DEADLINE: Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship

The Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship seeks to surface the stories of local solutions to global crises, with a focus on gender, through selecting 5 journalists in ODA-eligible countries.

Objective

At least one story published per journalist fellow, reporting on local solutions to global crises, with a focus on gender

Examples of global crises include climate, gender-based violence, authoritarianism, anti-rights movements, rollback of sexual and reproductive rights and health, economic injustice, war and conflict.

Selection Criteria

• We will welcome applications from women, men and LGBTQI+ people
• Working journalists in any platform (text, digital, video, audio) in ODA-recipient countries
• In a phased application process, shortlisted applicants will be asked to submit a letter of editorial commitment from a news outlet (in some cases of self-publishing, this may be substituted with a fact-checking plan)
• Use of AI in the proposal and application is not permitted. Use of AI during the journalistic process must be disclosed to the program and approved in advance

Fellowship details

• 6 months of programming, additional 3 months to finalize publication (Jan - Sept 2027)
• $4000 CAD stipend
• Up to $500 in reporting expenses
• Open to full-time or independent freelance journalists
• Journalists should be reporting on their own communities and geographies
• Monthly online meetings led by journalists and experts, including climate journalist Nina Lakhani (The Guardian, Drilled), journalism and ethics professor Kelly Kimball (CUNY) and safety training from International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) and Freedom of the Press Foundation
• One in-person convening, location and timing to be determined (travel expenses included)

Read Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) here.

Learn more and apply by Nov 8, 2026