Reporting Grants Available to Report on Domestic Violence

 

Domestic violence affects more than 10 million Americans each year. Yet it is often treated as a criminal or private matter rather than a public health epidemic. Journalism can play a role in bringing about change and greater awareness.

The Center for Health Journalism’s two-day symposium on domestic violence will provide reporters with a roadmap for covering this public health epidemic with nuance and sensitivity. And read below for a $2,000-$10,000 funding opportunity.

In our symposium, we will share immersive approaches for reporting on domestic violence and its root causes, looking at how systemic inequities play a role. You will hear insights on how unaddressed trauma can shape the lives of both perpetrator and victim and explore how mistrust of police can make it difficult to seek help, especially among communities of color and for some in the LGBTQ community. Our conversation will delve into new restorative justice approaches, trauma-informed interviewing, and the multiple ways an abuser can exert control and exact psychological harm.

The first session of our program will be held in person on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, at the Annenberg School of Journalism, on Friday, March 17, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The second day-long session will be held via Zoom on Friday, March 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

While journalists are welcome to attend from anywhere in the country, the Center has a limited number of $300 travel stipends for California journalists coming from outside Southern California and a limited number of $500 travel stipends from those coming from out of state. So sign up soon!

Interested in more information or a conversation? Email us at chj@usc.edu.

This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Blue Shield of California Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Reporters who attend are eligible to apply to the Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund
Reporters will be eligible to apply for a reporting grant of $2,000 to $10,000 from our Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund if they attend both sessions. The deadline for applications is April 7.

The journalists selected as Domestic Violence Impact Fund Grantees will receive five months of mentoring from a veteran journalist as they usher their reporting projects to publication or broadcast. Grantees also will be eligible to compete for community engagement mentoring and a $1,000-$2,000 engagement grant as well. For our engagement initiative, we are especially interested in projects that involve partnering with community-based organizations and their clients in first-person storytelling.

Source: The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism