Deadline: 1-Nov-21
Applications are now open for the water desk to support significant reporting efforts that lead to the publication of content connected to the Colorado River Basin.
The Water Desk is interested in supporting a wide variety of media and journalistic approaches: newspapers, magazines, websites, video, television, radio, podcasts and other channels.
The Water Desk will support journalism that focuses on water issues involving the seven states of the Colorado River Basin—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming—as well as the borderlands of Northwest Mexico.
The Water Desk’s mission is to increase the volume, depth and power of journalism connected to Western water issues. They’re an initiative of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Funding Information
Journalists can apply for less than $10,000, but the minimum request is $2,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only journalists (freelancers and staff at media outlets) may apply for funding. Proposals from advocacy groups will not be accepted.
- Grantees must complete the work they outline in their proposals within six months of receiving funding.
- Recipients of prior grants from The Water Desk are welcome to apply for 2021 funding if they have completed their existing project by November 1, 2021.
- Journalists and media outlets are welcome to collaborate and submit a joint proposal. Regardless of how many journalists/outlets are part of the application, the cap on these grants is $10,000.
For more information, visit https://waterdesk.org/journalists/grants