The Boston Globe, Open Road Films, Participant Media, First Look Media Presents Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship

News & Tech
December 12, 2015

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The Boston Globe on Wednesday presented the Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship aimed at supporting the work of investigative journalists. A $100,000 fellowship will be awarded to an individual or team of journalists to provide resources and support to pursue an in-depth investigative story with the opportunity to publish it in The Boston Globe. The fellowship is funded by Participant Media and Open Road Films with support from First Look Media.

The fellowship was inspired by The Boston Globe Spotlight Team’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church as portrayed in the feature film Spotlight.

“The Boston Globe has an unwavering commitment to produce high-impact investigative stories that pierce secrecy and shine a light on issues, individuals, and institutions to expose the truth,” said Brian McGrory, Boston Globe editor. “Whether it is the Spotlight Team’s investigation of the Catholic Church in 2002; its relentless reporting of the criminal dealings of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and his ties to federal law enforcement; or its most recent report on hospitals where doctors are running two surgeries at once, accountability reporting is an integral part of The Boston Globe’s daily coverage.”

The Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship is available to journalists with a substantial body of work published in major media outlets. Story submissions should have a U.S. domestic focus and be of public interest. Consideration will be given for proposals that investigate serious wrongdoing and abuse of power in the public or private sectors. As part of the fellowship, the fellow(s) will collaborate with an investigative journalist from The Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team and also receive support and guidance from the Globe’s editorial team as well as the First Look Media team.