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Jun 9, 2026
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6 min read
Plus, pitch calls from Defector and Serviette Magazine, Pulitzer Center fellowships, and more!
Jun 5, 2026
1 min read
Grab your seat at the IIJ’s DC-area Business of Freelancing Workshop at IRE
Jun 2, 2026
Plus, the IIJ at IRE, pitch calls from Playboy and Feet in 2 Worlds, and more!
May 26, 2026
7 min read
Plus, IIJ at IRE, pitch calls from BBC Science Focus and The Objective, and more!
May 19, 2026
Plus, fellowships from the Fund for Investigative Journalism, prizes from the Atlantic, and more!
May 12, 2026
Plus, pitch calls from Business Insider and New Lines magazine, fellowships from Stanford, NASW, and more!
May 5, 2026
Plus, pitch calls from Men’s and Women’s Health, Vox fellowship, and more!
Apr 28, 2026
Plus: IIJ’s first town hall, pitch calls from Business Insider, and three free months of Study Hall for IIJ members!
Apr 21, 2026
Plus, IIJ at ASJA this week, fellowships from Mother Jones and Greater Good Science Center, and more!
Apr 14, 2026
8 min read
Plus, the IIJ in Chicago and at ASJA, pitch calls from New York Mag and the Margin, public service journalism fellowships, and more!
Apr 7, 2026
Plus, IIJ at SEJ, IJF, and ASJA; pitch calls from Greater Good, Palabra, and Business Insider, photography fellowships, and more!
Apr 2, 2026
Sponsored newsletter: Get up to $10k in grant funding for investigative reporting from FIJ, with $2,500 for initial reporting
Mar 31, 2026
Plus, new podcast with Documented editor, pitch calls from MIT Tech Review and Rest of World, health fellowships, and more!
Mar 27, 2026
Time is running out to save on the IIJ's Business of Freelancing Course!
Mar 23, 2026
Plus, IIJ Pitch Slam at SEJ, pitch calls from Poynter Institute and HuffPo, grants from the Pulitzer Center and more!
Mar 20, 2026
Learn how to build your freelance business with our eight-week course
Mar 17, 2026
5 min read
Plus: IIJ at ASJA and SEJ, pitch calls from Paris Review and Disabled Journalists Association, and more!
Mar 10, 2026
Plus: pitch calls from NatGeo, Oxford American, funding for stories on Christianity, and more!
Mar 4, 2026
3 min read
The former WaPo columnist and founder of the Resistance Studies Series will headline this year's conference in a pre-recorded conversation! Register now for $99
Mar 3, 2026
PLUS: discounts for ONA and RNA conferences, pitch calls from the Barbed Wire and Fuller, fellowships for biz and labor reporting, and more!
Feb 26, 2026
2 min read
🤫 We’ve got the secret to sustainable freelancing...
Feb 25, 2026
We have an update to share for the 2026 IIJ freelance conference: unfortunately, Karen Attiah had to cancel her live appearance due to a family emergency.
Feb 24, 2026
Plus: IIJ Conference NEXT WEEK! pitch callouts from Elle, women’s history fellowships, and more!
Feb 17, 2026
Plus, grants for conservation docs, fellowships for HBCU alumnae, awards for health care stories, and mor
Feb 10, 2026
Plus, free webinar replay on making mobile video, Pulitzer and Carter Center fellowships, and more!
