Journalists in 27 states receive funding and other support for specific investigations WASHINGTON, DC; JULY 25, 2023 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism announced today that it is making a record 44 grants in its latest round of funding. These include 22 new grants to journalists for specific groundbreaking investigations and 22 “seed” grants for early reporting and research that ...
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for grants of $1,000 to $2,500 for early reporting and research that can lead to groundbreaking investigative stories. Click here for the online application portal. Proposals are due Monday, May 22, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Journalists whose proposals are accepted will be notified and receive payment June. These grants are part ...
FIJ expands to provide “seed grants” of up to $2,500 to freelance investigative journalists for initial research and reporting NEW YORK, NY; APRIL 25, 2023 – A successful program launched by the Gumshoe Group several years ago to provide small grants to freelance reporters for early reporting that can lead to full investigative stories will move to the Fund for ...
Funding, editorial mentorship and legal support will help journalists produce groundbreaking investigative stories WASHINGTON, DC, November 16, 2022 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism today announced that its board of directors has awarded grants to reporters and media outlets for 21 new investigative projects. The new grantees are working on local, state and national investigative stories in 11 states in ...
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The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for grants to cover the expenses of investigative stories that break new ground and uncover wrongdoing in the public or private sectors. Grants are for up to $10,000 for stories on any topic.Proposals are due Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Journalists whose proposals are accepted will be notified (and ...
Colleagues,I was 23 years old and working for an underground weekly newspaper in Phoenix, Arizona, when I reported on prison guards routinely beating and torturing men held at the state prison in Florence.After my first few articles, the prison warden banned me from visiting inmates, and he ordered the prison staff to cut my articles out of newspapers before they ...
Colleagues,I was freelancing in Latin America 20 years ago when I got a tip about the massacre of 25 women and children in the Amazon rainforest. The government and local media blamed the killings on historical tribal conflicts, but my sources suggested that the logging industry might have played a role.I knew it could be a big story, but I ...
It all starts with our grantees – the reporters and investigative journalists who commit their lives to uncovering, unraveling and documenting the stories that impact the world most. From migrant abuse at the border to the Flint, Michigan, water crisis and beyond, our grantees reported on a diverse array of issues in 2019. Below, we give you a breakdown of ...
FIJ’s Board Member, Clarence Page, is celebrating his 50th-year anniversary as a syndicated columnist at the Chicago Tribune. “Few writers across the country approach politics, culture, and race with the depth and scholarship that Page brings to each of his columns,” Tribune editors wrote in an editorial celebrating Page’s tenure. His long-time editor, Marcia Lythcott, who retired from the Tribune ...