Deadline: Rolling Basis
Applications are open for the Pulitzer Center Artificial Intelligence Accountability Reporting Grants 2021. The Pulitzer Center is seeking to support freelancers and newsrooms focusing on in-depth AI accountability stories that examine governments’ and corporations’ uses of algorithms to guide decisions in policing, medicine, social welfare, the criminal justice system, hiring, and more.
Governments and corporations worldwide increasingly are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and predictive technologies to make policy decisions they hope can help solve some of society’s biggest problems. But algorithms also have the potential to discriminate and harm some of the most vulnerable members of society, deepening social and economic gaps, and amplifying racial bias.
They seek to support journalists and newsrooms that represent the diversity of the communities most affected by AI, predictive, and surveillance technologies. They will encourage sharing of methodologies and code so each story can serve as a footprint for other newsrooms pursuing similar projects.
Eligibility
- Open to U.S. residents and journalists around the world.
- They are open to proposals from freelance journalists, staff journalists, or groups of newsrooms working in collaboration with a project idea. They want to make sure that people from many backgrounds and perspectives are empowered to produce data journalism.
- They strongly encourage proposals from journalists and newsrooms who represent a broad array of social, racial, ethnic, underrepresented groups, and economic backgrounds.
Application
To apply, you will be asked to provide the following:
- A description of the proposed project, including distribution/publication plan, no more than 250 words. They look more favorably on proposals that include a letter(s) of interest or support from publishers or editors.
- Methodology: Please describe your approach to collecting and analyzing data, and include your approach for fact-checking or independently verifying any data that will be used in your reporting.
- A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs. Include travel costs, software, data, or hardware costs. Do not include stipends for journalists/team members who are in the employ of newsrooms or are being paid by a publisher. If you are a journalist collaborating with a data analyst and/or data visual specialist you may include consultant fees in your budget.
- Three examples (links) of published work by you (or someone on your project team.) For example: data visualizations, infographics, and/or data-driven stories.
- Three professional references. These can be either contact information or letters of recommendation.
- A copy of your resume or curriculum vitae.
For more information, visit Pulitzer Center.
