Since 1998, the International Reporting Project has awarded reporting fellowships to more than 430 U.S. journalists to travel to more than 100 countries. The IRP’s grants allow journalists to undertake the kind of work that has become increasingly rare in embattled newsrooms: in-depth, investigative reports on neglected stories in some of the toughest places in the world. In 2013, the IRP opened the fellowship program to non-U.S. media professionals