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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.

Harm’s Way

The federal government knows that millions of Americans will need to move to avoid the most punishing impacts of climate change, but the country offers little organized assistance for such relocation. When communities ask the government for help, they face steep barriers — a particular problem for communities of color.

Harm’s Way is a collaborative project with Type Investigations, Columbia Journalism Investigations, and The Center for Public Integrity that follows the stories of these communities and the obstacles they have faced while trying to get aid from their government.

Fellows

The Upstart Union Challenging Starbucks

Baristas nationwide are remarkably organized. Is the company’s C.E.O., Howard Schultz, using firings, store closures, and legal delays to thwart them? Type Media Center Fellow E.Tammy Kim for The New Yorker.

Fellows

This is the summer of discontent – and it’s only just beginning

From strikes to riots, there’s going to be a lot more social unrest as the cost-of-living crisis spirals out of control- here’s what you can expect. Type Media Center Fellow, Sarah Jaffe, spoke to Dazed about how this might play out.

Fellows

Riveting and infuriating: How toxic DDT pesticide was pushed on humanity

In her Bold Type Books “How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT,” Author Elena Conis weaves the tale of how the pesticide was pushed on humanity, a story that is both riveting and infuriating.

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Type Investigations

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

Trapped in harm’s way as climate disasters mount

Communities stuck on the front lines of the climate crisis need help relocating. The U.S. government isn’t prepared.

Alex Lubben , Julia Shipley & Olga Loginova The Center for Public Integrity August 3, 2022

How Donald Trump Jr. Promised—and Failed—to House the World’s Poor

He and a partner were going to build “millions of houses” for poor people in the developing world. They built virtually no units, left investors high and dry, and sued creditors rather than pay them.

Joe Rubin The New Republic July 21, 2022

Sporadic Monitoring of Emissions in California Oil Country Adds to Air Pollution Concerns

A patchwork of regulations is out of sync with the urgency of the climate crisis, experts say.

Aaron Cantu Capital & Main July 13, 2022

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.

Life Out of Context

by Walter Mosley

A Quiet Revolution

The First Palestinian Intifada and Nonviolent Resistance

by Mary Elizabeth King

Game of Our Lives

The English Premier League and the Making of Modern Britain

by David Goldblatt

Imperial America

Reflections on the United States of Amnesia

by Gore Vidal

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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.

Eyal Press

Puffin Foundation Fellow

Rebecca Solnit

Puffin Foundation Fellow

Melissa del Bosque

Type Investigations Fellow

Elie Mystal

Alfred Knobler Fellow

Karen Robinson-Jacobs

Type Investigations Fellow

Nick Turse

Type Media Center Fellow

Dax-Devlon Ross

Puffin Foundation Fellow

Collier Meyerson

Alfred Knobler Fellow

E. Tammy Kim

Type Media Center Fellow

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Events

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.

Events

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.

Events

Making the Invisible Visible: a conversation with Rebecca Solnit, Eyal Press & Gary Younge

February 16, 2022, 5:30 pm EST

Watch Type Fellows Rebecca Solnit, author of “Orwell’s Roses,” and Eyal Press, author of “Dirty Work,” in a conversation moderated by Type Knobler Fellow Gary Younge.

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Editors Institute

The Editors Institute is a new program that trains journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to become investigative editors. Its goals are threefold: To help emerging editors better compete for jobs as leaders in their newsrooms; help news outlets find highly skilled investigative editors at a time when such candidates are scarce; and help diversify a traditionally white, male- dominated field.

Harm’s Way

The Upstart Union Challenging Starbucks

This is the summer of discontent – and it’s only just beginning

Riveting and infuriating: How toxic DDT pesticide was pushed on humanity

Type Investigations

Trapped in harm’s way as climate disasters mount

How Donald Trump Jr. Promised—and Failed—to House the World’s Poor

Sporadic Monitoring of Emissions in California Oil Country Adds to Air Pollution Concerns

Ida B. Wells

Bold Type Books

Life Out of Context

A Quiet Revolution

Game of Our Lives

Imperial America

Fellows

Events

Type Talk: Race, Resistance & Policing in NYC Race

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

Making the Invisible Visible: a conversation with Rebecca Solnit, Eyal Press & Gary Younge

Editors Institute

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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