Better Life Lab Reporting Grants Q & A Webinar

Join the team at the Better Life Lab for an informational webinar to learn more about the care reporting grants for 2025-2026. Hear about how you can apply and what we're looking for, both for stories on child care and care across the lifecycle.

Stories will be commissioned on a rolling basis beginning in November 2025. Journalists chosen for this program will also be invited to participate in the Better Life Lab’s reporting cohort and receive editorial guidance and placement assistance.

Since 2021, the Better Life Lab has supported more than 20 different independent journalists and storytellers. Together with our team, we’ve produced nearly 70 stories on child care innovations that have appeared in nearly 40 different publications and media outlets. We’re now expanding our focus to cover innovations in care across the life cycle. We’re looking for solutions-oriented stories focusing on how and why care issues matter to families and children, our communities, and a thriving economy with thriving families. We’re open to all mediums, including print and online stories, photojournalism, graphic stories, podcasts, audio stories, multimedia projects, and videography.

Find more information on how to apply here.

Speakers:
Brigid Schulte, director of the Better Life Lab
Rebecca Gale, staff writer and reporting grant manager
Elliot Haspel, Better Life Lab care narrative fellow and reporting grantee