Awards

This inaugural award, organized by the International Center for Journalists with support from YouTube, will honor independent journalists and news creators from across the world who produce high-quality, reliable news in the public interest. Deadline is Jan 15, 2025.

Journalists, institutions and others who have made a significant contribution to press freedom anywhere in the world, representing all types of media including digital media, may be nominated (in English or French) for this annual $25,000 prize. Deadline: Feb 15, 2025.

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering organizational grants of $5,000 to $10,000 to media outlets, NGOs, academic institutions and other interested groups to support media and journalism activities related to environmental crimes in the Amazon Region in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Apply by Feb 7, 2025.

The Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications annually recognizes excellence in reporting that centers on the public’s right to know and draws on government documents and data that uncover official secrecy. $3,000 prize. Deadline: Jan 10, 2025.

The newly independent Third Coast Competition welcomes the most diverse array of audio stories possible, in any language, from anywhere in the world, providing affordable rates for all through a Collective Pricing Model. 2025 deadlines: Jan 14 (earlybird); Feb 20 (regular); Mar 20, 2025 (final).

The scholarship will go to one Canadian student who shows an interest and understanding of data journalism tools and techniques before they even enter the newsroom professionally, to get Canadian and journalism students to really think about the data used in stories. Deadline: Apr 11, 2025.

The NED annually 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, including those that "Support freedom of information and independent media." Next deadline: Jan 7, 2025.

This annual photo contest is open to photographers worldwide who are 18 years old or more. Categories include the natural world, travel, people, the American experience, artistic images and drone/aerial photos. Cash prizes. Deadline: Dec 2, 2024.

This annual program aims to improve science journalism and science itself by providing four $5,000 reporting grants for feature-length magazine articles on the funding and practice of science in the US. Deadline: Nov 15, 2024.

Applicants must be a Canadian citizen, member of an Indigenous community and registered in a media program. The scholarship covers the cost of tuition, up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of 4 years. Apply by Nov 30, 2024.