The Gary Corcoran Student Prize for Excellence in Reporting on Disability is the only national journalism contest devoted exclusively to disability coverage by college journalists.

Application 2024 | Application deadline: Jan. 10, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PST

The contest is open to anyone who was enrolled in a U.S. or international college or university from July 1, 2023-Dec. 31, 2024.

Entries must have been published or aired between July 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, in a university-affiliated publication or program. Entries published in professional outlets will be accepted if the work was done as part of a college program, class or internship, and not as paid freelance work. Entries are accepted from digital, print, audio and broadcast media. For international entries, work submitted must be in English.

The entrant must have been enrolled as a student at the time of publication or broadcast. Work completed for internships or classes is acceptable if it meets the publication requirement.

The contest is administered by the National Center on Disability and Journalism, headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Please review that you have completed the required items before submitting a contest entry. If you have any questions or are having a problem with this form, please contact David Nitkin, dnitkin@asu.edu. 

Application Deadline Dec. 16, 2024
Entries must be published or aired between Sept. 1, 2023, and Sept. 1, 2024. Entries will be accepted from print, broadcast or digital-only publications.
Please review that you have completed the required items before submitting contest entry. If you have any questions or having a problem with this form, please contact David Nitkin at dnitkin@asu.edu.

The James B. Steele Fellowship in Investigative Business Journalism was created for the 2025-6 academic year to nurture a new generation of business journalists and provide them with the sophisticated investigative skills and business savvy they need to protect and inform their readers. The Fellowship targets early-career journalists who are looking to jump-start their career as business journalists and is open to applications from the U.S. and abroad.

Applicants can apply for the Steele Fellowship at businessjournalism.org/fellowship. Each applicant must submit their resume, a personal statement of no more than 500 words (in English), up to three samples of published journalistic work, and supply one confidential reference letter from an instructor or employer specifically focusing on the candidate’s suitability for the Fellowship. 

To learn more about this opportunity please visit businessjournalism.org/fellowship or email reynoldscenter@gmail.com with questions.

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. (Mountain Time) on January 1st, 2025.

The Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability is the only professional journalism contest devoted exclusively to disability coverage.

Application 2024 | Application deadline: Jan. 10, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. MST

Entries must have been published or aired between July 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024. Entries will be accepted from print, broadcast or online-only publications. Entries are accepted from outside of the U.S., although the work submitted must be in English. 

The contest is administered by the National Center on Disability and Journalism, headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Please review that you have completed the required items before submitting contest entry.
If you have any questions or having a problem with this form please contact David Nitkin at dnitkin@asu.edu.