journalists working on stories on the coronavirus that break new ground and expose wrongdoing in the public or private sector.
FIJ Reporting Grants to Support Investigative Journalists
Next deadline: Monday September 14, 2020 at 11:59pm Eastern time
The Fund for Investigative Journalism
News & Stories from FIJ Grantees and Fellows
Unpaid Internship Available: Research and Network-Building
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is hiring an intern to conduct research on its 50-plus years of grantmaking and help strengthen its network of engaged journalists nationwide. The internship is unpaid, and work will be performed remotely. The internship is...
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Meet Our First Coronavirus Grantees
In late March, the board of directors of the Fund for Investigative Journalism unveiled new emergency grants for U.S.-based freelance investigative journalists working on stories about the coronavirus. The stories must break new ground and expose wrongdoing in the...
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Board President Mark Greenblatt Speaks on How Journalists Can Secure Funding During COVID-19
FIJ's Board President, Mark Greenblatt, joined leaders from non-profit foundations supporting investigative journalism to speak about how newsrooms and journalists can secure funding in the fallout from COVID-19. Greenblatt and the panel go in-depth about what...
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Coca-Cola Skirts Restrictions as Cape Town Runs out of Water
At the beginning of 2018, Cape Town faced the very real prospect of becoming the first major city in the world to run out of water. City officials responded by dramatically increasing the cost of water to residents, fining anyone caught wasting water, and penalizing...
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Fund for Investigative Journalism Appoints Eric Ferrero as Executive Director
In its 51st year, FIJ charts course of growth with seasoned nonprofit leader who brings deep experience working with investigative journalists WASHINGTON, DC, May 11, 2020 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism announced today that its Board of Directors has...
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A Letter From FIJ President Mark Greenblatt on the Coronavirus and How You Can Support Journalists Right Now
Dear friends, The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. has surpassed one million. People I know have lost fathers, aunts and wives. The decisions our governments (at the local, state and federal levels) are making right now will literally mean the...
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Watch Our Full Webinars on Coronavirus Emergency Grants
The Fund for Investigative Journalism, The Economic Hardship Reporting Project, PEN America, along with special guests will host a webinar on Thursday, May 7, at 3 p.m. EDT to answer your questions about ongoing efforts to provide funding and support to journalists...
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Unique Reporting Project Untangles Myths Behind the Land Grant University System
Nearly 11 million acres of indigenous land. Approximately 250 tribes, bands and communities. Over 160 violence-backed treaties and land seizures. Fifty-two universities. From High Country News' Indigenous Affairs desk comes “Land-Grab Universities,” a unique reporting...
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Fund for Investigative Journalism Announces Coronavirus Rolling Grant
The Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) is unveiling a new effort to provide immediate emergency grants to U.S.-based freelance investigative journalists working on stories on the coronavirus that break new ground and expose wrongdoing in the public or private...
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FIJ Awards $91,000 to New Grantees
The board of directors of the Fund for Investigative Journalism has awarded $91,000 in grants to 11 investigative projects in its most recent round of funding. The grants will help cover the costs of reporting, such as travel, document fees, and other expenses. The...
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Heroes, Terrorists, and the Police
A small police training company owned by Chicago officers, the International Tactical Training Association (ITTA), has been training units of the police of El Salvador in the use of force, according to a recent report by FIJ grantee Danielle Mackey. According to...
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Inside Trump’s Divisive Program to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists in U.S. communities
A counter-extremism grant program funded and administered by the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security lacked transparency and deepened government mistrust among some minority communities it targeted, according to a report by FIJ grantee Julia Harte...
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