Documented is excited to announce the new Media Training Program supporting local newsrooms across the United States and its territories, helping them better serve immigrant communities.
Donor Name: Documented
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 10/12/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The 2026 Building Bridges: An Immigrant Media Training Program will offer a practical, intensive, and highly supportive training program for six newsrooms interested in launching an editorial product based on inclusive, ethical, and high-quality journalism produced for and with immigrant communities in their region. The training is grounded in principles of building trust and fostering longstanding relationships with immigrants. Two additional cohorts will be selected in 2027 and 2028.
The Building Bridges: An Immigrant Media Training Program is a project-based educational initiative designed to support newsrooms in developing community-driven journalism that better serves immigrants.
This stipend-based training program is designed to build on learnings and best practices from Documented’s own model, which includes listening and understanding immigrant communities by conducting needs assessments (based on principles from the Listening Post Collective) and launching a customized product that reflects immigrant voices and serves their needs.
Funding Information
Each selected newsroom will receive $10,000 in stipends to launch the product and will participate in a final investment round to receive extra funds for its development.
Eligibility Criteria
- Newsrooms of any business model (nonprofit, for-profit, community-based, or university-affiliated) that can demonstrate that serving immigrant communities or community-driven journalism is part of their mission, ethos, or is embedded in their editorial process.
- This training is intended for reporters, producers, editors, and managers working in any newsroom in the United States and its territories who are willing and committed to better serve immigrant communities.
- One full-time employee must be available (and excited!) to participate in the virtual weekly sessions, and one part-time or full-time employee must be dedicated to supporting the project development, fundraising, and sustainability.
For more information, visit Documented.
