As the fallout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forces publishers to reevaluate their economic outlooks and, in many cases, restrict their budgets, freelance journalists across the country are suffering from lost commissions, reduced rates and delayed payments, often without financial safety nets of their own. To help support this community, we’ve assembled a directory of grants and other free resources aimed at helping journalists navigate and cover the crisis. If we’ve missed anything, please feel free to contact us here and let us know. Skip ahead to work opportunities or educational resources. Grants and Financial Assistance Rory Peck Trust Professional journalists without other sources of income, and in particular those who have lost commissions as a result of the pandemic, can apply for a grant from the Rory Peck Trust’s COVID-19 Hardship Fund. More info here. National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society is accepting applications for grants ranging from $1,000 to $8,000 to journalists covering the COVID-19 pandemic, prioritizing those delivering news to underserved communities. Apply here. PEN America PEN America is distributing grants of $500 to $1,000 to journalists, authors and other professional writers who can "demonstrate an inability to meet an acute financial need, especially one resulting from the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak." Apply here. Substack The newsletter platform Substack is offering grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 for... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Trade publishers’ digital revenues have fallen by 19% in the first six months of the year, but print sales are holding strong, new figures from the Publishers Association have revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury’s total revenues were up 19% to £62.7m for the six months ending 31st August 2016, which is “in line with management’s expectations”, though the company expects sales to be “significantly second-half weighted” due to Christmas sales and October being the "peak period" for academic... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York City loses another Barnes & Noble; Maine gains a bookstore; determined Oregon store stays open despite flooding; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Italian investigative journalist claims to have discovered the identity of pseudonymous author Elena Ferrante to the anger and frustration of the literary community. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academic publisher Elsevier has launched a free online resource to provide concrete data on the impact of Brexit on the research world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&H Publishing Group and the website (in)courage entered a publishing partnership that will see the release of two trade books in 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has acquired a memoir of coercive abuse by Helen Walmsley-Johnson, a Guardian commentator and author of The Invisible Woman (Icon Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstores are on the move in Alabama, Mississippi, and New Jersey; a bookstore gets a new life in Tampa; a Bronx bookseller’s business plan is named one of the best in the city; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nation Books signs a memoir from a Black Lives Matter founder, a Boston Globe columnist sells a debut YA novel to HMH, Derek Jeter’s imprint strikes a deal with Arun Gandhi, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Momastery blogger Glennon Doyle Melton’s new memoir is the #1 – and #2 – book in Hardcover Nonfiction, thanks to an Oprah nod. Plus Margot Lee Shetterly writes of a group of mid-century NASA mathematicians, all African-American women, in ‘Hidden Figures,’ and a pair of new books highlight the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has acquired two books by journalist Francesca Hornak for a "significant" five-figure sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder imprint Coronet has acquired narrative non-fiction book No Spend Year by personal finance journalist Michelle McGagh. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has appointed Kathryn Earle as managing director of its Digital Resources Division. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biteback Publishing is to release We Are Arrested: A Journalist’s Notes from a Turkish Prison by journalist Can Dündar. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended June 19, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack Fuller won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing at The Chicago Tribune and later became Tribune Publishing’s president. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired a début novel by journalist Damian Barr, entitled You Will Be Safe Here, to be published in spring 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is it a blog? A magazine? A conversation? A tasteless drunken boor at a party? Perhaps all of this and more over 14 years of innovative web journalismAfter the verdict awarding former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan $140m in punitive damages following Gawker’s publication of a clip showing him engaged... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atom, the YA imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, has acquired the debut novel by music journalist Rebecca Denton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erin Kaplan, author of 'I Heart Obama' (ForeEdge, 9781611685367) will be on Duluth, Minn.’s NPR affiliate WOJB-FM on Monday, February 22 at 12:00 p.m. EST. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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