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Grant writing tips

Learn more about how journalism grant-writing requires clear arguments and research to bring in the money.

Grant writing is a specific skill that can lean on reporting techniques, but is evaluated in a wildly different way. This resource cleverly disguised as a listicle suggests clear steps to begin researching, writing, and winning grant funding for news projects.

“Keep your project description to one sentence no longer than 15 to 20 words. Think of it like the [lede] of your project. Even the most innovative projects can be defined briefly and described clearly.”