McGraw Fellowships for Business Journalism accepting applications for Spring 2022

Applications are now open for the Spring 2022 McGraw Fellowships for Business Journalism.

If you — or a reporter you know — have a great idea for high-impact enterprise story that “Follows the Money” but few resources to get it done, we’d love to hear from you.

The McGraw Fellowships provide experienced journalists with the funds and editorial support needed to produce deeply-reported stories that delve into critical economic, business or financial issues across a wide variety of subjects.

McGraw Fellows have explored a wide variety of topics — and you don’t need to be a business reporter to apply. Many have been generalists, or follow beats such as health care, the environment or education. Journalists of color and those from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

The upcoming deadline for applications is March 31, 2022

Each Fellow receives a grant of up to $15,000
Fellowships are open to both freelance and staff journalists with at least five years professional journalism experience
Applications accepted from both reporters and editors
Applications in any type of media — print, audio, video and digital — will be considered

Here are some examples of our Fellows’ work:

Toxic Churn: How the Legacy of Former Industrial Sites Pollutes American Cities Today Grist.org
Promised Debt Relief, Some Black Farmers Get Collection Notices Center for Public Integrity
How a dramatic win in plastic waste case may curb ocean pollution NationalGeographic.com
Child labor in the palm oil industry linked to Girl Scout cookies Associated Press
California Failed to Consistently Track Ride-Hailing Assault and Harassment Complaints San Francisco Public Press
The Promise and Perils of the New Fertility Entrepreneurs NewYorker.com
Hurricane fallout creates financial ruin for Puerto Rico seniors with reverse mortgages USA Today and Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
Several years into BP settlement spending, the bulk of Mississippi’s restoration work remains undone Mississippi Today
Company insiders are selling stock during buybacks & making profits when prices jump. And it’s legal. Washington Post
New Workers of the World: Capturing the voices of workers facing unprecedented change Bloomberg Businessweek

If you’d like to join them, you’ll find more information, an FAQ, and the application at www.mcgrawcenter.org. If you have questions or a project you’d like to discuss, please contact us at mcgrawcenter@journalism.cuny.edu. Applications are accepted twice a year. Spring 2022 Fellowship applications are due March 31, 2022. Fall 2022 applications will be due September 30, 2022.

The McGraw Center for Business Journalism was established at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2014 by the family of the late Harold W. McGraw Jr., former chairman and CEO of McGraw-Hill and long-time publisher of BusinessWeek magazine. The Center is dedicated to enhancing the depth and quality of business and economic news coverage through training, student scholarships and support for veteran journalists.

The Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in midtown Manhattan is the only publicly supported graduate journalism school in the Northeast.

Led by Dean Sarah Bartlett, the School offers three 16-month master’s degree programs: an M.A. in Journalism, Spanish Language Journalism, or Social Journalism.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.