Journalism & Media

Our programs for reporters, editors, and other media producers enable rigorous and independent reporting on issues related to global peace and security.

Recent Work & Highlights

Read stories and highlights from our media fellows and updates from our Journalism and Media team about about recent workshops, trainings, story labs, and fellowships.

Programs

COP31 Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowship

Call for applications open May 27-June 17: Journalists and creator journalists from low- and middle-income countries will have an opportunity to cover the COP31 summit in Antalya, Türkiye, in November 2026.

May 27, 2026

Programs

Developing Story Project expands to include journalism students

With screenings of the new documentary Bombshell, the Developing Story Project engages the next generation of journalists and media-makers to take on the necessary challenge of rigorous reporting on nuclear weapons.

March 5, 2026

Programs

Nuclear weapons reporting track at the 2025 IPI World Congress

Journalists gathered in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the 2025 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival for a series of training and community-building activities to strengthen reporting on nuclear weapons issues.

December 4, 2025

Reporting

COP30 media coverage from the ground in Belém

Read stories published by the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) Reporting Fellows, on the ground in Belém, Brazil, at COP30.

November 10, 2025

Reporting

DSP participant shares story of Hiroshima newsroom’s extensive reporting on nuclear weapons issues

For 80 years, the Chugoku Shimbun has covered nuclear weapons with depth and urgency. As a participant at the Developing Story Project’s Hiroshima Journalism Workshop, Raksha Kumar met with staff at the newspaper and wrote about their story for the Reuters Institute.

October 30, 2025

Programs

Journalists gather for nuclear weapons reporting workshop in Hiroshima, 80 years after atomic bombing

As the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the first use of nuclear weapons in war, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security’s Developing Story Project gathered 22 journalists from 18 countries in Hiroshima, Japan, for a 4-day journalism workshop, organized as a training and community-building opportunity to strengthen reporting on nuclear weapons issues.

September 12, 2025

Programs

COP30 Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowship

Fourteen journalists from low- and middle-income countries will participate in a fellowship program and report on location in Belém, Brazil, at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30) in November 2025.

June 16, 2025

Programs

Launching the Developing Story Project to foster reporting on nuclear weapons issues around the world

In a moment of extraordinary need for accurate, independent journalism about this existential threat to humanity, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security is excited to launch the Developing Story Project, a multi-year program to support and sustain reporting on nuclear weapons.

April 3, 2025

Programs

Collaboration with the Associated Press brings together journalists and open source analysts for workshop in Seoul

The Stanley Center and the Associated Press (AP) convened a multi-day workshop in Seoul, South Korea, focusing on open source investigations and practical exchanges between expert analysts and journalists to better understand each other’s craft.

July 17, 2024

Programs

COP29 Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowship

Twenty climate journalists from low- and middle-income countries will participate in a fellowship program and report on location in Baku, Azerbaijan, at the 29th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) in November 2024.

May 7, 2024

Programs

Exploring Opportunities to Strengthen Nuclear Weapons Reporting

As nuclear threats rise, fostering communities of journalists covering nuclear weapons issues holds promise for increasing quality reporting on this global challenge.

March 22, 2024

Reporting

COP28 media coverage from the ground in Dubai

Read stories published by the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) Reporting Fellows, on the ground in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at COP28.

December 5, 2023