Sources of Funding

UK.

• Financial Assistance, The Journalists’ Charity
  Support for UK journalists and those who have worked for a UK organisation for at least 2 continuous years out of the last 5 years or for 7 years in total (if not current).
• Financial Support, The Printing Charity
  Offering practical, emotional and financial support to those who have worked in the print sector for at least three years.
• Self-employment Income Support Scheme, UK Government
  The Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will support self-employed individuals (including members of partnerships) whose income has been negatively impacted by COVID-19.

Rest of world & worldwide.

• Emergency Grants for Women Journalists in Distress, Internews Iraq
  These emergency grants are designed to assist women journalists in Iraq in the event of an emergency or crisis.
• Press Freedom Defense Fund, First Look Media
  Open to professional journalists in the U.S. experiencing financial hardship due to lost work, recent unemployment or other urgent circumstances as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will provide relief payments of $500 to $1500.
• Journalism Relief Fund, The International Women’s Media Foundation
  Open to woman-identifying journalists in need due to COVID-19 – especially freelancers with no safety net. This fund will provide small grants of up to $2000 USD each.
• Coronavirus Rolling Grant, Fund for Investigative Journalism
  Provides immediate emergency grants to U.S.-based freelance investigative journalists working on stories on the coronavirus that break new ground and expose wrongdoing in the public or private sector.
• COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists, National Geographic
  Emergency fund for journalists all over the world who wish to cover COVID-19 within their own communities.
• Writers’ Emergency Fund, PEN America
  Grants of $500 to $1,000 to US-based journalists, authors and other professional writers who can demonstrate an inability to meet an acute financial need, especially one resulting from the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
• Emergency Relief Fund, Economic Hardship Reporting Project
  Emergency hardship grants of between $500-$1500 for professional journalists based in the United States.
• United States Journalism Emergency Fund, The International Women’s Media Foundation
  Supports U.S. journalists in need so they can resume work essential to functioning democracy in the US.
• Grant & Bursary listings, The Journalists’ Charity