Applications open for Richard C. Longworth Media Fellowships (US)

Funding Information

• One or two fellowships in amounts ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 will be awarded to journalists focusing on global issues that affect Chicago and Midwestern readers and viewers.

Eligible Projects

• Proposed projects must include a credible plan for broad dissemination of the resulting work in Chicago’s or other Midwestern news media (print, online, and/or broadcast).
• Both staffers and freelancers should be able to demonstrate committed interest from editors and/or producers.
• For freelancers, the credibility of a distribution plan is generally most evident in an applicant’s track record working with the listed outlets.
• Please do not have editors send letters simply stating they would consider the work.
• Letters from editors and/or producers who have worked with you in the past, and are interested in working with you again, are encouraged.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Richard C. Longworth Fellowships are open to print, broadcast, and online journalists based in Chicago or elsewhere in the Midwest.
• Staff journalists as well as freelancers are eligible to apply.
• Field reporting should be from international locations and topics must be timely and of clear interest and importance to Chicago and Midwestern audiences.

Application Requirements

• A description of the proposed project and timeline in no more than 250 words.
• A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs for travel, ground transportation, lodging, meals, visas, and local reporting partner/translator fees.
• A distribution plan.
• Three samples of published work, either print or broadcast.
• Three professional references. These can be either contact information, or letters of recommendation. The latter is encouraged when letters from interested producers or editors are available.
• A copy of your curriculum vitae.

For more information, visit Pulitzer Center.