Deadline: Continuous basis
Applications are now open for the Pulitzer Center Data Journalism Grants 2023. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organisation that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for innovative data-driven journalism projects that highlight underreported issues. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad.
They are eager for proposals that employ cutting-edge data techniques as well as address collaboration between newsrooms, whether across state lines or across national borders. They encourage proposals that boost data collection and analysis and make use of data mining techniques such as machine learning, natural language processing, as well as analysis of spatial data, satellite images, drones and sensors.
They are looking for data-driven narratives, based on collecting and analysing original data and strong visuals, which have the potential to shape public discourse and hold the powerful to account.
Subsidies
- They consider projects of any scope and size, and are open to supporting several projects each year. Most awards to support previous data journalism projects have been between US$ 10,000 and US$ 20,000, but it can be more or less depending on the situation.
Eligibility
- Open to US residents and journalists worldwide.
- They open tenders to freelance data journalists, staff journalists or newsroom groups who are working collaboratively on a data project idea. They want to ensure that people from many backgrounds and perspectives are able to produce data journalism.
- They strongly encouraged proposals from journalists and newsrooms that represented a wide range of social, racial, ethnic, under-represented groups and economic backgrounds.
Application
To apply, you will need to provide the following:
- A description of the proposed project, including distribution/publication plan, no more than 250 words. They look more favourably on proposals that include letter(s) of interest or support from editors or publishers.
- Methodology: Describe your approach to collecting and analysing the data and include your approach to fact-checking or independently verifying the data that will be used in your reports. (Fact-checking and data verification may be a function of the publishing partner, but explain the process.)
- A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs. Include travel costs, software, satellite/GIS or hardware costs. Do not include stipends for journalists/team members who work in newsrooms or are paid by a publisher. If you are a journalist who collaborates with a data designer and/or data visualisation specialist, you can include consultancy fees in your budget.
- Three examples (links) of work published by you (or someone from your project team). For example: data visualisations, infographics and/or data-based stories.
- Three professional references. These can be contact details or letters of recommendation.
- A copy of your CV or curriculum vitae.
Applications may also include a more detailed description of the project, but this will only be considered as an optional supplement. The most important part of the submission is the 250-word abstract and the methodology.
They will consider projects of any scope and size. Choose a team leader to submit the proposal and submit only one project per journalist, data design team or newsroom. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organisation that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for innovative data-driven journalism projects that highlight under-reported issues. This opportunity is open to all newsrooms and independent journalists in the United States and abroad.
For more information, visit Subsidies for Data Journalism .
