Fellowships & Annual Programs
Washington, D.C.
Length: 18 months
Eligibility: Early-career journalists interested in policy and politics
Application Interest Form: for more information, fill out this form.
Deadline: TBA
Alliance for Women in Media- The Internet and Television Association Scholarship
New York City
Eligibility: any female undergraduate or graduate student
Various locations, including New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago
Length: 20 weeks
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, graduate students, and recent college graduates.
Deadline: TBA
The Atlantic Editorial Fellowship
Length: 12 months
Deadline: Nov. 5, 2026
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Summer Internship
Atlanta, GA
Length: 12 weeks (June through August)
Eligibility: Rising juniors, seniors, or graduate students
Deadline: Applications open in January
Toronto – News & Media Internship
New York – Research Analyst Internship
Eligibility: Requirements vary depending on internship
Deadline: Rolling
The Boston Globe (Co-op Program)
Boston, MA
Length: July – December
Eligibility: Undergrads, graduating seniors, and post-graduates within one year of graduation (no graduate school students). Ability to work full-time 37.5 hours per week. Minimum GPA 3.0
Deadline: March 1, 2027
The Boston Globe (Newsroom Internship)
Length: 12 weeks
Eligibility: currently enrolled undergraduates; graduating college seniors (May or June 2027 graduation date), and enrolled graduate school students.
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2026
New Jersey
Dates: Dec. 1 – May 31
Eligibility: You must be based in New Jersey to apply, but you do not have to be South Asian to apply. Preference will be given to applicants with knowledge of the community. Students, recent grads and existing or aspiring journalists are all welcome.
Chicago, IL
Length: 6 months
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, and graduate students with previous internships. Candidates must have completed at least one internship at a daily news organization other than their college paper.
Deadline: Oct. 3, although applications will be accepted on a rolling basis after this deadline.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Washington, D.C. or Remote
Dates: For the spring cycle, January to May. For summer, June to August. For fall, September to December.
Eligibility: early-career or aspiring journalist
Deadline: June for the fall internship, November for the spring internship, and January for the summer internship
Democracy Now! Digital Fellowship
New York, NY
Length: 1 year
Eligibility: Underrepresented early-career journalists and digital media professionals.
Deadline: TBA
Various locations
Length: Summer (10 to 12 weeks)
Eligibility: Sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students enrolled in school full-time as of Nov. 2026. This includes December graduates.
Deadline: Nov. 11, 2026
Length: 8 weeks
Eligibility: undergraduate college students with cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0
Deadline: TBA
Bristol, CT
Length: 10 weeks
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students. Applicants must be an NABJ student member.
Deadline: Openings TBA
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)
Fellows visit Auschwitz and other sites in Germany and Poland
Length: 2 weeks
Eligibility: Must have some journalistic experience — whether in a college newsroom or otherwise — and be enrolled in a graduate program of any kind and planning to work as a journalist, or be working as a journalist with less than 10 years of professional experience.
Deadline: January 3, 2027
Israel
Length: 1 week
Eligibility: enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. They must be Spanish speakers over the age of 18.
Deadline: TBA
Seattle, WA
Length: 1 year
Eligibility: Recent graduates
Deadline: As of Spring 2026, Grist is not currently accepting applications for its fellowship program
Houston, TX
Length: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors or recent graduates with prior experience at a college news publication or professional news organization
Deadline: Openings TBA
Various locations
Dates: June – August
Eligibility: college sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student at an accredited 4-year U.S. college/university (must have completed 30 credit hours by December 1) with GPA of 2.8 or higher
Deadline: Early deadline: Oct. 31, 2026; final deadline: Dec. 1, 2026
Various locations
Length: 6 months (starting in January and June or July of each year)
Eligibility: The program is open to all early-career journalists looking to make an impact in digital media
Deadline: Openings TBA
Various locations
Eligibility: Full-time journalists or freelancers
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Dates: Summer (begins in June) or Spring (begins in January and March)
Eligibility: Recent undergraduate and graduate students.
Deadline: Nov. 15, 2026
MacDowell Fall/Winter Residency Program
Peterborough, NH
Dates: Fall 2027 & Winter 2028 season
Eligibility: The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence.
The application will open in mid-January
Deadline: February 10, 2027
McClatchy newspaper locations
Dates: Year-round
Eligibility: Requirements may vary
Deadline: early October to the end of November
McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
Varies based on project
Terms: Summer and winter
Eligibility: Working journalists with at least 5 years of experience
Deadline: Oct. 12, 2026
Mother Jones – The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship
San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC
Dates: 1 year
Eligibility: Recent graduates. Those who are still in school or are only available part-time are not eligible, nor can fellowships be used for course credit.
Deadline: Applications open in early April
The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism
Length: 9 months
Eligibility: Any undergraduate students at two and four-year schools in the United States matriculating through December, 2026
Deadline: Openings TBA
New York, NY
Dates: 1 year
Eligibility: Recent graduates
Deadline: Openings TBA
The New York Times (Editing Residency)
New York City
Length: 2 years
Eligibility: at least two years of professional journalism experience, and no more than seven years of editing experience
Applications open every spring
The New York Times (Newsroom Fellowship)
New York City, San Francisco, CA, Washington, D.C., London
Length: 1 year starting in June
Eligibility: Journalists with some experience, recent college graduates and graduate students
Applications open late 2026
Deadline: Nov. 20 at 5 p.m.
The O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism
Milwaukee, WI
Dates: 9 months
Eligibility: At least five years of professional experience (international journalists are welcome to apply)
Deadline: Openings TBA
Length: 6 months
Deadlines:
-Writing: November 9, 2026 at 9 a.m. Central time
-Video: October 30, 2026 at 12 p.m. Central time
-Graphics: November 9th, 2026 at 5 p.m. Central time
Remote
Length: 12 months
Eligibility: early-career science journalists
Applications open in Sept. 2026
Deadline: October 31, 2026
New York City
Eligibility: a college junior, senior, or graduate student enrolled in a degree program at the application deadline and have demonstrated an interest in international journalism
Deadline: Nov. 15, 2026
New York, NY, Sacramento, CA, Washington, D.C.
Dates: Year-round
Eligibility: Various requirements
Deadline: TBA
ProPublica Local Reporting Network Fellow
Remote
Length: Spring 2027 Cohort
Eligibility: Open to: All applicants from English-language local and regional newsrooms in the United States and its territories.
Deadline: Jan. 25, 2027
Length: 2 years (with an optional 3rd year)
Eligibility: Early-career journalists
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2027
The Reporters Committee Legal Fellowships
Washington, D.C.
Dates: Fall, spring, and summer internships
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, and recent graduates
Deadline: Applications for relevant fellowships are open each year from Aug. 14 to Oct. 15 for positions that begin the following year
Length: 6 months
Eligibility: Any U.S.-based local or regional journalist working on staff or freelancing for a media outlet that has a research university or institution in their coverage area
Deadline: TBA
Various locations and countries
Dates: 9 months
Eligibility: Senior and graduate students
Deadline: Rolling
Robert Novak Journalism Fellowships
Varies, depending on project
Eligibility: Working journalists with less than 10 years of professional experience. Full-time and part-time awards with quarterly writing installments.
Deadline: Openings TBA
Seattle, WA
Dates: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Sophomore, juniors, seniors and graduate students
Deadline: October 30, 2026 at 4pm PT
Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship
London, New York, Sydney or Toronto
Length: 9 months
Eligibility: two- and five-years’ professional journalism experience
Deadline: Applications open in Spring
Various locations
Dates: Summer, fall, and spring programs (13-14 weeks)
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Deadline: Summer applications open in January, Fall in June, and Spring in October
Society of Professional Journalists (Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Public Service Journalism)
Washington D.C.
Eligibility: Be employed as an opinion writer, or as a reporter with a major focus on analytical or investigative journalism, at a U.S. news outlet with at least three years of relevant professional experience
Deadline: June 29, 2026
Stigler Center Journalists in Residence Fellowship
Chicago, IL
Length: 12 weeks
Eligibility: Journalists with some years of media experience
Deadline: Sept. 20, 2026
Tampa Bay or St. Petersburg, FL
Length: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors and graduate students with prior internship experience
Deadline: Oct. 30, 2026
Tarbell Center for AI Journalism
Hybrid
Length: 1 year
Eligibility: journalists interested in covering artificial intelligence
Deadline: November 22, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Deadline: Applications open November 18th, 2026
The Texas Tribune Student Fellowships
Austin, TX or Washington, D.C.
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Deadline: October 30, 2026
New York City
Length: 1 year
Eligibility: Emerging journalists
Deadline: Openings TBA
Tulsa, OK
Dates: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Deadline: Openings TBA
Length: 1 year
Eligibility: journalists interested in revealing and seeking solutions to social inequities and racial equality in the Deep South
Eligibility: Previous newsroom experience (including college papers)
Length: 1 year
Deadline: TBA
The Washington Post Internships
Washington, D.C.
Dates: Summer (12 weeks)
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, and graduate students with internship experience
Deadline: Oct. 9
Wall Street Journal Summer Internships
New York, Detroit, San Francisco, London and Singapore
Length: 10 weeks
Eligibility: Returning undergrads and grads
Deadline: Oct. 30 and Oct. 31