Congratulations, Reporting Fellows! Now that you have received a reporting fellowship, take a look at the videos below. Lots of tips here on what to do next!

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More Resources for Reporting Fellows

Telling Stories

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on the Way We Tell Stories
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2017 features Pulitzer Center grantees Uri Blau, Rhitu Chatterjee, and Robin Shulman, as well as Ayesha Gilani Taylor (Voice of America), Randall Taylor (Voice of America), and Bernie Kohn (Bloomberg News) in a discussion about storytelling methods and practices.
  • IJNet's Journalism 101 Toolkit
    This collection of resources from IJNet and the International Center for Journalists offers guides to writing, editing, interviewing, and more.

Advice on Pitching

  • Panel: How to Tell a Good Story and Get the Word Out
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2023 features Reporting Fellow advisers Peter Canellos (POLITICO), Rhitu Chatterjee (NPR), Jaime Joyce (Pulitzer Center Grantee), and Julia Rendleman (SIUC Journalism Professor).

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on Pitching 2021
    This panel on pitching from Washington Weekend 2020/2021 features Pulitzer Center grantees Tristan Ahtone, Kadia Goba, Kalyanee Mam, and Krithika Varagur, as well as Pulitzer Center Executive Editor Marina Walker Guevara.

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on Pitching Advice
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2019 features Pulitzer Center grantees Sarah Wildman, Willie Shubert, Dayna Myers, Peter Copeland, as well as Shweta Gulati from National Geographic, and provides pitching tips for emerging journalists.

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on Pitching to Media Outlets
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2018 features Pulitzer Center grantees Dayna Myers, Melissa Noel, and Erik Vance, as well as Nick Baumann (Huffington Post), Dan Ephron (Foreign Policy), and Yolanda Lopez (Voice of America) in a discussion on how to pitch to various outlets.

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on How to Pitch a Global Story
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2017 features Pulitzer Center grantees Eliza Barclay, Emily Feldman, Alice Su, and Malia Politzer, as well as Kevin Grant (The GroundTruth Project) and Debarati Roy (Bloomberg News) in conversation about pitching global stories.

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on the "Secret Sauce" of Shaping and Pitching
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2015 features Pulitzer Center grantee Anup Kaphle, as well as Nick Schmidle (The New Yorker), Kyra Darnton (Retro Report), and Mark Dolan (National Press Photographers Association) in conversation about pitching and shaping stories.

Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity

  • Building Trust: A Pulitzer Center Resource
    This video resource for reporting on sensitive stories and building trust with sources features grantees Meghan Dhaliwal, Isabella Gomes, Sebastian Meyer, Pat Nabong, Melissa Noel, Ben Taub, and Nahal Toosi.

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on Cultural Sensitivity
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2019 features Pulitzer Center grantees Jacquie Charles, Melissa Noel, Jaime Joyce, Phillip Martin, as well as Gabrielle Ewing from National Geographic, in a discussion on reporting with cultural sensitivity.

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on Covering Sensitive Issues and Coping With Trauma
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2018 features Pulitzer Center grantees James Whitlow Delano, Meghan Dhaliwal, Bill Gentile, Jaime Joyce, and Nahal Toosi in a conversation about reporting on trauma.

  • SPJ's Journalist's Toolbox: Diversity Links
    Valuable compendium of resources for covering race, immigration, human rights, protests, gender issues, transgender people, and civil rights. Links to organizations that promote and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusivity.

Health and Science Reporting

Safety in the Field

  • Pulitzer Center Panel on Reporting in the Field
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2015 features Pulitzer Center grantees Allison Shelley, David Rochkind, Emily Feldman, and Sarah Weiser in a conversation about ethics, the role of NGOs, the importance of pre-reporting, working with local journalists, persistence, adaptability—and serendipity.
  • Freelancers: Valuable and Vulnerable
    This article by Campus Consortium partner and journalist Bill Gentile for National Press Photographers Association describes dangers currently faced by foreign freelance journalists.
  • PEN America's Online Harassment Field Manual
    This comprehensive guide is specifically tailored for writers, journalists, and activists. The manual outlines legal considerations, strategies to protect from harassment, and more.
  • Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
    This project from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism provides resources to journalists covering tragedy, conflict, and violence.

Building a Career

  • Beyond the Story: Manage Your Time, Pay the Bills, and Avoid Burnout
    This panel from Washington Weekend 2020/2021 features Pulitzer Center grantees Micah Fink, Brittany Gibson, Phillip Martin, Amy Maxmen, and Rebecca Plevin in a discussion on building and sustaining a journalism career.

  • Presentation on Early Career Opportunities
    This presentation from Washington Weekend 2019 features Dustin Renwick, program officer for storytelling grants at National Geographic, as he discusses career opportunities for emerging journalists at National Geographic.

  • IJNet's Journalism 101 Toolkit
    This collection of resources from IJNet and the International Center for Journalists offers guides to writing, editing, interviewing, and more.

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