Applications open for Pulitzer Center’s Reporting Grant

They place special emphasis on projects that inform behavior and policies that improve the lives of the communities reported on.

Grant Overview

• They support projects across all media platforms and encourage ambitious proposals that combine print, photography, audio, and/or video for one or more news outlets. The most successful projects are those in which news outlets match the commitment by adding interactive or multimedia elements to enhance and showcase their original reporting.
• They encourage the applicants to think creatively about how they distribute their reporting so they may reach the communities that can most benefit from it.

Eligibility Criteria

• This opportunity is open to journalists and newsrooms around the world.
• They accept proposals from freelance journalists, staff journalists, or groups of newsrooms working in collaboration with a project idea.
• They want to make sure that people from many backgrounds and perspectives are empowered to produce journalism.
• The strongly encourage proposals from journalists and newsrooms who represent a broad array of underrepresented social, racial, and ethnic groups, as well as economic backgrounds.
• They are open to support multiple projects each year.

Ineligible

• Books (they can support a story that might become part of a book, as long as the story is published independently in a media outlet)
• Feature-length films (they do support short documentaries with ambitious distribution plans)
• Staff salaries
• Equipment purchases (equipment rentals are considered on a case-by-case basis)
• An outlet’s general expenses (for example rent, utilities, insurance)
• Seed money for start-ups
• Routine breaking news and coverage
• Advocacy/marketing campaigns.

For more information, visit Pulitzer Center.