Scripps Howard Fund grants support journalism education by giving students the tools and resources necessary to produce impactful work, and supporting organizations devoted to the advancement of journalism.
Applications are closed. Selections will be announced soon.
Scripps Howard Fund invites independent college student media outlets to apply for sustainability program
The Scripps Howard Fund is now accepting applications for its newly launched Student Media Sustainability Project, a pilot program designed to strengthen independent, collegiate student news organizations and position them for long-term success. This two-semester initiative – running fall 2026 through spring 2027 – will help selected student newsrooms improve their ability to cover their campuses by enhancing audience engagement, growing revenue streams and strengthening governance and organizational structure.
Learn more about the Student Media Sustainability project here.
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The Scripps Howard Fund is partnering with the Journalism + Design Lab at The New School on the 2026-27 Community College Experiential Journalism Grants program.
Grant recipients, who will be selected from the inaugural cohort of the Journalism + Design Lab’s Community College Civic Info Challenge, will receive up to $15,000. The schools will use these funds to expand or improve existing community journalism programs.
There are eight community colleges in the cohort. Each is finding innovative ways to share community information.
“Last year, we had an incredibly successful grant program for community colleges,” said Mike Canan, senior director of journalism strategies with the Scripps Howard Fund. “We knew we wanted to keep working in this space. The Journalism + Design team has been leading in this area, so we decided to partner to help these community colleges accelerate their community journalism growth.”
Scripps Howard Fund selects University of Memphis for open-source investigative reporting grant
The Scripps Howard Fund, in partnership with the Adam R. Scripps Foundation, is providing a four-year grant of up to $300,000 for the University of Memphis to create an open-source investigative program at its Institute for Public Service Reporting. The Institute for Public Service Reporting is a nonprofit investigative newsroom on the university’s campus. The goal of the program is to help journalists with all levels of experience learn how to find, explore and report using publicly available information on the internet (open sources), social media, public databases, maps and videos. The program will include a master’s degree in journalism in open-source investigative reporting. Learn more about the program here.
Scripps Howard Fund selects USC for open-source investigative journalism grant
The Scripps Howard Fund is partnering with the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to teach college students open-source investigative journalism, a way to use publicly available information to investigate. Learn more about the program at USC here.
