Fellowships

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2025 — The Knight-Wallace Fellowships seek applications from mid-career journalists with at least five years of experience. Fellows receive an $85,000 stipend, an additional $5,000 for relocation, and full support for health […]

DEADLINE: JANUARY 7, 2026 — The 2026 Tarbell Fellowship, a one-year programme for journalists interested in covering artificial intelligence, is now open for applications. Fellows secure a nine-month placement at a major newsroom, participate in a […]

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 20, 2025 — Applications are currently open for the 2025 and the second cohort of the Agora Policy Writing Fellowship. If you aspire to write about public policy in an informed, persuasive and […]

DECEMBER 4, 2025 — Full-time journalists and researchers with a background in media or social sciences can apply for the Al Jazeera Fellowship. This three-month fellowship offered by the Al Jazeera Media Institute (AJMI) seeks […]

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 19, 2025 — The 2026 New York Times Fellowship class seeks an A.I. Initiatives fellow in New York. Applicants must have no more than five years of full-time, professional experience in journalism and/or […]

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2025 — Democracy activists, scholars and journalists can apply for the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Programme in Washington, DC. The five-month Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Programme allows practitioners to improve strategies and techniques for building […]

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 3, 2025 — John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships offer journalists an opportunity to spend an academic year at Stanford University reimagining the future of journalism. Journalists currently working in news organisations, independent journalists, […]

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2025 — The Archivi.ng Fellowship, a six-month programme for storytellers, researchers and technologists working to make sense of Nigerian history using archival materials, is open for applications. Some benefits of the fellowship […]

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2025 — The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship programme for early-career science journalists. The fellowship is a one-year part time remote programme, with a stipend of $6,600. Applications are now […]

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 10, 2025— African fact-checkers and journalists can apply for this 12-day Fact-Checking Fellowship Programme. Africa Check, in partnership with KAS Media Africa, is offering the fact-checking fellowship in November 2025 to applicants with a […]