Pulitzer Center AI Reporting Grant Program

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Applications are open for Pulitzer Center AI Reporting Grant Program. The Pulitzer Center seeks applications for their reporting initiative focused on AI and surveillance technologies and their impact on communities around the world.

They welcome in-depth stories that explore with nuance how AI systems are designed, sold and deployed in communities around the world. They value reporting that centers on the people that are directly impacted by automated systems, as well as solutions-oriented stories.

Pulitzer Center AI Reporting Grant Program Focus Areas

They encourage applications for all formats of reporting and also on lesser reported topics, including:

AI industry supply chains
Procurement processes for algorithmic and surveillance systems
Environmental impacts of AI
AI & disinformation networks
AI warfare
AI regulation and governance

Transparency and governance is a cross-cutting theme for all of our focus areas. They seek to support deep dive reporting projects that follow the money across borders; shed light on opaque and harmful supply chains; and investigate the systems, organizations, and people that enable corruption.

Eligibility Criteria for Pulitzer Center AI Reporting Grant Program

This grant is open to journalists worldwide: writers, photographers, radio producers, and filmmakers; staff journalists as well as freelancers.
They particularly welcome applications from the Global South and seek reporting from Africa, Latin America and South and South East Asia.
They are also interested in receiving proposals for collaborative reporting projects by teams of reporters working on AI accountability stories.

How To Apply

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

A description of the proposed project in no more than 250 words.
A thorough publication plan. Letters of interest or commitment from editors and news outlets should be included.
A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs. Travel grants cover hard costs associated with the reporting; please do not include stipends for the applicants. Local reporting partner/translator/driver fees are acceptable.
Three samples of published work, either print or broadcast.
Three professional references. These can be either contact information or letters of recommendation. The latter is encouraged when letters from interested producers or editors are available.
A copy of your curriculum vitae.

Applications may also include a more detailed description of project but this will be considered as optional supplement only. The most important part of the submission is the 250-word summary. Applications must be written in English.

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Application Deadline: On Rolling Basis