Professional Development Support & Masterclasses
Are you a journalism professional, working for a news source in BC? Or maybe you’re a journalism educator in the province?
You could be eligible to receive a Professional Development Grant in order to take a course(s) to further your journalism career or receive funding to embark upon a self-defined project/area of study. Over the course of the year the Foundation also provides free masterclasses for those in the journalism industry to brush up on old, or learn new skills – just two ways the Foundation seeks to foster excellence in journalism. Check out the information below.
“After completing Poynter’s Fundamentals of Investigative Journalism course in the summer, I quickly began applying all that I learned to my work. The course allowed me to collaborate with reporters and journalists across North America, hearing their thoughts and ideas on important topics – which ultimately led me to expand my mind on these topics. Poynter’s course also helped me better understand the impact of journalists’ work, and for that, I am forever grateful. Thank you again for this opportunity.”
Ethan Morneau, Vista Radio, Campbell River, B.C.
“I am incredibly grateful to the Foundation for sending me to the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. Along with 2,000 journalists from around the globe I learned impressive new tools and techniques to dig for information and wrapped my head around how to best integrate machine learning and AI into my reporting. I left the conference with pages of notes, a rolodex full of potential collaborators across the globe and a renewed excitement to do the kind of watchdog journalism that holds power to account.”
Mike Hager, Journalist
Apply For a Fellowship
Apply for the Lieutenant Governor’s B.C. Journalism Fellowship which provides funding for journalists to invest the time and resources in producing in-depth coverage on topics of importance to British Columbians.
Professional Development Course and Self-Directed Professional Development
Every year the Foundation offers working journalists and educators the opportunity to attend courses for short-term professional development, or to create a self-defined program for other studies/research.
Attend Masterclasses
At various times in the year the Foundation holds masterclasses for working and student journalists, as well as for journalism educators and those involved in the profession.
