Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking applications for in-depth and investigative stories related to science misinformation, science denial, and the spread of pseudoscience.
They’re also interested in journalistic approaches to identifying and addressing the scourge of scientific misinformation and disinformation.
The Pulitzer Center is eager to support timely, in-depth journalism projects that tackle science denial and the spread of science misinformation and disinformation for its new Truth Decay grant initiative. This opportunity is open to all newsroom staff and independent journalists in the United States and abroad.
The goal of this new initiative is two-fold: 1) to expose the purveyors and platforms that spread science misinformation and disinformation with accountability journalism; and 2) to support newsrooms and journalists to develop their own innovative responses to the spread of mistruths in their communities or countries.
What they are looking for?
- They are eager to receive proposals that explore:
- How and why scientific misinformation and pseudoscience spreads and the role journalists play in exposing and countering it;
- The challenges of reporting on science with non-stop news cycles, science disinformation campaigns, and increasingly fragmented and siloed audiences;
- Who is creating the science misinformation and who is benefiting from its creation, and what forces or organizations are enabling the flows of anti-science “studies” and misinformation to circulate;
- Unique and different perspectives on pseudoscience and misinformation in mass media and society;
- This is a pilot initiative, so please propose ideas related to science and misinformation that most resonate with your audiences and communities today. They are open to all forms of investigative journalism for this initiative, from data journalism, radio and podcasts, to news and documentary videos.
- They also encourage potential grantees to bring them proposals with their most creative and innovative solutions for reaching new audiences with small, targeted packages of their reporting on a variety of platforms such as Instagram or TikTok, or anywhere your audience exists.
Who can apply?
- This opportunity is open to U.S. residents and journalists around the world. They are open to 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. They strongly encourage proposals from journalists and newsrooms who represent a broad array of social, racial, ethnic, underrepresented groups, and economic backgrounds.
For more information, visit Pulitzer Center.
