Past Opportunities

AccessFest is IRE’s annual virtual-by-design conference. The two-and-a-half-day event will take place online, October 12-14, 2023. The conference, previously branded as the DBEI Symposium, will expand on IRE’s efforts to provide more accessible training centered on belonging, equity, and inclusion in the newsroom and through better news coverage of inequities in the communities journalists serve. […]

The year-long program is intended to prepare and support a journalist of color for a solid career in investigative reporting. The program also provides an opportunity for the fellow’s news outlets to benefit from the fellow’s investigative skill-building. An underlying goal of the program is to increase the range of backgrounds, experiences and interests within […]

What does a healthy local news & information ecosystem look like in 2028 — and how do we get there? Five years ago, a broad coalition of Colorado’s higher education, business, philanthropic, civic and community leaders galvanized around the importance of sustaining local journalism for a healthy democracy. Since then, Colorado’s local news ecosystem has […]

Join us from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2023, at the Buell Public Media Center (2101 Arapahoe) for a festive reception, where COLab will unveil Amplify Colorado – a publicly accessible directory of members of communities of color with expertise and experience in subjects journalists typically cover, as well as reporter and editor […]

The place to start for data journalism beginners who want to learn the foundations of using structured data. This online mini-bootcamp offered September 18 – 21, will dive deep into the fundamentals of using spreadsheets, including navigation, formulas and functions, sorting, filtering and grouping data, plus other critical skills such as finding, gathering and cleaning […]

The LION Sustainability Audits and Funding program offers a comprehensive process for LION members to identify and respond constructively to roadblocks to sustainability within their organizations.  The program includes a thorough assessment of your news business, with recommendations and resources to help enhance organizational sustainability. The audit process consists of:  A questionnaire to define the […]

IRE’s Freelance Fellowships are awarded for non-fiction project proposals which demonstrate impact, breadth and significance. Proposals for books, documentaries, cable series and other long-form projects are eligible. IRE also accepts proposals for shorter term work such as video or audio projects for broadcast or online sites, articles for newspapers, magazines, online sites and niche news […]

Journalists can play an important role in highlighting systemic and structural forces and how they impact individuals, families and communities. This Fund supports journalism that calls attention to chronic inequities in public health and health care systems and offers up paths for change. Reporters in this program conceive and report ambitious projects on how racial […]

Do you work in data journalism? Or do you want to enter this amazing field that’s in high demand in the news industry globally? If that’s the case , the Knight Center has a great opportunity for you! The Knight Center just opened registration for “Advanced data journalism: Powerful data reporting and mapping tools,” a […]