National Federation of Press Women: Resources

Resources

Welcome to NFPW's Resource page. This section lists grants, scholarships, fellowships and other opportunities of interest to professional communicators.

NFPW Education Grants

The NFPW Education Fund was established to fund education opportunities for NFPW members and students to broaden their knowledge and skills. It is funded through contributions.

The fund awards two types of grants:

1. Grants to help underwrite the cost of non-NFPW conferences and seminars for a limited number of applicants seeking to sharpen their professional skills

2. A grant awarded once a year to a member attending an NFPW conference for the first time

Please download these forms to apply for a grant or reimbursement:

Professional Development Grant Application (pdf)

Conference Application (pdf)
Deadline: 45 days before start of conference

The fund operates as an entity separate from NFPW.

For members...Education Fund bylaws and officers are available on the MEMBERS ONLY page.

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Abe Fellowship Program

Sponsored by: Social Science Research Council
New York, N.Y.

This new fellowship encourages in-depth coverage of topics of pressing concern to the United States and Japan through individual, short-term, policy-related projects.

Contact:

Ian Rinehart, Program Assistant
Abe Fellowship Program, Japan Program
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Ave. New York, NY 10019
P: 212-377-2700 ext. 423
F: 212-377-2727
http://www.ssrc.org

Help a Reporter Out

Help a Reporter Out helps editors and reporters locate authors and other subject area experts willing to be interviewed for articles, books, blogs, and podcasts. Once you register—for free—you will receive up to 3 e-mails a day, each containing up to 10 detailed queries from reporters looking for individuals willing to be interviewed.

If you're a journalist looking for individuals to interview, visit the press page at www.helpareporter.com/press and submit your query. Your query will go out to over 10,000 publicists, small business owners, and other professionals and experts in all walks of life, increasing the chances of you finding that hard-to-find source pre-deadline.

If you're a source, simply sign up for the 3-per-day newsletter at www.helpareporter.com.

Grants for Kansas Non-Profits

Sponsor: Kansas Humanities Council

Deadlines: March 7, June 6, October 17

The Kansas Humanities Council announces grant opportunities available to Kansas non-profits in spring, summer, and fall of 2008. Humanities and Heritage grants are designed to connect people with ideas and to strengthen community through book and film discussion series, oral history projects, or museum exhibitions. Grant guidelines can be found at www.kansashumanities.org. Deadlines for grants are: March 7, June 6, or October 17.

For more information about Kansas Humanities Council grants, visit www.kansashumanities.org or call 785/357-0359.

2008 U.S. Leadership Institute

Sponsor: International Women's Media Foundation

Registration deadline: April 16

The institute July 21-25 in Chicago is aimed at woman journalists in print, broadcast and Internet media, and helps women develop leadership skills. Session leaders include Jill Geisler of the Poynter Institute and Liza Gros of The Miami Herald.

Click here for more information and to apply.

Fourth Estate or Fifth Wheel? Government Curbs on Free Speech

Sponsors: The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Media Law Committee, the ABA TIPS Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee, and University of Kansas School of Law

Date: Friday, April 18
Location: InterContinental Hotel at the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri

The august notion of media as "Fourth Estate" is a foundational tenet of the Bill of Rights borne out by the likes of New York Times v. Sullivan and its progeny. But has the media fallen (or cast itself) from grace? Media critics increasingly eschew Carlyle’s lofty characterization of the media, viewing the media instead as plagued by bias, spin, slant, and unfairness driven largely by private interests and commercial motives rather than the overall public good. Has the media morphed from Fourth Estate to fifth wheel, justifiably subject to restraint and censure because of a failure to police itself against private interests? This year’s seminar will focus on this core issue.

Speakers include:

Valerie Plame Wilson
Ambassador Joseph Wilson
Judith Miller
The Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Ted Rall, President, American Association of Editorial Cartoonists
The Hon. Laura D. Stith, Chief Justice, Missouri Supreme Court

Fees:

KCMBA Lawyer $275
Non-KCMBA Lawyer (registration by March 21, 2008) $300
Non-KCMBA Lawyer (registration after March 21, 2008) $350
Journalist $50
Educator $50
Member of the public $100
Full-time student $45
Luncheon only (available after March 21, 2008; preference will be given to seminar registrants) $40

For more information: www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/ml/

Mental Health Journalism Fellowships

Sponsor: The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Deadline: Postmark April 28

The Carter Center in Atlanta, GA provides six one-year fellowships for journalists to report on a selected topic regarding mental health or mental illnesses. Each journalist awarded will receive a $10,000 stipend. Applicants must have at least three years of professional experience in journalism and submit an application packet (packet found online). Please consult our website www.cartercenter.org or Rebecca Palpant at ccmhp@emory.edu for further information.

Grants for Kansas Non-Profits

Sponsor: Kansas Humanities Council

Deadlines: March 7, June 6, October 17

For more information about Kansas Humanities Council grants, visit www.kansashumanities.org or call 785/357-0359.

Atlantic Media Fellowship

Sponsor: Atlantic Media (The Atlantic, National Journal and Government Executive)

Deadline: May 8, 2008

This new fellowship program is aimed at fostering exceptional and aspiring writers, editors, designers, web production and IT experts, and other online media talents. Atlantic Media will concentrate on new websites and online features in the Fellowship’s inaugural year. Atlantic Media will welcome 5 to 10 emerging media talents from fall 2008 through spring 2009. Fellows will spend the intensive nine-month appointment conceiving of new web concepts, developing their structure, design and voice, and writing and editing the daily content once sites are launched. Fellows will be current students in or recent graduates of college or graduate school programs and should represent a dynamic and creative edge, be it in writing excellence, aptitude in web design, or market intuition. Fellows will be announced on June 6, 2008. The Fellowship will begin in September 2008 and continue through May 2009.

For additional information about the Atlantic Media Fellowship Competition, please visit here.

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