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