Edna B. McKenzie Fellowship Grant

Edna B. McKenzie Fellowship

The Edna B. McKenzie Fellowship was founded in 2013 to support PBMF member journalists interested in reporting on African Diaspora issues and communities internationally and in the United States.

up to

$1,000

Per Application!

The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation awards fellowship grants of up to $1,000 per application, depending on available funding, to assist with airfare, lodging, meals, transportation, translation services, equipment and other costs associated with reporting projects.

Please note that grant applicants must be PBMF members in good standing.

Unless otherwise stated in PBMF’s call for applications, all applicants must show proof that their work will be published by a professional media outlet.

Announcements will be forwarded to members when an application process is open. PBMF may solicit applications at other times during the year for specific projects.

Edna B. McKenzie

1923-2005

The fellowship is named after pioneering journalist, historian and educator Edna B. McKenzie, who was the first Black woman to cover crime and breaking news at the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper and to earn a doctorate in history from the University of Pittsburgh. She died in 2005 at age 81.