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RJI Women in Journalism Workshop 2024

The Women in Journalism Workshop is an annual workshop that focuses on challenges, accomplishments and issues specific to women in the journalism industry today. We want to help build safer,...

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COLab highlights events of interest to local journalists and to our fellow Coloradans. What are we missing? We want to hear from you. To suggest

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Info Session: Lenfest’s Beyond Print Grant Program

For the past year, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, In partnership with API, has led the Beyond Print program to support publishers as they transition away from print-centric revenue models toward a sustainable digital future. This new grant program offers up to $25,000 for news organizations to undertake experiments that will result in transformative change …

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New Innovation and Sustainability Initiative to Explore Five Wicked Problems

We are excited to announce COLab will be partnering with Colorado Press Association and Colorado Media Project on a series of media-industry-led working groups that aim to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing our industry — from growing our digital products to building pathways for a more diverse generation of journalists and more. …

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Amplify Colorado

Amplify Colorado Diverse Source Guide aims to ensure that Colorado’s local and statewide news coverage is more equitable and better reflects the communities it serves. The guide is a response to a call from community members and journalists of color who want to strengthen the relationship between newsrooms and Coloradans from diverse backgrounds of all …

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Watchdog Fund: Support for Colorado Journalists Reporting on Inequities

Colorado journalists and media makers who need access to public records in order to investigate and report on social, economic, racial and other inequities can now find support from a new “watchdog fund” established by the Colorado Media Project. Seeded by The Colorado Trust, the fund will reimburse qualified applicants for money they spend on …

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United States Journalism Emergency Fund

Requests will be reviewed on an ongoing basis in the order they were received. Learn more by visiting IWMF. The International Women’s Media Foundation has partnered with the Craig Newmark Philanthropies to establish the United States Journalism Emergency Fund to directly support U.S. journalists in need so they can resume work essential to our functioning democracy. Applicants must …

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Emergency Grants for Coverage of Threats to Democracy in the U.S.

Through the Fund for Investigative Journalism, emergency grants are available for investigative stories that break new ground and expose wrongdoing in the public or private sectors related to threats to democracy. These can include, for example, investigative stories on barriers to voting, voter suppression, misinformation, political influence in election systems, efforts to undermine the rule …

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Apply to Mentor a Vet

Military Veterans in Journalism (MVJ) is a professional association that creates community for vets, supports their career growth, and advocates for increasing newsroom diversity through hiring more vets. Are you a journalist interested in helping develop the careers of military vets in journalism? If so, apply to become a mentor. You must have three years …

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Apply for a Military Veterans in Journalism Grant

Military Veterans in Journalism (MVJ) offers Journalism Grants for quality stories about issues related to disabilities in the military veteran community. This program helps aspiring journalists grow professionally in their reporting careers and publish quality stories about issues related to disabilities in the military veteran community. Grant amounts vary depending on the story, and start …

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Receive Individual Advice on Your Local Investigative Project

ProPublica‘s Local Reporting Network (LRN), which focuses on supporting local and regional newsrooms to produce journalism that affects their communities, is hosting “Office Hours” so journalists can get advice on shaping a local investigative project.  Sign up through this form and upload a one-page description of the project or ideas you have in mind. You’ll be paired with a …

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Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors: Free Consultancy

Two-hour advice sessions for reporting and legal services FIRE offers a range of direct reporting services for individual investigative freelancers in the form of two unique programs—a FIRE Consultancy and a Virtual Newsroom.   All FIRE applicants must apply for the FIRE Consultancy. If selected, a recipient may be invited to apply for the Virtual Newsroom, which comes …

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Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors: Grants and Custom Services for Independent Reporters

FIRE offers a range of direct reporting services for individual investigative freelancers in the form of two unique programs that are used in sequence—a FIRE Consultancy and a Virtual Newsroom. Applicants would first apply to the FIRE Consultancy; and, if selected, may be invited to apply for the Virtual Newsroom, which comes with grants, as detailed below. For …

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