ProPublica
Deadline: Oct 30, 2019
ProPublica has opened a new round of applications for its Local Reporting Network, with a focus on local accountability projects. ProPublica will pay the salary, plus a benefits allowance, for reporters at six partner news organizations who will each spend one year tackling an investigative project in their communities. Reporters will collaborate with a ProPublica senior editor, and they can receive assistance with data analysis, research, design, audience development and engagement.
Applications for these new slots are due Oct. 30. Here are the details for those interested in applying. The new group of reporters will begin work on Jan. 2.
If your organization is selected, the reporter will continue to work in your newsroom but will receive extensive guidance and support from ProPublica. The work will be published or broadcast by your newsroom and simultaneously by ProPublica.
News organizations in cities with populations of fewer than 1 million people are eligible to apply. They are not looking to fund day-to-day local coverage, but instead to enable your organization to do ambitious accountability projects that would not otherwise be done.
Applications should be submitted by newsroom leaders for a particular project and a specific reporter. If you lead a newsroom and are interested in working with them, they'll like to hear from you about:
Freelancers are also welcome to apply, but they must find a news organization willing to publish their work and submit a joint application.
The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Oct. 30. Please submit your proposal using this form. They have a detailed list of frequently asked questions available on their site. If you have questions that aren’t answered there, you can reply to this email or send them a note at Local.Reporting@propublica.org.
ProPublica reporters and editors are available to give you feedback on your idea before you apply. You can send your proposals to Local.Reporting@propublica.org, and someone will get back to you within a few days. Entries will be judged principally by ProPublica editors. Winning proposals will be announced in late fall to enable work to begin on Jan. 2.
Deadline: Oct 30, 2019
ProPublica has opened a new round of applications for its Local Reporting Network, with a focus on local accountability projects. ProPublica will pay the salary, plus a benefits allowance, for reporters at six partner news organizations who will each spend one year tackling an investigative project in their communities. Reporters will collaborate with a ProPublica senior editor, and they can receive assistance with data analysis, research, design, audience development and engagement.
Applications for these new slots are due Oct. 30. Here are the details for those interested in applying. The new group of reporters will begin work on Jan. 2.
If your organization is selected, the reporter will continue to work in your newsroom but will receive extensive guidance and support from ProPublica. The work will be published or broadcast by your newsroom and simultaneously by ProPublica.
News organizations in cities with populations of fewer than 1 million people are eligible to apply. They are not looking to fund day-to-day local coverage, but instead to enable your organization to do ambitious accountability projects that would not otherwise be done.
Applications should be submitted by newsroom leaders for a particular project and a specific reporter. If you lead a newsroom and are interested in working with them, they'll like to hear from you about:
- An investigative project. The proposed coverage can take any number of forms: a few long stories, an ongoing series of shorter stories, text, radio, video or more. Please tell them why this coverage will be crucial to your state, any similar coverage that has been done before it, why this project has particular urgency now and a plan for executing the work. Please also explain why your region and your newsroom are the right places to tell this particular story.
- The reporter whom you ideally envision spearheading the work and the market salary you would need to pay this person for 2020. This could be someone already on staff or someone else — for example, a freelancer with whom you aspire to work. Please include a personal statement by the reporter explaining his or her interest, at least three clips and, of course, a resume.
Freelancers are also welcome to apply, but they must find a news organization willing to publish their work and submit a joint application.
The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Oct. 30. Please submit your proposal using this form. They have a detailed list of frequently asked questions available on their site. If you have questions that aren’t answered there, you can reply to this email or send them a note at Local.Reporting@propublica.org.
ProPublica reporters and editors are available to give you feedback on your idea before you apply. You can send your proposals to Local.Reporting@propublica.org, and someone will get back to you within a few days. Entries will be judged principally by ProPublica editors. Winning proposals will be announced in late fall to enable work to begin on Jan. 2.