Journalism & Media

The Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship and the Kay Longcope Scholarship offer up to $5,000 in tuition assistance to students committed to journalism and advancing fair coverage of LGBTQ+ communities. The application deadline is midnight ET on Friday, May 15. 

Join us on May 7th at 6 p.m. ET for an Outdoor Writers Association of America ‘Off the Record’ event. Meet at City Tap (near Metro Center - 901 9th St NW) for a casual, no-host networking gathering.

This Journalismfund Europe webinar pulls back the curtain on what editors actually look for when evaluating environmental story ideas. May 7, 2026, 9:00 AM ET. 

Planet Forward Correspondents are talented students from across the country looking to apply themselves to tell the ongoing story of climate change, with an eye toward solutions and hope. You must be currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate program – or starting one in the upcoming school year – to apply. EXTENDED DEADLINE: Apply by June 8, 2026.

An in-person event at GW, co-hosted by Planet Forward and the Alliance for a Sustainable Future, on May 7. Sustainability Storytelling: Communicate Trust, Brand Value and Better Business is a lunchtime conversation on how effective storytelling can strengthen sustainability communications and drive business impact. 

The Global Center for Journalism and Trauma (GCJT), in partnership with iMEdD’s Ideas Zone, invites applications for a four-day European Journalist Retreat to be held 14–18 October 2026 in Vamvakou, Laconia, Greece. This retreat will bring together 16 reporters, editors, social media editors, photographers, and multimedia journalists from across Europe working on the front lines of today’s most challenging stories—from conflict and political polarization to displacement, climate crises, and disinformation. The deadline for applications is 11 May, 2026 at 6pm GMT. 

The workshop will take place on Friday, June 19, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm ET at the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) conference at the Gaylord National D.C.. It's free for IRE conference attendees and only $59 until April 30. After that it's $79.