2026 Lauren Brown Fellowship
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- Posted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Amount
- $2,000
- Closes
- Oct 31, 2026 (in 32 days)
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The fellowship will fund projects proposed by women and nonbinary journalists from underrepresented backgrounds. Journalists must be based in the U.S. Grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to support reporting projects or professional development opportunities, through a competitive application process…
About this opportunity
The Lauren Brown Fellowship was created in memory of Lauren Alix Brown, a founding editor at Quartz Media who died in 2019 at the age of 37. As director of special projects, she oversaw some of Quartz’s most ambitious journalism, and championed writing from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Lauren advanced an organizational and editorial commitment to gender equality and mentored most of the young journalists who came through Quartz, and many of the veterans as well. Lauren’s practice of digital journalism, as an editor and writer herself, was ahead of its time, and has been deeply influential. Among other things, she identified how the digital forces wracking traditional journalism could be harnessed to expose readers to people whose voices were traditionally overlooked. The Laur...