2026 @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellow Anissa Durham is starting the year off strong with an NAACP award nomination in the Outstanding Literary journalism category for her @wordinblacknews.bsky.social series, “On Borrowed Time.” www.linkedin.com/posts/word-i...

Read the takeaways from this @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline session led by Saeed Ahmed of @apnews.com to learn from an innovator who leaned into his multicultural identity + helped pioneer digital journalism for major news orgs. nationalpress.org/topic/aps-sa...

My first reporting job started 40 years ago. It's my great privilege to share what I've learned w/ @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellows, + to provide training + resources for early career journalists of color. #NPFWidening 2026 launches Jan. 12! nationalpress.org/newsfeed/npf...

What better way to herald the final training for 2025 @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellows than with a touch of Vivaldi?? It’s SO great to have the gang back together again! Check out this Insta reel for 1st day highlights. #NPFWidening www.instagram.com/reel/DSBl4vZ...

The third time's the charm for the @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline Fellowship! The 2025 cohort meets in DC this week at the MLK Library for 3 days of conversations with journalism leaders and innovators. I'm probably more excited about it than the fellows! #NPFWidening

Can't wait to congratulate @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellow Elisha Brown on terrific interview w/ @wcpt820am.bsky.social 's Joan Esposito, re: a Texas law restricting access to abortion-inducing drugs. 2025 #NPFWidening fellows meet in DC Dec. 8-11! omny.fm/shows/joan-e...

Thanks to @pbsnews.org, reporter Ben Berke + @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social for a marvelous early X-mas gift: a feature about 5th grade journalists in Providence, RI who are challenging the narratives about their school and community. #localjournalism www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfjV...

Need an example of powerful investigative reporting? Check out this @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Disease Reporting session led by journalist/health researcher Rupsa Chakraborty. She shared powerful insights about uncovering failures in India's rare disease policy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2XS...

Learn about mental health challenges for people living w/ rare diseases, featuring Nation Media Group's Mercy Chelang'at + Philip Langat, who lost 5 relatives to motor neuron disease, during their @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Disease Reporting fellowship session. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGwv...

Fernando Goldzstein's quest to cure his son's rare brain cancer led to a global initiative to speed up research + yield better treatments. He told @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Disease Reporting fellows about why he founded the Medulloblastoma Initiative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsQf... .

Check out these highlights from Day 3 of the 2025 @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Diseases Reporting Fellowship, featuring journalist Rupsa Chakraborty, Jessie Dubief of EURORDIS, Darby Gavin of NORD + Sarita Edwards of the E.WE Foundation. #rarebutnotalone www.instagram.com/reel/DRQNqK_...

On Tuesday, the @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Disease Reporting fellows focused on the mental health toll for patients and families Philip Langat of the Motor Neuron Disease Association of Kenya provided profound insights about losing 4 family members to the rare neurological disease.

The 2025 @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Diseases Reporting fellows had the extraordinary privilege of being briefed by researchers Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Kiran Musunuru of @upenn.edu and @childrensphila.bsky.social . #rarediseases #innovation #rarebutnotalone

The @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship launched with insights from James Levine, president of Fondation Ipsen. He helped journalists reimagine the future by communicating the potential of biotech innovation in the rare disease realm. #rarediseases #RareButNotAlone

We call it: Widening the Pipeline, a year of monthly meetings to support journalists of color. Alumni call it: "Life changing."✨ Now is your chance to be part of the Class of 2026: https://nationalpress.org/training/widening-the-pipeline-fellowship-2026-journalists-of-color/

November is #BlackCatholicHistoryMonth. Last month, @natemup.com of the @blackcatholicmessenger.org told @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellows about why he founded America's only publication for African American Catholics. nationalpress.org/topic/how-th...

On Nov. 18, Brazilian businessman Fernando Goldsztein will tell 62 @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Disease Reporting fellows why he founded The Medulloblastoma Initiative to help children like his son Frederico who was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ec...

Ahead of next week's virtual @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship, I'm pleased to see the 62 international journalists greeting each other on our WhatsApp channel. They're eager to start the journey of knowledge and storytelling about living with rare disease.

Accidentally snapped this shot of @tomsietsema.bsky.social speaking with @nationalpress.bsky.social Local Business fellows at Neutral Ground VA last month. Now I wish I'd gotten a selfie with him!! 👏 on your brilliant tenure at the @washingtonpost.com; can't wait to see your next chapter.

"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four?" I am just getting started. I am the best I have ever been, on every measure. I am "dangerously competent." I am strong, determined and full of gratitude. #AgeAintNothingButANumber #happybirthdaytome

At the @nationalpress.bsky.social, we can't stop. And we won't stop. We're hifting gears for welcoming journalists to DC next month for the NPF "Federal Action, Local Impact" fellowship program, Oct. 7-9.

Watch @capitalb.bsky.social journalist @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social tell @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellows about how sustained community engagement helped get the Hollywood blockbuster "Sinners" screened in her hometown of Clarksdale, MS. nationalpress.org/topic/sinner...

APPLY NOW for the @nationalpress.bsky.social Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship, Nov. 17-21. With generous support from Fondation Ipsen, we'll offer a week of virtual briefings about covering the complex diseases affecting 300 million people worldwide. nationalpress.org/training/app...

NPF has selected 35 journalists from across the country for the 2025 Local Business Journalism Fellowship. Fellows will hear from economists, small business owners and other experts. https://nationalpress.org/newsfeed/npf-names-35-journalists-for-local-business-journalism-2025-fellowship/

I love it when a @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellow takes flight! Congrats to Jordan Parker for starting as the @dallasnews.com new aviation reporter, covering airlines, air travel and the aerospace industry. His #NPFWidening fam is thrilled! www.linkedin.com/posts/j-park...

Thrilled that @njdotcom.bsky.social columnist Daysi Calavia-Robertson won the @nabjofficial.bsky.social Salute to Excellence Best Commentary Award for her social justice columns. This OG @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellow is on 🔥🔥🔥! www.instagram.com/reel/DNMUpPp...

📢 Applications are now open for the National Press Foundation Annual Journalism Awards! Apply by Sept. 30 for more than $50K in prizes. nationalpress.org/newsfeed/app...

🏆 NEW: The U.S. Chamber Award for Excellence in Local Business Reporting, which carries a $10,000 prize, recognizes outstanding coverage of local businesses across America. (2/11) nationalpress.org/awards/u-s-c...

🏆 The Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade recognizes exemplary journalism that illuminates and advances the public’s understanding of international business and trade. Open to journalists worldwide 🌏 and includes a $10,000 prize. (3/11) nationalpress.org/awards/hinri...

🏆 The Editor of the Year Award recognizes significant achievements that enhance the quality of journalism in the United States. The award is open to any U.S.-based editor at a local or national news organization. The award includes a cash prize of $5,000. (4/11) nationalpress.org/awards/benja...

🏆 The Wounded Warrior Project® Award for Excellence in Coverage of Veterans includes two $5,000 awards, one for a large media outlet and one for a small/regional outlet whose reporting fosters a deeper understanding of veterans’ needs, struggles and triumphs. (5/11) nationalpress.org/awards/wound...

🏆 The AARP Award for Excellence in Journalism on Aging provides $5,000 prizes for a large and small news outlet covering the challenges and opportunities for people and society in the face of significant demographic aging trends. (6/11) nationalpress.org/awards/the-a...

🏆 Local journalists, this one’s for you! The Feddie Reporting Award recognizes outstanding reporting about the impact of federal laws and regulations on local communities. The award includes a $5,000 prize. (7/11) nationalpress.org/awards/the-f...

🏆 D.C. press corps & beyond: The Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress recognizes U.S. journalists whose work shows thoughtful insight into the workings of the U.S. Congress. The award includes a $5,000 prize. (8/11) nationalpress.org/awards/evere...

🏆 Data viz journalists, graphic designers & special teams: The Innovative Storytelling Award recognizes digital journalism of the highest quality that re-invents the way stories are told. The award includes a $5,000 prize. (9/11) nationalpress.org/awards/innov...

🏆 The Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons recognizes U.S.-based editorial cartoonists for work that exhibits power to influence public opinion, plus good drawing and striking effect. A $2,500 prize. (10/11) nationalpress.org/awards/cliff...

Read about the boom in WV data center projects from @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social energy + environment reporter @sarahbishi.bsky.social. Ahead of @nationalpress.bsky.social Local Business Journalism Fellowship, a great example of covering local economies. mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/07/17/w...

To all professionals (and retirees) in the journalism, film, television, theatre, entertainment, + arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text + post a pic on YOUR page.

Just subscribed to "Kronikled," the new podcast from Media Literate Hottie Kelsey Russell. . Kelsey breaks down the history of iconic media outlets and helps her audience learn more about how the sausage of journalism gets made. #PrintPrincess #medialiteracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgdU...

Ahead of the upcoming @nationalpress.bsky.social Local Business Journalism Fellowship, 2024 Widening the Pipeline fellow NushratRahman of the @detroitfreepress.bsky.social + @bridgedet313.bsky.social produced this story about grant funding for tech startups/founders. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

#PhotosatWork Challenge: Me at the Maai Mahiu camp for Internally Displaced Persons, Nakuru County, Kenya, 3/13/2009. My work in East Africa changed me. The faces of children altered my DNA. Supporting #journalists empowered me. #journalism #journalistsmatter #journalismmatters

On this UN International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent, I'm remembering the many strong, beautiful, courageous and determined women and girls I met during my decade of living in East Africa. I created a slideshow about some of them back in 2019. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5gq...

Following the Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump Administration to dismantle the Ed Dept, watch this June 10 @nationalpress.bsky.social webinar, "How to Cover Education Departent Cuts in Local School Districts" for advice on developing contextual stories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D40...

SO many powerful insights being shared at the @officialnahj.bsky.social conference in Chicago. "The Price of Truth: Media, Money and Democracy." @mariahinojosa.bsky.social guided a deeply moving conversation about press freedom, civic engagement and the battle for democracy. #NAHJ25

HAPPENING NOW: “Understanding the Impact of the Immigration Crackdown on Children” at @morelatinosinnews.bsky.social in Chicago. #NAHJ25

Excited to be heading to Chicago for the ‪@morelatinosinnews.bsky.social conference. Eager to hear from veteran journalists and the dynamic young leaders on the front lines of covering the relentless news cycle of this American moment. #NAHJ25

Happy "Supercell Anniversary" to Victoria Gray, the Mississippi woman who in 2019 made history as the first patient to be successfully treated for #SickleCell disease using CRISPR gene therapy. #SickleCellAwareness www.linkedin.com/posts/victor...

Nine years ago this week, I saw the original cast of @hamiltonmusical.bsky.social l create magic on Broadway. It was the most thrilling theatre experience of my life...so far. #HamilTEN #RiseUp #HereComesTheGeneral #Work

Kudos to @lionelramos.bsky.social of @kosuradio.bsky.social for this report about how state and local agencies in Oklahoma are responding to federal deportation efforts. Another frontline dispatch from a @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellow. www.kosu.org/politics/202...

Journos, looking for story ideas? See NPF's tips and latest briefings on Signal, FOIA, mental health at work and covering the Education Department in this week's newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/nationalpress.org/june-15-2025-news-from-npf-13435587