IMPACT
ALONG THREE
DIMENSIONS

DEMOCRACY

FREE MEDIA

JOURNALISTS

Hold leaders accountable, mobilize society, engage and inform the public, trigger policy shifts, and improve press freedom

Build the global frontline of courageous journalism, improve the diversities of viewpoints and issues covered, combat newsroom censorship

Improve the safety and resilience of individual reporters, render independent journalism sustainable and supported, provide mentorship and community

STABILITY

AMPLIFICATION

SAFETY

Stabilize journalists financially, assist in recovery after traumatic events, and improve their ability to conceive and pursue new opportunities

Grow the audience for courageous journalists' stories, improve pay, and transform which stories are elevated in the public consciousness

Provide a home for courageous journalists that provides physical, legal and health resources for journalists at risk

TSF SOLVES THE CORE PROBLEMS

TSF SCALES UP HOLISTIC, JOURNALIST-BASED SUPPORT, FILLING KEY GAPS IN THE JOURNALIST SUPPORT MARKETPLACE

A DECADE OF CASH SUPPORT

A PRESTIGE PRIZE AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR COURAGEOUS JOURNALISTS

THE STRINGER PRIZE

A north star that signals to society that courageous journalism matters and awards the next generation of mentors

SENIOR AND JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS

Provides funding for established, and younger journalists who are worthy of support

STRINGER GRANTS

Smaller year round financing for vetted courageous journalists

TSF KEEPS ALIVE THE SPIRITS OF MANY INSPIRING STORYTELLERS

Novelist and dissident who exposed the Soviet gulag system

ALEKSANDR
SOLZHENITSYN

MARIA
RESSA

Nobel laureate who challenged authoritarianism and disinformation

Investigative blogger assassinated for exposing Panama Papers connections

DAPHNE CARUANA GALIZIA

Editor murdered for exposing government corruption and war crimes

LASANTHA
WICKREMATUNGE

Investigative reporter exposing high-level corruption

KHADIJA
ISMAYILOVA

THEIR WORK DEMONSTRATES HOW INDEPENDENT MEDIA DEFENDS DEMOCRACY, SHIFTS PUBLIC PERCEPTION, AND CREATES LASTING CHANGE.