Deadline: 30th of September 2023 | McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism (maximum $15 000)
You have a fantastic concept for a high-impact story that “Follows the Money,” but you lack the funding to make it happen. Please get in touch with the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. Apply right away!
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The Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center for Business Journalism offers seasoned journalists grants up to $15,000 as well as the editorial assistance required to produce in-depth enterprise and investigative stories that explore important economic, financial, or business issues across a wide range of topics. You don’t have to cover business to be considered; several of the prior Fellows were generalists or covered beats like health care, education, or the environment. Others have concentrated on topics like corporate accountability or economic injustice.
Grant
Each initiative may receive a grant from the Fellowship of up to $15,000. The precise sum will be determined by how long it takes to execute the job and by the costs involved.
Eligibility
- Open to anybody with at least five years of relevant professional journalism experience.
- Additionally to reporters and editors who are currently employed by news organizations or journalistic non-profits, they also help freelance journalists.
- In the latter scenario, journalists and editors can directly apply under the name of their company.
Application
- Through the associated web form, applicants should submit a well-focused story proposal of no more than three pages. Consider it a pitch, similar to what you would send to an editor at a newspaper, magazine, audio, or digital outlet: provide sufficient initial reporting and supporting evidence to show that the story is credible.
- The proposal should emphasize the story’s novel and noteworthy aspects as well as its significance and prospective effects. The proposal should also indicate where important articles on the subject have appeared elsewhere and how it differs from those tales. A recommended reporting strategy and a projected completion date for the story should also be briefly described by applicants. However, if you do have a media source in mind, mention it in your proposal even if you don’t necessarily need to have it before you apply.
- Candidates should also include three samples of their journalism.
- The examples should be works that have been professionally published and demonstrate your capacity to tell a complex tale in the suggested media. Additionally, send organizers a current CV.
- There are no references required at the time of entry, but those who are selected as finalists will be expected to submit recommendations from two editors or other people familiar with their work.
- Candidates for freelance work whose inability to obtain references can consider solutions with the McGraw Center.
For More Information:
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McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism (maximum $15 000)
