Please join us next Friday, November 21, at noon Eastern for a free webinar on how to obtain and use prison litigation records in investigative reporting. The webinar will include information on how to get funding and legal help for these stories. Click here to register for this free webinar. Freelance journalist Beth Shelburne will share how she spent a ...
WASHINGTON, DC; Nov. 12, 2025 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism announced today that it is providing 53 new grants to journalists for groundbreaking investigations. The grants cover the expenses of specific investigative stories, and recipients can also receive free editorial and legal support. The new group of grants is the largest in the Fund’s 56-year history – a reflection ...
Please join us next Friday, October 31, at noon Eastern for a free webinar on how to cover police misconduct in shelters for homeless people and migrants. This webinar will include information on how to get funding for these investigations. Click here to register for this free webinar. Sammy Sussman will share how he uncovered a long-running pattern of abuse ...
Please join us Wednesday, Sept. 17 at noon Eastern for a free webinar on how to cover systemic police brutality and how to get funding for investigative projects. Click here to register for this free webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2TQsZooBRYqhL4UoP9vcKA You’ll talk with: Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield, who exposed a decades-long pattern of brutality inside the Rankin County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Office. Deputies, ...
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for regular grants (up to $10,000 for full investigative stories) and seed grants for early reporting (up to $2,500). Proposals for regular grants are due on Sept. 8 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and applications for seed grants are due on Sept. 15 at 11:59 p.m. Details are below. Details on two types ...
As you likely know by now, we lost a giant in the field of investigative journalism last week, with the passing of Morton Mintz at the age of 103. A longtime investigative reporter at The Washington Post and the author of 10 books, Mort served as president of the Fund for Investigative Journalism’s Board of Directors for several years in the 1990s. If ...
WASHINGTON, DC; July 16, 2025 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism announced today that it is providing 49 new grants to journalists for groundbreaking investigations. The grants cover the expenses of specific investigative stories, and recipients can also receive free editorial and legal support. “With this newest group of grantees, we now have 265 open grants across the country – ...
Please join us next Friday, June 27, at noon Eastern, for a free webinar on how to produce investigative podcasts – including how to get funding for these projects. Click here to register for this free webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z5sg_y4MRKSRAXdbN7pdEQ#/registration Katie Thornton will discuss how she investigated the spread of anti-democracy conspiracy theories and neo-Nazi hate via radio – and how regulators have ...
Please join us next Friday, May 30, at noon Eastern for a free webinar with tips and resources for investigating “cold cases.” Click here to register for this free webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hjIHXh2ETK2WvkvioFa_Bw#/registration Two of our recent grantees will share how they investigated decades-old civil rights “cold cases” and uncovered new leads. They’ll share tips and resources for other journalists who want to ...
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for regular grants (up to $10,000 for full investigative stories) and seed grants for early reporting (up to $2,500). Proposals for regular grants are due on May 5 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and applications for seed grants are due on May 9 at 11:59 p.m. Details are below. Free coaching on grant ...