The National Press Foundation offers this professional development opportunity for journalists to enhance skills, increase knowledge and recharge their reporting.
Donor Name: National Press Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 05/27/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Fair and free elections have always been the bedrock of American democracy, yet public confidence in the process is set to be tested as never before in 2024.
States are scrambling to guard their operations against cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. Local election administrators and poll workers – the increasing targets of harassment and threats – are bracing for a new storm as November draws near.
NPF has assembled a team of expert speakers and instructors to help prepare journalists for what promises to be one of the most taxing election cycles in history, providing lessons learned from key battlegrounds, such as Michigan. Topics include:

Election infrastructure
Election safety and security
Voting rights and changes in voting laws
Ranked choice voting
Voter disinformation
Lessons learned from 2020.

Eligibility Criteria 

Attendance is mandatory for all sessions, and editors must commit to freeing their reporters from daily news obligations during the conference. This is a competitive program open to U.S. journalists only.
NPF greatly value diversity in all the programs and particularly seek applications from local and nonprofit news organizations, Black, Indigenous and other journalists of color; and those who do public interest reporting in undercovered areas.

For more information, visit NPF.