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 2025
The Alicia Patterson Foundation
Washington, D.C.
Length: 1 year or 6 months
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2025
American Society of Magazine Editors
New York, Washington, D.C.
Length: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Rising juniors and seniors. Usually have extensive experience working on local magazines, newspapers, and college publications.
Deadline: TBA
Various locations, including New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago
Length: 20 weeks
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, graduate students, and recent college graduates.
Deadline: TBA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Summer Internship
Atlanta, GA
Length: 12 weeks (June through August)
Eligibility: Rising juniors, seniors, or graduate students
Deadline: TBA
New York
Length: 12 weeks
Eligibility: Requirements vary depending on internship
Deadline: TBA
The Boston Globe (Summer Newsroom Internship)
Boston, MA
Length: 12 weeks
Eligibility: Enrolled undergraduate students and graduate school students graduating in May 2025 or later, and graduating college seniors (with a May or June 2025 graduation date)
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2025
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: Aug. 29, 2025 (rolling after)
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
Various locations
Length: Summer (10 to 12 weeks)
Eligibility: Sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students enrolled in school full-time as of Nov. 14. 2025. This includes December graduates.
Deadline: Nov. 14, 2025
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: 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.
Applications open August 29, 2025
Seattle, WA
Length: 1 year
Eligibility: Recent graduates
Deadline: TBA
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: 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
Application for a 2026 internship will open in August, 2025
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: TBA
Los Angeles, CA
Dates: Summer (begins in June) or Spring (begins in January and March)
Eligibility: Recent undergraduate and graduate students.
Deadline: Nov. 15, 2025
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: TBA
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 Spring 2026
New York, NY
Dates: 1 year
Eligibility: Recent graduates
Deadline: N/A
The New York Times (Editing Residency)
New York City
Length: 1 year starting in June
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 Fall 2025
New York City
Length: 6 months or 1 year
Eligibility: Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a journalism, communications, or related program
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)
Applications open in December 2025
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: November 15, 2025
New York, NY, Sacramento, CA, Washington, D.C.
Dates: Year-round
Eligibility: Various requirements
Deadline: Various
The Reporters Committee Legal Fellowships
Washington, D.C.
Dates: Fall, spring, and summer internships
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, and recent graduates
Deadline: October 1, 2025
Various locations and countries
Dates: 9 months
Eligibility: Senior and graduate students
Deadline: Rolling
Robert Novak JourPrograms – Robert Novak Journalism Fellowships – Applynalism 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
Seattle, WA
Dates: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Sophomore, juniors, seniors and graduate students
Deadline: Applications open October 2025
Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship
London, New York, Sydney or Toronto
Length: 9 months
Eligibility: two- and five-years’ professional journalism experience
Deadline: July 7, 2025
Various locations
Dates: Summer, fall, and spring programs (13-14 weeks)
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Deadline: Rolling
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 19, 2025
Stigler Center Journalists in Residence Fellowship
Chicago, IL
Length: 12 weeks
Eligibility: Journalists with some years of media experience
Applications open in August 2025
Tampa Bay or St. Petersburg, FL
Length: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors and graduate students with prior internship experience
Deadline: November 1, 2025
Los Angeles, CA
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Deadline: TBA
The Texas Tribune Student Fellowships
Austin, TX or Washington, D.C.
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Applications open in Fall 2025
New York City
Length: 1 year
Eligibility: Emerging journalists
Deadline: TBA
Tulsa, OK
Dates: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Applications open in Fall 2025
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
Applications open August 2025
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Washington D.C.
Length: 10 weeks
Eligibility: College juniors
Applications open Fall 2025
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