Company Profile

Company Description:

Type Media Center is a non-profit home for independent journalists and truth-tellers at all stages of their careers. Our mission is to produce high-impact journalism and literary nonfiction that addresses injustice and inequality, catalyzes change, informs and uplifts social movements, and sparks national and global conversations while transforming and diversifying the fields of journalism and publishing.

Founded in 1966 (as The Nation Institute), Type is home to a half-dozen programs and a community of hundreds of journalists, authors, and writing fellows. Our programs include a bestselling book publishing imprint, Bold Type Books (formerly known as Nation Books); our award-winning Type Investigations (formerly known as the Investigative Fund), which supports groundbreaking investigative journalism; TomDispatch, the widely read and syndicated website; Fellowships that fund over 25 high-profile reporters every year; Prize programs that spotlight the invaluable achievements of others; and high-profile Events that provide a platform for key journalists, thinkers, and activists to discuss the urgent and important issues of our time.