Opportunity

APPLY NOW: Advancing Democracy Innovation Fund

Event Details

Date

December 16, 2025

Location

This opportunity is open to U.S.-based newsrooms. Newsrooms must not have previously completed the Advancing Democracy Fellowship (2022–24).

Audience

Journalists

Learn More and Apply Now

If your newsroom is looking to build innovative approaches to covering politics, elections and government, this is the opportunity for you.

The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), Hearken and Trusting News are teaming up to provide selected newsrooms with up to $4,000 to support approaches to covering democracy that build trust, center communities and highlight solutions. This round of funding is specifically for newsrooms that have completed the Knight Center course "A Better Way to Cover Civic Life" or the Advancing Democracy webinar series. (Haven't taken the course yet? Start there!)

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Contact SJN's Democracy Cohort Manager Jaisal Noor (jaisal@solutionsjournalism.org) with any questions.