Call For Proposals, Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting @rejburns @inthesetimesmag
From Rebecca Burns, In These Times Magazine:
Call for proposals: Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting
The Goodman Institute is currently seeking proposals for investigative stories that serve the public interest. The application deadline is Monday, February 20.
Through the Institute, In These Times magazine funds and publishes journalism that challenges—and changes—the status quo. While we will consider proposals on any investigative topic, at this time we are especially interested in stories that examine the following issues:
- Corporate influence on policy, especially policy that has discriminatory or harmful effects
- The dismantling of the social safety net, such as pensions, Medicaid and federal housing assistance
- Labor practices
- Environmental justice
- The causes of economic inequality
We also take into consideration the geographic diversity of proposed stories and whether an investigation has the potential to show evidence of both wrongdoing and the harm it causes.
To apply, please see details below and on our website. And don’t hesitate to contact me with questions or to get feedback on proposal ideas.
We’re also open to discussing collaborations with other outlets and organizations.
Rebecca Burns
Associate Editor
In These Times Magazine
The Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting is dedicated to providing editorial and financial support to journalists pursuing in-depth investigative projects that align with In These Times’ mission of advancing democracy and economic justice, informing movements for a more humane world, and providing an accessible forum for debate about the policies that shape our future.
Through the Institute, supported by a generous grant from Chicago attorney Leonard C. Goodman, In These Times will fund and subsequently publish investigative journalism that challenges—and changes—the status quo. Inspired by Progressive Era muckrakers such as Upton Sinclair, Ida B. Wells and Lincoln Steffens—who helped usher in reforms like women’s suffrage, an eight-hour workday and an end to child labor—In These Times has remained committed to its founding belief that, working together in a democracy, a crusading press and an informed public can create change.
As newsroom budgets shrink and media becomes increasingly conglomerated, it’s becoming more and more difficult for journalists to support themselves through reporting—especially those journalists interested in pursuing stories that serve the public interest, not corporate interests. The Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting was established in recognition of this and of the tremendous amount of time and labor that goes into investigative reporting. The Institute is committed to compensating writers fairly for their work. Journalists whose investigative proposals are accepted by the Institute will thus receive both a competitive per-word rate for their work and compensation for travel and other expenses incurred during reporting.
Stories
- The Missing Native Vote, by Stephanie Woodard **Winner of the 2015 “Best Feature” award in the Non-Native division from the Native American Journalists Association**
- Update: In Rare Move, The Justice Department Drafts a Bill of Its Own–To Restore Native Voting Rights
Fracking the Poor, by Hannah Guzik Surveil and Protect, by Joel Handley How the U.S. ‘Solved’ the Central American Migrant Crisis, by Joseph Sorrentino The Real War on Families, by Sharon Lerner The Myth of New Orleans’ Charter School ‘Miracle’ by Colleen Kimmett Pregnant Behind Bars by Victoria Law What We Don’t Know Is Killing Us by Valerie Brown and Elizabeth Grossman Corporate Utopias by Matt Kennard and Claire Provost How the U.S. Government is Helping Corporations Plunder Native Land by Stephanie Woodard Inside DuPont and Monsanto’s Migrant Labor Camps by Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting The Police Killings No One is Talking About by Stephanie Woodard Cruel and Unusual Healthcare by Katie Rose Quandt and James Ridgeway Call for Proposals
The Institute encourages journalists to submit story proposals for consideration. To submit a proposal, send an email to Executive Editor Jessica Stites at jessica inthesetimes com with the subject line “Goodman Institute Submission.” Please include all of the following in a single Word document: