Funding Opportunity for Journalists to Explore “Intellectual Humility”

At a time of intense social polarization, when many people gravitate toward beliefs with which they already agree and dismiss other views, practicing “intellectual humility” offers a welcome alternative. Intellectual humility is defined, most simply, as the degree to which people recognize that their beliefs might be inaccurate. It involves an openness to diverse perspectives and, ultimately, a path to greater understanding and cooperation

This webinar will briefly explain a new funding opportunity for journalists and other media producers to create new stories on intellectual humility. The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC), based at the University of California, Berkeley, is offering grants of between $5,000 and $50,000 to report and produce these stories, drawing on cutting-edge research.

On the webinar, the GGSC’s executive director, Jason Marsh, will share more about this opportunity.

Learn more about these grants.

About the presenter:

Jason Marsh is the executive director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) and the founding editor in chief of the center’s award-winning online magazine, Greater Good, which engages 1 million readers each month. He is also the founding producer of the GGSC’s online course and podcast–both called The Science of Happiness–which have reached millions of students and listeners worldwide.

Marsh has co-edited three anthologies of Greater Good articles: The Compassionate Instinct, Are We Born Racist?, and The Gratitude Project. Over his two decades at the GGSC, his own articles for Greater Good have explored everything from the psychology of the bystander to the reasons why he should finally start meditating. His writing has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the opinion section of CNN.com. Previously, he worked as a reporter and producer at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, as a documentary producer, and as a kindergarten teacher. He lives with his wife and daughter in Berkeley, California.