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.

A Coup, Almost, in South Korea

In this article, Type Media Center fellow E. Tammy Kim reports on South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s controversial martial law declaration on December 3, which sparked widespread protests and condemnation from lawmakers and global actors, and was quickly overturned, intensifying calls for his resignation. E. Tammy Kim for The New Yorker.

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

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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 Death and Life of American Journalism

The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again

by Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols

Shaking the Foundations

200 Years of Investigative Journalism in America

by Bruce Shapiro

China Safari

On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa

by Serge Michel

In Defense of Looting

A Riotous History of Uncivil Action

by Vicky Osterweil

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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.

Josie Duffy Rice

Type Media Center Fellow

Seth Freed Wessler

Puffin Foundation Fellow

Nick Turse

Type Media Center Fellow

Rozina Ali

Type Media Center Fellow

Ryan Devereaux

Type Media Center Fellow

Ari Berman

Type Media Center Fellow

Matthieu Aikins

Type Media Center Fellow

Jessica Valenti

Abelin-Bevier Fellow

E. Tammy Kim

Puffin Foundation Fellow

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Type Talk: Race, Resistance & Policing in NYC Race

Type Fellows Collier Meyerson, journalist and host of the new podcast “Love Thy Neighbor,” and Dax-Devlon Ross, writer and host of the upcoming podcast “The Burden,” discuss their reporting and the decades long history of NYPD misconduct in communities of color.  Saki Knafo, reporter and host of the podcast series “Conviction,” moderates the discussion.

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