McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism – Spring 2025 (up to $15,000) – YOA

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Are you a journalist with a terrific thought for a excessive-affect story that “Follows the Money” however few assets to get it finished? Applications are open for the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism – Spring 2025.

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism offers skilled journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial help wanted to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative tales that delve into vital financial, monetary or enterprise points throughout a big selection of topics. You don’t want to be a enterprise reporter to apply; lots of the earlier Fellows have been generalists, or cowl beats comparable to well being care, training or the atmosphere. Others have centered on points comparable to financial inequality or company accountability.

Benefits

• The Fellowship offers a grant of up to $15,000 for every challenge. The precise quantity will depend upon the time it takes to full the challenge and the bills wanted. 

Eligibility

• Open to anybody with a minimum of 5 years skilled expertise in journalism. 
• They help work by freelance journalists, in addition to by reporters and editors at the moment working at a information group or a journalism non-revenue. In the latter case, reporters and editors can apply straight within the title of their group.

Application

• Applicants ought to submit a effectively-centered story proposal of not more than three pages by way of the accompanying on-line kind. Think of it as pitch, very similar to you’d submit to an editor at a newspaper, journal, audio or digital outlet: give sufficient preliminary reporting and documentation to reveal that the story is stable. The proposal ought to spotlight what’s new and important concerning the story, why it issues and what its potential affect may be. The proposal also needs to word the place important tales on the topic have run elsewhere and the way the proposed piece would differ. Applicants also needs to briefly define a proposed reporting plan and a timeline for finishing the story. And when you don’t want to have a media outlet lined up in your story earlier than you apply, when you do have one, let the organisers know that in your proposal.
• In addition, candidates ought to enclose three journalism samples. The samples must be professionally printed work that showcases your potential to deal with an in-depth story within the proposed medium. Also present them with an up-to-date resume. No references are required on the time of application, however those that are chosen as finalists will probably be requested to present references from two editors or others conversant in their work. Freelance candidates for whom getting references is an issue can focus on alternate options with the McGraw Center.

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For extra info, go to McGraw Fellowship.