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
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
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. 30, 2024 (rolling after)
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 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
Washington, D.C. (remote)
Length: 6 months
Eligibility: Reporters with a year or two of experience or outstanding recent graduates
Deadline: N/A
Length: 8 weeks
Eligibility: Students of color with a 3.0 GPA
Deadline: TBA
Bristol, CT
Length: 10 weeks
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
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
Seattle, WA
Length: 1 year
Eligibility: Recent graduates
Deadline: Check back in Fall 2025
Various locations
Dates: June – August
Eligibility: Sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students
Deadline: Applications open in Fall 2024
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
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
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
Various locations
Dates: Year-round
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Deadline: Sept. 3, 2024 by 5 PM ET
The Reporters Committee Legal Fellowships
Washington, D.C.
Dates: Fall, spring, and summer internships
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, and recent graduates
Deadline: N/A
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
Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health
Eligibility: Working journalists with at least 3 years of professional experience. Awards non-residential fellowships to journalists from the United States, Colombia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to report on a mental health topic of their choice.
Deadline: April 12, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET
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 or St. Petersburg, FL
Length: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors and graduate students with prior internship experience
Deadline: Applications will open in September 2024
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, OK
Dates: Summer (10 weeks)
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2024
The Washington Post Internships
Washington, D.C.
Dates: Summer (12 weeks)
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, and graduate students with internship experience
Deadline: TBA
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