Workshops and Fellowships

These new fellowships, a collaboration between the Pulitzer Center and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, aim to promote international reporting by Chicago and Midwestern journalists. Two $10,000 fellowships will be awarded each year for the next two years. Apply by May 10, 2021.

Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources for four half-day virtual workshops, May 13, May 20, June 3 and June 10, to explore current conditions and future projections in the Great Lakes and what those changes mean for both current and future residents. Deadline: Apr 28.

Hone your voice, put your skills to work and sharpen your non-fiction prose through the lens of nature, ecology and conservation. Sign up for a free virtual writing course, May 11, 14, 18, 20 and 25, to learn directly from some of the best science and nature writers in North America today.

The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships is expanding their support of journalism that serves local communities of color by offering remote Community Impact Fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year beginning in September. Open to staffers and freelancers. Includes stipend. Deadline: May 27.

This new, paid fellowship at Vermont Law School's Environmental Law Center, Jul 12-22, 2021, is open to journalists who cover issues related to agriculture, factory farming and/or animal welfare, and related environmental/public health risks. Apply by Apr 26.

Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources for a two-day virtual workshop, Apr 22-23, 2021, to address Western wildfire issues and how we need to shift our thinking about fire in order to to live alongside it. Deadline: Apr 7.

Join Climate Central and the Center for Cooperative Media at 1:00 p.m. ET for a discussion with journalism professionals on the benefits and risks of collaborating and explain its recent growth, with a special focus on climate change coverage. You’ll hear about best practices for designing projects, selecting partners and managing the work. Includes live Q&A.

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources' Ocean & Climate Workshop Series is designed to help journalists explore ocean issues that are underreported in popular media. Deadline for the final 2021 workshop, Gulf of Mexico on Oct 6-7, is Sep 17. Reporting stipends available.