Type Media Center is a non-profit home for independent journalists and truth-tellers at all stages of their careers. Our mission is to produce high-impact journalism and literary nonfiction that addresses injustice and inequality, catalyzes change, informs and uplifts social movements, while transforming and diversifying the fields of journalism and publishing.

The Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship

The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. and Type Media Center are now accepting nominations for the 2024/25 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship, a $100,000 award given to an individual or organization that challenges the status quo through courageous, distinctive, and socially responsible work. Nominations are due by February 18, 2025.

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Type Investigations is a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to transforming the field of independent investigative journalism.

Leaving the Island

More than 13 million Americans may be displaced due to climate change by the end of this century. What happens when you have to leave the only home you’ve ever known in order to survive?

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The Ida B. Wells Fellowship promotes diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters of color who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests to their work.

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For almost two decades, Bold Type Books has been telling stories that inform and empower just as they inspire and move readers to action. A joint-venture of Type Media Center and Hachette Book Group, we are proud to publish award-winning, bestselling books by thought leaders, journalists, activists, whistleblowers, and truthtellers.

The Impeachment of George W. Bush

A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens

by Elizabeth Holtzman

The Invisible Arab

The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions

by Marwan Bishara

Kabuki Democracy

The System vs. Barack Obama

by Eric Alterman

Waging Peace

The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement

by Scott Ritter

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The Journalism Fellowship Program at Type Media Center is a multi-year fellowship that allows emerging and established journalists to write on complex social and political issues. Our fellows form a unique community of thinkers and writers and focus on topics ranging from labor and racial justice to the environmental crisis and international affairs.

Jessica Valenti

Abelin-Bevier Fellow

Tom Engelhardt

Type Media Center Fellow

Breya Jones

Ida B. Wells Fellow

Ari Berman

Type Media Center Fellow

Rebecca Solnit

Puffin Foundation Fellow

Noy Thrupkaew 

Type Investigations Fellow

Adam Federman

Type Investigations Fellow

Helen Ouyang

Abelin-Bevier Fellow

Eyal Press

Puffin Foundation Fellow

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