Deadline: 19 January 2024
Submissions are now open for the Advancing Democracy Fellowship to support reporters and editors in strengthening the democracy through innovative news coverage that highlights promising responses to the democracy’s challenges, and builds civic engagement, equity and healthy discourse.
The idea is to help newsrooms embrace a deep, ongoing examination of issues that will help communities see — and work toward — possibilities for building a better world. And while the fellowship will last nine months, they’re designing it to help journalists build the knowledge and skills they need to sustain new habits and practices into the foreseeable future.
Funding Information
- Every newsroom is awarded up to a $5,000 stipend to spend towards reaching their fellowship goals.
Curricula
- The fellows will receive training and support in time-tested and evidence-based reporting approaches, participate in “sprints” to apply these practices to their political and elections coverage, and catalyze change in their newsrooms. Teams of at least one editor and reporter will be required to participate in the workshops. The final dates and schedules for each workshop will be shared with finalists for the fellowship.
- Topics the workshops will cover include:
- Aligning Coverage With Your Mission
- How to Report for Good Conflict
- Solutions Journalism
- Engaged Elections & The Citizens Agenda
- Trusting News Practices
- Measuring the Impact of Your Advancing Democracy Work
Eligibility Criteria
- This fellowship program is for newsrooms, and is not designed for freelance journalists.
- This fellowship is for U.S.-based newsrooms ranging from print, digital, radio and broadcast. Preference will be given to newsrooms in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania Texas and Wisconsin and they welcome applications from newsrooms from other states as well.
For more information, visit Advancing Democracy.
