Grants For Journalists
Funding to support your journalism career or interests.
Hello, journalists; this playlist is for YOU!
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1. [NEW] Pamela Tobey Award for Excellence in Visual Storytelling - For Journalists
Journalists who are redefining how stories are told for digital audiences are invited to apply for this award, a $1,000 prize and national recognition from the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This annual design award recognizes visual journalism that pushes the boundaries of storytelling beyond text and rewards creative uses of data visualization, interactivity, photography, videography, audio, illustration, and emerging tools.
Deadline: July 20, 2026
2. [NEW] PhillyCAM Community Radio News Fellowship - For Philadelphia Emerging Community journalists & Media Producers
PhillyCAM’s Community Radio News Fellowship is an opportunity for a group of 10 participants to create a bi-weekly radio show titled Block by Block. The radio show is a unique, mixed-format program rooted in community voices from the Philadelphia area. This opportunity is designed for a multigenerational group of emerging community journalists and community media producers in the Philadelphia region who are looking to sharpen their skills or explore new storytelling and news-gathering techniques.
While prior experience working with audio recording and editing may be helpful, it’s not absolutely required. There will be some technical training workshops built into the early portion of the fellowship. Participants will be expected to spend about 8-15 hours each month to complete their assignments. Upon completing the program, fellows will receive a $500 stipend and PhillyCAM Membership.
Deadline: July 20, 2026
3. [NEW] The Data Fellowship - For Journalists
The fellowship offers journalists an opportunity to transform their reporting by training them to “interview the data” as if it were a human source. They finish the five-month program equipped with the tools to find and obtain data and perform analyses that can yield new and important investigative insights. As part of the program, participating journalists receive one-on-one mentoring as they produce a major investigative or explanatory health reporting project or a series of individual data-driven health stories focused on issues important to their communities across the country.
This program offers training on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis, and visualization led by some of the most skilled data reporters and journalism practitioners in the nation. They teach journalists how to “bulletproof” their data, ensuring accuracy in reporting. New program components focus on using AI in data journalism.
Deadline: July 22, 2026
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