Omidyar Network Reporters in Residence Program – Winter 2025: (Deadline 31 October, 2024)

Applications are open for the Omidyar Network Reporters in Residence Program – Winter 2025. The Reporters in Residence Program is designed to enable a group of freelance journalists to devote more time to deep, nuanced reporting that drives national conversations and informs policy debates. Their goal is to provide participants with the resources, networks, and support they need to tell more stories with even more impact.

This year’s cohort will include up to four participants whose reporting focuses on uncovering the emerging rules, institutions, norms, and narratives shaping the digital landscape. In the selection process, they will prioritize beats that intersect some of their key focus areas, including but not limited to:

• Inclusive participation in the design and implementation of digital technology;
• Competition, market concentration, and/or fiscal investments and their impacts on innovation and safety;
• The intersection of technology and worker power;
• Open Source and public options specifically as it relates to generative AI;
• Tech Governance, including policies, laws, regulations, institutions, and accountability structures.

Responsibilities

• Individually develop, pitch, and publish approximately one piece per month related to their core topic area for the duration of the program.
• Attend at least one in-person gathering at Omidyar Network’s office in Redwood City. Individuals that are unable to travel will be asked to join in convenings virtually.
• Check in on a regular basis (~ once/twice per month) with Omidyar Network team.

Benefits

• The Reporter in Residence program is a contractor 1099-status role with no benefits provided. The Winter 2025 program will run from January to June of 2025. Each reporter contracted will receive a stipend of $8,000 a month and $2,000 travel budget (totaling $50,000).

Eligibility

• Applicants should have passion for covering the digital revolution for a diverse array of audiences.
• Actively working as a freelance journalist (with clips from the past 12 months) in any medium of reporting.
• At least five years of published reporting experience, though a college or secondary degree is not required.

Application

To apply, submit your resume, your location, social media handles, links to three clips, and a short statement (under 1,000 words) indicating which focus areas you would like to cover and describing what stories you would like to cover with additional resources. Use the ‘Cover Letter’ upload for your statement and any supporting materials.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit Reporters in Residence Program.