Workshops and Fellowships

This Online News Association fellowship is open to young working journalists worldwide who are leading a digital journalism project on AI, climate or resilience. Includes a scholarship to attend the 2025 ONA annual conference, Sept 10-13 in New Orleans, mentoring, skills development and more. Apply by Jun 26.

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources, in partnership with The Uproot Project, invites applications for an expenses-paid workshop, Jul 10-12, 2025 in Chicago, for journalists of color who are interested in learning more about covering the environment. Apply by Jun 6.

This full-day workshop in Chicago is presented by the Institute for Independent Journalists, Palabra and National Association of Hispanic Journalists to help freelancers develop a sustainable independent journalism practice.

NAHJ and Apple News have partnered to give a recent graduate or early-career journalist the opportunity to work at the forefront of news and technology. The nine-month paid fellowship runs September 2025-June 2026. Location: Cupertino, California or New York, NY; remote possible. Apply by May 30.

Planet Forward filmmakers and editorial staff will take five students to remote and wild landscapes in New Mexico, July 16-20, 2025. Learn how to film and photograph the natural beauty of vast grasslands, vital riparian ecosystems, roaming bison and more. Apply by May 11.

This new three-month fellowship program for US-based, mid-career journalists was created by Ocean Nexus and Metcalf Institute, in collaboration with the Uproot Project, to advance transformative changes at the intersection of ocean governance, social justice, and equity. Apply by Apr 3, 2025.

This program, established by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), supports early-to-mid-career journalists reporting on issues at the intersection of public health and food systems. 

The East-West Center's Jefferson Fellowships comprise a three-week reporting and study tour with the goal of leveraging news media to enhance public understanding of cultures, issues, and trends in the Indo-Pacific region. 2025 theme is The Future of Food Security: Lessons from Southeast Asia. Deadline: Apr 13.

The two-year "Opening Doors Initiative," a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in public media newsrooms, will provide skills training, mentorship and paid internships for ten BIPOC journalism students, with a focus on science, health and economics reporting. Apply by Mar 23, 2025.

This spring, local news outlets across the US will become part of a national visual journalism initiative led by CatchLight and Report for America to provide inclusive, accurate and locally contextualized information to the public through accessible, high-quality visual journalism. Deadline: Feb 3, 2025.