Workshops and Fellowships

This new program will provide a year's support for one fellow to study the field of science media, experiment with successful media formats and work to expand science literacy in the general public.  The fellow will embed at WGBH in Boston, home of public media science series NOVA, beginning in Jan 2018. $82,000 stipend plus benefits. Apply by Jun 30.

The National Press Foundation is offering all-expenses-paid fellowships for a four-day training program for journalists, Jun 18-21 in Washington, DC. Issues to be examined: how  proposed budget cuts and changes at the U.S. EPA and elsewhere could affect the environment;  water use out West; the latest scientific research on the environment; the outlook for clean energy and climate treaties; how to find and use the best data to underscore your reporting on the environment; and more. Apply by Apr 24.

The Pulitzer Center, in collaboration with The New York Times and A Culture of Safety Alliance (ACOS), will cover the costs of industry-approved Hostile Environment/First Aid Training (HEFAT) courses for up to 31 freelance journalists working anywhere in the world. Apply by April 3.

This seven-month International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) fellowship gives academic and professional opportunities to advance the reporting skills of women and nonbinary journalists from any country who focus on human rights and social justice. Monthly stipend, housing, travel. Apply by Apr 21, 2024.

The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University will host a free one-day workshop on Saturday, April 1, for journalists about reporting on river issues such as pollution, wetlands, habitat restoration, water recreation, shoreline development and dam removal. Lunch is included. Enrollment is limited.

The Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy's 2024 program takes place in NYC, Jun 11-14. Free to journalists — learn about the intersecting disciplines shaping the global energy sector, including finance and markets, climate change, science and technology, policy and geopolitics. Apply by Mar 1.

The fellowships allow American and German journalists and others to research and assess pressing topics on the transatlantic agenda while engaging with their counterparts overseas: equity and social justice, urbanization, climate change, sustainability and more. $7,000 stipend. Apply by Apr 1 or Oct 2, 2023.

This National Press Foundation  expenses-paid fellowship, May 14-17, 2017, will take U.S.-based journalists to Des Moines, Iowa to learn about food labeling, growing methods, GMOs, pesticide and herbicide use, agriculture research, antibiotics, organics, sustainability and government policy. Deadline: Mar 20.

NTBG's five-day program in Hawaii provides specialized working journalists much-needed information about tropical ecosystems, providing deep background in tropical ecology to enhance the accuracy of reporting on science and environmental issues. Apply by Feb 21 for the May 12–18, 2024 program.