The Tiffany Shackelford Foundation provides up to 10 stipends each year to support individuals in the journalism community. These stipends are aimed at helping you attend events and programs that will let your talents shine and enhance your skills as innovative editors, reporters, technologists, or similar roles.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit your application using the form below no less than 45 days before you need the stipend approved.
Stipends of up to $599 to individuals (not employers) to help offset travel and/or registration costs for training, workshops, and events.
Connections with peers, colleagues, and mentors; to foster your growth as a leader; and to enhance your support network.
We’re excited to learn about the event or program you wish to attend. If financial constraints are a challenge, we're here to help. What we most want to know is why you want to participate and how you plan to utilize and share what you gain from the experience.
Submit an application online today. Before you start your application, you’ll need:
(1) A brief description of your professional experience.
(2) Details about the event, training, etc., you will be attending, including information on what your role will be, when you need to be notified if you were approved for a stipend and how the event will impact your career growth.
(3) A brief description of why you need the Foundation’s support.
Apply todayThese stipends are intended to advance the educational and social welfare opportunities for US-based women and underrepresented people in journalism. People working at the intersection of journalism and technology are encouraged to apply.
The program aims to achieve several goals: to bring you together with peers, colleagues, and mentors; to foster your growth as a leader; and to enhance your support network.
Priority will be given to individuals who have been invited by an organization to take on a leadership role—such as a speaker, trainer, or organizer—but who do not receive financial support from that organization.
We only give stipends directly to journalists themselves. But we hope organizations will help us promote the Shackelford Shines Awards and encourage those people to apply.
The Foundation, like Tiffany Shackelford herself, seeks to foster radical empathy and caring.The Foundation aims to lead by raising funds that will help more US-based women and underrepresented people. The Foundation seeks to empower US-based women and underrepresented people in leadership through financial support and mentoring.
The Tiffany Shackelford Foundation board or committee reviews applications and notifies all applicants.
The entire Board of Directors reviews and discusses every application. We welcome applications from underrepresented and historically marginalized communities in journalism. Priority will be given to individuals who have been invited by an organization to take on a leadership role—such as a speaker, trainer, or organizer—but who do not receive financial support from that organization.
No. This program is only available to U.S.-based journalists.
We'll notify you as soon as possible and will mail a check to you. However, we cannot guarantee that the check will arrive before your event.
We can do any amount up to $599 but do not give stipends above that amount.
We’re sorry. We can only give one grant per person per year.
No. We only give stipends directly to journalists themselves. But we hope organizations will help us promote the Shackelford Shines Awards and encourage those people to apply.
