Workshops and Fellowships

CBC's paid, full-time, 9-month learning and development opportunity supports seven First Nations, Inuit or Métis candidates to hone their skills as storytellers in CBC newsrooms across Canada. Apply by Aug 5 or 12, 2024 (by location).

The Peace Studio Fellowship annually awards $10,000 to five artists and five journalists (US-based) who are committed to transformative social change through their work. Includes the Peace Studio curriculum and an all-expenses paid kick-off retreat. Deadline is Jun 16 for the September 2023-2024 program.

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites applications until July 28 for an expenses-paid Institute for journalists, Sep 17-23, 2023 (tentative), to explore the Klamath River Basin from southern Oregon to northern California, and investigate the impact of the removal of four dams beginning later this year.

This fellowship for US-based print, broadcast and digital journalists aims to increase public understanding of the complex, intertwined connections between the health of people, places and the planet. Includes stipend of $100,000 over 12 months plus travel expenses. Deadline: May 28, 2024.

Altavoz Lab and Environmental Health Sciences invite applications by May 15 from early-career bilingual journalists eager to report on environmental health, environmental justice and petrochemical industry impacts on communities in Texas, specifically near the Gulf Coast. $3,000 stipend and mentoring.

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites applications until Apr 28 for an expenses-paid Institute for journalists, Jun 10-16, 2023, along Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior and into Canada while exploring how we use, manage and conserve this incomparable freshwater resource and related issues.

Join Planet Forward for its 2024 Summer Seminar in Multimedia Storytelling, June 2-7 in Washington, D.C. The program, hosted by SEJ member Lisa Palmer, will be organized around storytelling techniques and tools, and topical themes. Some scholarships are available. Deadline: May 15.

The Wake Forest University Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative, June 24-28, 2024 in Winston-Salem, N.C., will welcome 4-6 early to mid-career journalists (staff or freelance) as the inaugural class of Wake Forest Mellon Environmental Justice Journalism Fellows. Stipend and expenses included. Deadline: Mar 8.

The Indigenous Journalists Association invites applications from current Indigenous, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, First Nations and Métis college students, undergraduate and graduate, pursuing media degrees. Deadline: Jan 31, 2025.

The University of Texas at Austin's weekly guest lecture series is free and open to the public, on Tuesdays, 1:30-2:45 p.m. ET, via Zoom or YouTube. Ongoing themes include climate change policy, innovation and diffusion of energy technologies, low-carbon technologies and behavioral aspects of energy consumption.