Applications for the 2025 Cohort are now open! Deadline to submit is Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
What is Community Journalism?
Community Journalism combines the professionalism and far-reaching network of traditional media with the internal knowledge and connections of local communities to create more accessible and collaborative research, sourcing, reporting, and news making.
From identifying underreported stories to shaping how they are told, community journalists produce local news that better informs the public, strengthens their neighborhoods, and bolsters civic participation.
Staff Contact: Programs team, programs@humanitiesdc.org
Program Coordinator: Ashley Gunter
The Work of the HumanitiesDC Community Journalism Program
Launched in Fall 2023, the Community Journalism Program is a free 14-week training program designed to equip D.C. residents with the knowledge, skills, and mentorship to tell the stories that matter most to them and their communities.
Led by a professional journalist, seven (7) in-person workshops will cover basic print journalism skills and best practices, including how to find credible information and sources, conduct interviews, outline and write news stories, edit articles, and pitch stories to local media.
Participants will also engage in seven (7) small group training sessions guided by a local journalist who will serve as their mentor and story editor. By the end of the program, each participant is expected to write one news article that will be published online.
Please reach out to our Programs Team at programs@humanitiesdc.org with any questions about the program or accommodations for the application.
HumanitiesDC will be closed for Winter Break from December 23 to January 1. Inquiries received during this time will be addressed promptly upon our return.