In case you missed it, the application period for the LAPC’s Tony Ross Scholarship, Charles M. Rappleye Investigative Journalism Award and its Reporting on Systemic Racism Grant is currently open! That’s money available to students and journalists looking for funding and support for deeply reported projects.
Read below to learn more, but keep in mind the deadline to apply for these programs is May 13, so start working on those applications today!
Got a question? Email info@lapressclub.org.
Tony Ross Scholarship
Richard Ross has partnered with the LA Press Club to create the Tony Ross Scholarship, named for his late son, Anthony Darrow Ross.
Richard feels it is important to establish a scholarship in memory of Tony supporting young people interested in journalism. He is concerned about the recent practice of disparaging and deriding the news media and believes that nothing is more important to the survival of our democracy than a free and inquiring press.
The deadline to apply is May 13, 2024.
Two $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to student journalists in SoCal.
Click here for more information.
Reporting on Systemic Racism Grant
The Los Angeles Press Club is funding reporting that focuses on effective responses to institutional racism. We’re looking for stories that surface and critically assess alternatives to racist structures and practices. We want stories of what is working and how communities got there.
We are looking for story proposals across media platforms that report on innovative responses to historical racial injustices.
The deadline to apply is May 13, 2024.
Grant recipients will be awarded up to $3,000.
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Charles M. Rappleye Investigative Journalism Award
Charles Rappleye’s work as a journalist, editor and author was marked by a commitment to original, enterprising research, creative use of public records and archival sources and a belief in the power of writing and, in particular, the long-form narrative.
The Charles M. Rappleye Investigative Journalism Award will be awarded twice yearly to a working journalist or team in need of resources, either financial or in-kind, to support this type of journalism.
The deadline to apply is May 13, 2024.
Grant recipients will be awarded up to $5,000.
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