Workshops and Fellowships

The Association of Health Care Journalists, the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and the Society of Environmental Journalists invite early-career, U.S.-based journalists interested in covering any or all of the three fields to ask questions about the fellowship and hear from past SHERF alumni. 1-2 p.m. ET.

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is hosting a five-day virtual workshop during the week of December 8, 2025, for communicators in India reporting on business, industry, energy and environment. Apply by Nov 13.

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is hosting a two-day virtual media workshop in English, Jan 28-29, 2026, for journalists in the Western Balkans interested in reporting on environmental threats and solutions. Attendees may receive funding for stories. Apply by Nov 12.

The Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA), in partnership with The Narwhal and IndigiNews, is offering a one-year fellowship for an early- or mid-career Indigenous journalist in B.C. Includes hands-on newsroom experience, mentorship and professional development. Deadline: Nov 2, 2025.

Join SEJ and the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) for a practical, forward-looking virtual workshop on integrating solutions journalism into your climate coverage to strengthen trust and engagement with the communities you serve. 1-2:30 p.m. ET.

The Climate Newsroom, a free training program from Covering Climate Now, will help you give your audience the climate coverage they want. The three online sessions will deliver accurate information and fact-checked language. Deadline: Oct 17, 2025.

This paid, part-time, remote fellowship program is for early-career science journalists anywhere in the world. For one year, fellows receive mentorship to plan, report and write articles for publication at The Open Notebook and become part of the TON editorial team. $6,600 stipend. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025.

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will bring journalists to Western Lake Erie, Nov 18-21, 2025, to explore the impacts Trump administration changes are having on local communities and what they mean for interests across the Basin, from agriculture, to energy, to fisheries and more. Deadline: Oct 15.

The National Press Photographers Foundation (NPPF) offers a $15,000 annual fellowship to a professional U.S. visual journalist for a project that meets the highest standards of contemporary storytelling. Deadline: Nov 14, 2025.

Apply by Oct 10, 2025 for one of two of the Association of Health Care Journalists most competitive and career-changing reporting fellowships. Join an informational webinar on Sept. 24, 2025 at 2-3 p.m. ET.