Deadline: June 12, 2019

New maximum grant size: $12,500

Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors (FIRE) is pleased to announce a new round of applications for FIRE’s Virtual Newsroom, which provides unaffiliated reporters with newsroom services and associated grants, now up to $12,500 each.

The application deadline is Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Criteria and application details
are at Guidelines and Application.

FIRE supports freelance investigative reporters working on stories in the public
interest. This round FIRE will be offering 5 Virtual Newsroom awards—at least two of
them coming with grants of up to $12,500—and more than 20 one-hour Editorial
Consultancies, in which an experienced editor works with recipients on a story or project.

We are grateful to the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation and our individual donors for
supporting these democracy-strengthening reporting services. We look forward to sharing updates on FIRE stories shortly.

Please spread the word on the June 12 deadline—and contact me with questions any time, as always.

Thank you.

Laird Townsend, FIRE director