Deadline: 1 March 2020
Named after the pioneering African-American investigative reporter, the Ida B. Wells Fellowship is designed to promote diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences and interests, to their work.
Type Investigations’ mission is to produce high-impact investigative reporting that holds the powerful accountable. They seek to bring under reported stories to light, cultivate diverse journalistic talent, and create a home for independent journalism that serves the public. They are dedicated to enabling independent investigative reporters to produce deeply reported journalism for a wide variety of print, broadcast and digital media outlets. They do this by providing freelance reporters with hands-on editorial guidance, institutional support and funds to cover their travel, time and other reporting costs.
Type Investigations projects have won some of journalism’s top awards, including the Emmy, the Polk, the National Magazine Award, the Scrips Howard Award, the IRE Medal, and the Hillman Prize.
A nonprofit media center, Type Media Center (formerly known as The Nation Institute) is dedicated to strengthening the independent press and advancing social justice and civil rights. Its programs include Type Investigations; a bestselling book publishing imprint, Bold Type Books; the syndicated website Tom Dispatch; and Type Fellowships that support over 25 reporters every year.
They are looking for reporters:
- who have great story ideas, a passion for holding the powerful accountable, and an appetite for digging.
- with the demonstrated ability to produce a narrative feature for print or broadcast.
- who would relish the opportunity to closely collaborate with editors.
- with the persistence, attentiveness to detail, and organizational skills to complete a major project within a set time frame.
Funding Information
- The Ida B. Wells Fellowship provides five reporters each year with a $12,000 stipend, plus $4,000 in bonus payments, and access to a Type Investigations editor who will advise them throughout the process of producing their first substantial work of investigative reporting.
- The one-year fellowship also covers travel and other reporting costs associated with the project and the costs associated with attending the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in June, as well as a one-week data boot camp through the National Institute of Computer Assisted Reporting.
- Each fellow will also enjoy access to research resources, legal counsel, professional mentoring, fact-checking, and assistance with story placement and publicity. The fellowship is a one-time educational opportunity and is non-renewable.
Eligibility Criteria
- Journalists of color are strongly encouraged to apply, as are other reporters who believe their presence would contribute substantially to diversifying the field of investigative reporting.
- The fellowship is open to entry-level or mid-career journalists. Recent journalism school graduates, journalism students or journalism interns are eligible to apply, as are reporters in other fields seeking to pivot to investigative reporting.
- The goal is to diversify the investigative reporting landscape in the United States, it’s important that you intend to have a career working primarily in the U.S. media.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, visit https://typemediacenter.submittable.com/submit/71612/ida-b-wells-fellowship