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Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme 2024

We are delighted to announce that we received confirmation of funding for the CIJ Lyra McKee Investigative Journalism Training and Mentoring Scheme from the Lorana Sullivan Foundation for the next three years. This is in addition to the funds given to the scheme by Lyra’s family. The applications  for the #CIJLyraMcKee Bursary Scheme 2024 are […]

Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme 2023

Applications have now closed for the 2023 #CIJLyraMcKee Investigative Journalism Training and Mentoring Bursary Scheme. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme 2022

Applications for the 2022 #CIJLyraMcKee Investigative Journalism Training and Mentoring Bursary Scheme are now closed.   #CIJLyraMcKee Bursary Scheme: #CIJLyraMcKee Bursary Scheme was established in memory of a young and courageous Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead by dissident republicans in Derry in April 2019.

Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme 2021

#CIJ Lyra McKee Investigative Journalism Training and Mentoring Scheme 2021 is now over. Fully online, it was open to applicants over 18 from the UK and the Republic of Ireland only. The CIJ Lyra McKee Investigative Journalism Training Bursary Scheme was established in memory of a young and courageous Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead by dissident republicans in Derry in April 2019.

Lyra McKee Bursary

The aim of this bursary scheme is to train people from underprivileged backgrounds, who aspire to become journalists or who are journalists at the very early stages of their career. We knew Lyra personally at the CIJ.

Lyra McKee Investigative Journalism Training Bursary 2020

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the postponement of the #CIJLyraMcKee Bursary scheme 2020. Due to the spread of COVID-19, we have decided to make the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2020 and online event only.

Lyra McKee Investigative Training Bursary

The Lyra McKee Investigative Training Bursary applications are now closed. The successful applicants will be contacted by email/phone by Monday 17 June.

CIJ 2023 – a Year in Review

Twelve months is a long time in investigative journalism, all the more so amidst rising political chaos at home and militarism overseas. Perhaps as a result, the last year has also been a time of unprecedented growth for the CIJ’s investigative training, both in the UK and around the world.

CIJ Recommends 2023: Good reads, podcasts and documentaries

Each year we select the books, articles, podcasts and documentaries that we liked the most. Here is the 2023 lineup - in case you get bored of playing charades. Books The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion, By investigative journalist and CIJ Trainer Tansy Hoskins An in-depth look at the global garment industry taking in workers’ right, supply chain investigations and the social harms of fashion marketing and media.

CIJ 2022 – a Year in Review

I used to be an investigative reporter of some repute, John Hamm tells almost everyone he meets in the new film Confess Fletch - ad nauseam and apropos of nothing. The truth is that everyone, on some level, wants to be an investigative journalist.