External Opportunities
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Fellowships
Local News Fellowship Program at the New Mexico Local News Fund for early career journalists in New Mexico
JSK Fellowships at Stanford University for mid-career journalists, now remote during the pandemic
RJI Fellowships at the University of Missouri for mid-career journalists who live on campus or non-residential
Knight-Wallace Fellowships at the University of Michigan for mid-career journalists, now remote during the pandemic
O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at Marquette University in Milwaukee for mid-career journalists
Report for America places journalists in newsrooms around the country. Newsrooms can apply to host, and journalists can applyto become a Corps Member.
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Grants
International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) offers grants for indigenous journalists covering missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, and transgender people; and a Fund for Women Journalists
Con Alma Health Foundation offers grants to "address the health and wellness of the diverse peoples of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, and northern Santa Fe Counties"
Fund for Investigative Journalism grants for investigative stories
Solutions Journalism Network offers grants for journalism with a solutions lens
Meta Journalism Project runs an Accelerator program and gives grants to newsrooms
Google News Initiative runs a global innovation challenge as well as a Startups Lab
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Business Best Practices
Better News from American Press Institute
OpenNews at the intersection of technology and diversity
Nieman Lab helping journalism figure out its future in the digital age
Poynter’s Locally from Kristen Hare looking at local news publishers
Lenfest Institute’s focus on local journalism, from Philadelphia and beyond
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Associations
SPJ Rio Grande: supporting journalists in New Mexico and West Texas
Online News Association: providing community for digital journalists
LION Publishers: helps local independent online news publishers in the U.S. and Canada
Institute for Nonprofit News: support for nonprofit newsrooms, including local, national and vertical publications
Local Media Association: helps mostly larger local news outlets, including with collaborative and fundraising projects
New Mexico Press Association: supporting newspapers around the state
New Mexico Broadcasters Association: support for local broadcasters in New Mexico
Opportunities for Journalists & Newsrooms
In addition to our own grants, there are many other resources out there for newsrooms and reporters that need assistance. Our Executive Director, Rashad, would be happy to work with you on an application, even if you've never written a grant before.