One World Media Awards

The One World Media Awards recognise the best media coverage of the global south. Stories that break through stereotypes, change the narrative and connect people across cultures. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 8

2024 ICFJ Knight Awards

Each year, the International Center for Journalists honors outstanding colleagues with the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award at the Tribute to Journalists. They are now seeking nominees whose pioneering coverage or media innovations have made an impact on the lives of people in their countries or regions. Candidates can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers or citizen journalists from countries where they face major challenges doing their work. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 8

The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship

The programme will provide opportunities for journalists from biodiversity hotspots in tropical countries to report on critical environmental issues, gaining valuable training, experience, and credibility that will help them advance their careers in journalism and communications. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 10

World Press Institute Fellows

Becoming a WPI Fellow is a competitive process. Each year hundreds of talented journalists apply for 10 fellowship slots. A selection committee of seasoned journalists and corporate communications specialists, all with international experience, chooses among the best of the best. Applicants must be currently employed as a non-US journalist working outside of the United States. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 15

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Created in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organisation or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and, or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, and especially when this has been achieved in the face of danger. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 15

Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship Programme

The Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth. The majority of our Journalist Fellows are fully-funded and they also receive a stipend to cover living and travel costs. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 19

Report for the World opens global call for newsroom applications

Report for the World once again invites independent news organisations across the globe to join its growing network of host newsroom partners, as it deepens its presence in different regions through editorial collaborations and professional development of its reporting corps. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 20

Open Society AI in Journalism Futures 2024

The Open Society AI in Journalism Futures project is looking for 300-word descriptions of possible scenarios for how AI might change journalism over the next 15 years. There will be 40 winners, and each will receive US$1,000 and a fully funded trip to Italy to attend a 2-day workshop in April, discussing the long-term impact of AI on news. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 23

The Vickie Remoe Prize for Journalism and New Media

The prize, which highlights emerging journalists and new media content creators for excellence, originality, and creativity, is now accepting applications for the 2024 Vickie Remoe prize for journalism and new media. To be eligible, you must be a Sierra Leonean resident in Sierra Leone. Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | February 28

Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East

This new one-semester fellowship, hosted by the Knight Science Journalism Programme at MIT, was inspired by the life and career of Egyptian science journalist Mohammed Yahia. The fellowship is designed to enrich the training of a journalist from Africa or the Middle East so they can contribute to a culture of high-quality science and health journalism in those regions, as well as raising awareness of regional advances in the rest of the world. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | March 1

National Endowment for Democracy grants

Each year, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes more than 2,000 grants to support the projects of nongovernmental groups abroad who are working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions in more than 100 countries. NED encourages applications from organisations working in diverse environments including newly established democracies, semi-authoritarian countries, highly repressive societies and countries undergoing democratic transitions. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | March 11

MDIF launches Amplify South Africa programme

The Media Development Investment Fund has launched Amplify South Africa, a mentoring, capacity strengthening and grant funding program to help independent media businesses build their revenues, audiences and innovation. The programme offers independent media organisations based in South Africa the chance to be part of a transformative initiative that could reshape the future of their businesses. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | March 16

The Pulitzer Center Data Journalism Grants

The Pulitzer Center, a non-profit organisation that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for innovative data-driven journalism projects that spotlight underreported issues. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad. For details and to apply, click here.

Deadline | Rolling

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