Thank for your interest to the AI Spotlight Coaching Grants. 

The Pulitzer Center is seeking pitches from journalists, journalism trainers, and journalism educators interested in – or are already engaged in – training professional journalists in their communities to report on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives. 

The AI Spotlight Coaching Grants provide an opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in training reporters on how to effectively cover AI systems and their impact on society, follow AI supply chains, and document harms. These grants include seed funding to support one to two AI reporting training sessions in the trainer’s home country or region using the AI Spotlight Series curriculum. 

Since the launch of the AI Spotlight Series in 2024, the Pulitzer Center has conducted over 20 online and in-person sessions, training more than 2,000 journalists worldwide. The growing demand for such training has prompted us to open source the AI Spotlight Series curriculum in multiple languages and expand our network of trainers.

The AI Spotlight Coaching Grants aim to support up to 8  training fellows worldwide, with an emphasis on the Global South and underserved communities. Through these grants, the initiative aims to foster local expertise in reporting one of the  global, fastest moving and consequential stories of our time.

The selected coaches will receive training and training materials from the AI Spotlight Series team so they are fully equipped to conduct training in their communities. The coaches will have the opportunity to enhance the curriculum with local case studies relevant to their regions. They will also be able to provide feedback on the curriculum.

Applications are now open to join the third cohort of the Ocean Reporting Network (ORN), a fellowship programme for professional journalists who get the opportunity to spend a whole year working on an in-depth or investigative ocean story. 

Up to nine fellowships are available. The full-time, year-long fellowships will provide a monthly salary and additional reporting expenses. 

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• We want compelling, impactful, innovative and well-developed story ideas that can be followed over the course of a year - not just a one-off story, or coverage of a general topic. 
• Experienced environmental journalists - freelancers or staff - working with local, regional or international media outlets, in online, print, radio and video format. 
• Teams of journalists proposing cross-border collaborations. 
• Dedicated team players who will devote a full year to their ocean investigation and publish regularly following a timeline decided together with the Pulitzer Center and their editors. 
• The support of a newsroom and dedicated editor who will work with the Fellow over the course of a year, not just to publish their story, but in partnership. 

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?

• Experienced journalists with a proven track record of investigative or in-depth ocean or environmental reporting; 
• Journalists with a solid understanding of ocean issues and the scientific, environmental, social, legal, political, and commercial forces at play — and why this issue matters to our global well-being;
• Staff or freelance journalists working on various platforms, including print, radio, video, and multimedia. Freelance reporters must have the support of a local or international newsroom that agrees to host them and publish the work they produce during the Fellowship;
• Team players with the experience and ability to work collaboratively across newsrooms and borders, and the willingness to learn new skills;
• Reporters who are motivated to participate in outreach activities related to their investigations, such as meetings in communities or visits to schools and universities.

TO APPLY, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

• A copy of your résumé or curriculum vitae.
• A description of the investigative or in-depth reporting project you seek to pursue during your fellowship (800 words).
• A plan for how your project will be published and distributed, which audiences you want to reach and how you will engage them (500 words). 
• A statement of purpose: How does this fellowship fit in with your career path and why you are best positioned to be a Ocean Reporting Network Fellow (500 words).
• A letter of support from your media employer or a newsroom that has agreed to host you. This must indicate that there is a level of understanding of the project and partnership.
• Three examples of your most impactful investigations published in the past 3-5 years. 
• Contact details for three professional references.
• Applicants must have a valid passport for the entirety of 2026.

DEADLINE and TIMELINE

Applications for the Fellowships will open on Monday August 11 2025 and close on Friday September 12, 2025, at 11:59pm EDT.

Please use this form to apply.

 Shortlisted candidates can expect to be interviewed in October 2025 and start the 12-month Fellowship in early January 2026.  

We encourage applications in English, but we accept materials in other languages if needed. 

If you have questions, please contact Jessica Aldred jaldred@pulitzercenter.org or Gustavo Faleiros at gfaleiros@pulitzercenter.org 

We encourage proposals from journalists and newsrooms that represent a broad array of social, racial, ethnic, and underrepresented groups, and economic backgrounds.

Please note that selected candidates will work remotely.

Thank you for your interest in the Fall 2025 Teacher Fellowship, "Examining Interconnected Health Inequities Through Global Reporting"

From climate change to social justice, Pulitzer Center journalism cuts to the core of the world’s biggest challenges by exploring key issues that connect us all. Over the past five years, over 100 educators who have participated in our Teacher Fellowship program have extended the impact of Pulitzer Center stories by engaging over 9,000 students  with reporting that deepens their critical understanding of global issues and inspires them to meet global and local challenges with curiosity, empathy, and empowered action. 

This fall, Teacher Fellows will explore the following theme:

Examining Interconnected Health Inequities Through Global Reporting

As part of this paid, virtual Fellowship, a cohort of up to 12 educators will explore underreported global health stories with award-winning journalists and the Pulitzer Center education team over the course of five workshops. Teachers will analyze how global health news stories from Africa, Asia, and Latin America engage students in critical analysis of interconnected health inequities, encourage students to make local and personal connections, and empower students to apply their learning through civic engagement. 

Ultimately, educators will design a rigorous learning experience that centers at least one of the listed global health news stories and culminates in a civic engagement activity that demonstrates a meaningful local connection to a global issue. Participants will share the results of this learning experience by publishing a narrative blog post and an accompanying lesson plan that captures student learning, engagement, and empowered action.

Upon successful completion of the program, Fellows will be provided with:

• $500 stipend (made in two payments of $250 disbursed in November 2025 and January 2026)
• Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellow digital badge
• Certificate for 30 professional learning units (PLUs)

For more details on the Fellowship program, including key dates, please review this page before applying. 

If you have questions after reading the eligibility requirements and Fellowship details below, please reach out to us at education@pulitzercenter.org.

Applications are due Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT.