Fellowships & Annual Programs

This lists annual opportunities with varying deadlines. We update it as new deadlines are available. Please also see our internships and jobs pages for recent postings.

 

Albritton Journalism Institute 

Washington, D.C.

Length: 18 months

Eligibility: Early career journalists interested in policy and politics

Applications open December 2024 

 

The Alicia Patterson Foundation

Washington, D.C.

Length: 1 year or 6 months

Deadline: Oct. 1, 2024

 

Associated Press

Various locations, including New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago

Length: 12 weeks

Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, graduate students, and recent college graduates.

Deadline: Check back in Fall 2024 for internships during 2025.

  

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Summer Internship

Atlanta, GA

Length: 10 weeks

Eligibility: Rising juniors, seniors, or graduate students

Deadline: Oct. 15, 2024 for summer 2025 

 

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:  application opens in April for the fall internship, in September for the spring internship, and in November 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 

 

Dow Jones News Fund (Audience Engagement, Business Reporting, Data Journalism, Digital Media or Multiplatform Editing)

Various locations

Length: Summer (10 weeks)

Eligibility: Sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students enrolled in school full-time as of Nov. 14. 2024. This includes December graduates.

Deadline: Nov. 14, 2024

 

Emma Bowen Foundation 

Length: 8 weeks 

Eligibility: Students of color with a 3.0 GPA 

Deadline: 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: Jan. 2, 2025

  

Grist Fellowship

Seattle, WA

Length: 1 year

Eligibility: Recent graduates

Deadline:  Check back in Fall 2025

 

Howard Foundation

Various locations

Dates: June – August 

Eligibility: Sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students

Deadline: December 1, 2024 

 

Insider Inc.

Fully remote, but options to work in New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, the U.K., Singapore

Length: 6 months (starting in January and June or July of each year)

Eligibility: Recent college graduates, but there is no education requirement or age cutoff.

Deadline: TBA

 

The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, CA

Dates: Summer (begins in June) or Spring (begins in January and March)

Eligibility: Recent undergraduate and graduate students.

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2024

 

MacDowell Fall Residency Program

Peterborough, NH

Dates: Sept. 1, 2023 – Feb. 29, 2024

Eligibility: The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence.

Deadline: Sept. 10, 2024 for Spring/Summer 2025 

Deadline: Feb. 10, 2025 for Fall/Winter 2025-2026

 

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. 6, 2024 for Fall 2024

Deadline: March 31, 2025 for Spring 2025

 

Mother Jones – The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship

San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC

Dates: 1 year, starting in June 2024

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 Spring 2025

    

NBC News Associates Program

New York, NY

Dates: 1 year

Eligibility: Recent graduates

Deadline: N/A

  

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

Deadline: TBA

 

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: Applications open in December 2024 

 Overseas Press Club 

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: December 1,  2024 

 

 

The Reporters Committee Legal Fellowships

Washington, D.C.

Dates: Fall, spring, and summer internships

Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, and recent graduates

Deadline: N/A

 

Reuters Journalism Program

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: TBA

  

The Seattle Times Internships

Seattle, WA

Dates: Summer (10 weeks)

Eligibility: Sophomore, juniors, seniors and graduate students

Deadline: Applications open October 2024 

 

 

Sirius XM Radio (Early Career Program including Internships) 

Various locations

Dates: Summer, fall, and spring programs (13-14 weeks)

Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students

Deadline: Rolling

 

Society of Professional Journalists Pulliam/Kilgore Freedom of Information

Washington D.C. or Indianapolis, IN

Dates: Summer (10 weeks)

Eligibility: Seniors, recent graduates, graduate students, or law students with journalism background

Deadline: May 6, 2025

 

Stigler Center Journalists in Residence Fellowship

Dates: March 11 – June 1, 2024

Eligibility: Journalists with some years of media experience

Deadline: October 13, 2024

 

Tampa Bay Times Internships

Tampa Bay or St. Petersburg, FL

Length: Summer (10 weeks)

Eligibility: Juniors, seniors and graduate students with prior internship experience

Deadline: November 1, 2024

 

 

Television Academy Foundation

Los Angeles, CA

The Foundation offers hands-on learning experiences with professionals at the top of their game in the television industry. Television Academy Foundation interns are placed at studios, networks, and production companies across the entertainment industry where they receive direct mentorship and access to industry practices, processes, and opportunities for professional networking.

Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students

Deadline: TBA

 

The Texas Tribune Student Fellowships

Austin, TX or Washington, D.C.

Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students

Deadline: Various

 

Tulsa World

Tulsa, OK

Dates: Summer (10 weeks)

Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students

Deadline: Dec. 1, 2024 

 

UC Berkeley

Eligibility:  student filmmakers currently enrolled in a film or journalism program

Deadline: October 15th, 2024 

 

The Washington Post Internships

Washington, D.C.

Dates: Summer (12 weeks)

Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, and graduate students with internship experience

Deadline: TBA

 

The Wall Street Journal 

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Washington D.C. 

Length: 10 weeks

Eligibility: College juniors

Deadline: October 27, 2024 

 

Wesleyan University (Koeppel Fellowship) 

Middletown, CT

Eligibility: academic and professional experience in journalism. Candidates must have at least a master’s degree in journalism (or related field) in hand by the time of appointment 

Deadline: TBA