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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.

Beware the People Who Claim “America Isn’t Ready for a Black Woman President”

Elie Mystal discusses Kamala Harris’s candidacy, speculating on how, even as she consolidates the entire Democratic Party behind her campaign, there will be people telling her she cannot win because she is a woman of color. Elie Mystal for The Nation.

The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially

Under this new standard, a president can go on a four-to-eight-year crime spree and then retire from public life, never to be held accountable. Elie Mystal for The Nation.

Type Media Center Annual Celebration 2024 Photo Gallery

Thank you to all who joined us for Type Media Center’s Annual Celebration, at which we presented the 2023 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship to HeadCount.

Type Media Center Announces the 2024 Recipients of the Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties

Type Media Center is pleased to announce Christina Ge and Madeline Wood as the two recipients of the 2024 Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties. The fellowship, which carries a $3,000 prize, is for law students who intend to carry out significant activities over the summer between their first and second years related to civil rights and/or civil liberties.

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Type Investigations

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

The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning

At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer.

Adam Federman In These Times June 20, 2024

The Backstory: Aurora Almendral

Reporting on the Exploitation of Foreign Nurses

Paco Alvarez May 23, 2024

The War on Protest

Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action.

Adam Federman In These Times April 17, 2024

Ida B. Wells

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.

Bold Type Books

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

Rebel of Rangoon

A Tale of Defiance and Deliverance in Burma

by Delphine Schrank

Angry White Men

American Masculinity at the End of an Era

by Michael Kimmel

Wages of Rebellion

by Chris Hedges

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Fellows

About

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.

Elie Mystal

Alfred Knobler Fellow

E. Tammy Kim

Puffin Foundation Fellow

Rozina Ali

Type Media Center Fellow

Nick Turse

Type Media Center Fellow

Ari Berman

Type Media Center Fellow

Josie Duffy Rice

Type Media Center Fellow

Adam Federman

Type Investigations Fellow

Matthieu Aikins

Type Media Center Fellow

Noy Thrupkaew

Type Investigations Fellow

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Events

How We Did It – The Making of Harm’s Way Investigation.

October 3, 2022, 10:00 am EDT

Join the Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism Investigations, and Type Investigations for a hybrid panel on Monday, October 3.

Type Talk: Race, Resistance & Policing in NYC Race

April 26, 2022, 1:00 pm EDT

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.

Annual Gala Honoring the National Network of Abortion Funds, Puffin Prize Recipient 2022

March 3, 2022, 6:30 pm EST

On March 3rd, 2022 Type Media Center held a virtual celebration to honor the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF), as the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship.

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Beware the People Who Claim “America Isn’t Ready for a Black Woman President”

The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially

Type Media Center Annual Celebration 2024 Photo Gallery

Type Media Center Announces the 2024 Recipients of the Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties

Type Investigations

The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning

The Backstory: Aurora Almendral

The War on Protest

Ida B. Wells

Bold Type Books

The Death and Life of American Journalism

Rebel of Rangoon

Angry White Men

Wages of Rebellion

Fellows

Events

How We Did It – The Making of Harm’s Way Investigation.

Type Talk: Race, Resistance & Policing in NYC Race

Annual Gala Honoring the National Network of Abortion Funds, Puffin Prize Recipient 2022

Prizes

The Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship

Ridenhour Prize

Robert Masur Fellowship in  Civil Liberties

Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture Series on the Fate of  the Earth

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