Type Media Center Inc

PRODUCING JOURNALISM & LITERARY NONFICTION THAT ADDRESSES INJUSTICE & CATALYZES SOCIAL CHANGE

TYPE INVESTIGATIONS IS A HOME FOR AMBITIOUS INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. WE TELL DEEPLY REPORTED STORIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRINT, BROADCAST, AND DIGITAL MEDIA OUTLETS ALLOWING US TO BRING OUR WORK TO A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCES. OUR TEAM PROVIDES JOURNALISTS WITH EXPERT EDITORIAL GUIDANCE; RIGOROUS FACT-CHECKING; RESEARCH ASSISTANCE; AND FUNDS TO COVER THEIR TRAVEL, TIME, AND OTHER REPORTING COSTS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO REPORTING FROM THE GROUND UP, ELEVATING STORIES FROM THE COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY WRONGDOING. OUR WORK ENABLES GROUNDBREAKING JOURNALISM THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE IMPOSSIBLE. A CORE PART OF OUR MISSION IS BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE JOURNALISM SECTOR THAT REFLECTS AND SERVES DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

INTERNSHIPS: TYPE MEDIA CENTER PROVIDES AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES INTERESTED IN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, AND PUBLISHING. THE INTERNS' PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE FACT CHECKING AND RESEARCH.IDA B. WELLS FELLOWSHIP: THE IDA B WELLS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM HELPS REPORTERS TO COMPLETE THEIR FIRST SUBSTANTIAL WORK OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING BY PROVIDING MENTORING, AND FINANCIAL AND EDITING SUPPORT THROUGH TYPE INVESTIGATIONS.PRIZES: TYPE MEDIA CENTER ADMINISTERS PRIZES THAT SPOTLIGHT THE INVALUABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OTHERS. EACH PRIZE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A FINANCIAL AWARD, PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR FUTURE WORK. THESE PRIZES INCLUDE THE PUFFIN PRIZE FOR CREATIVE CITIZENSHIP AND THE RIDENHOUR PRIZE, WHICH ALLOW US TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT ACTS OF BRAVERY FROM TRUTH-TELLERS, JOURNALISTS, EDUCATORS, LEADING ACTIVISTS, AND VISIONARY ARTISTS.

THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED JOURNALISTS THE SUPPORT NEEDED 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.

BOLD TYPE BOOKS IS A PUBLISHING PROJECT COMMITTED TO CHALLENGING POWER THROUGH NARRATIVE NONFICTION. A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TYPE MEDIA CENTER AND PUBLICAFFAIRS (HACHETTE BOOK GROUP), OUR IMPRINT CHAMPIONS REVELATORY, AMBITIOUS BOOKS THAT STRIVE TOWARD MEANINGFUL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE. BOLD TYPE HAS PUBLISHED BESTSELLING BOOKS BY A DIVERSE RANGE OF ESSAYISTS, ACTIVISTS, JOURNALISTS, GROUNDBREAKING ACADEMICS, AND OTHER THOUGHT LEADERS, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON EMERGING AND HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED WRITERS. MANY OF OUR TITLES HAVE WON SIGNIFICANT AWARDS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE.