Reuters-NABJ Graduate Fellowship

The Reuters Scholarship provides substantial tuition assistance, editorial training, mentorship and internship opportunities to an incoming graduate student in the Business & Economic Reporting (BER) program at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

The Reuters-NABJ Graduate Fellowship provides the following benefits:

BER is a three-semester, 44-credit Master of Arts program. The Reuters Fellowship covers approximately one third of the cost of tuition and fees for the program. The Reuters Scholar will be considered for additional NYU scholarship aid that can potentially lower the remaining tuition costs.

The curriculum and other information can be found by clicking on the links on the left side of this page.

Fall 2022 semester – Fellowship covering tuition, registration fees, and health insurance, plus a stipend of approximately $16,000 for the semester.

Spring 2023 semester – Tuition scholarship of approximately $4,000

The award includes a paid summer internship at Reuters between the second and third semesters of the program. In addition, scholars can attend writing and reporting workshops at Reuters throughout the academic year and will be invited to the Reuters Times Square office to meet with senior reporters and staffers.

Core Requirements include:

Proof of membership in the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) must be submitted at the time of accepting the fellowship award (applicant may join NABJ upon receiving the offer)
Must be an applicant of the 2019-2020 academic year at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute’s Business & Economic Reporting program, and meet all requirements for admission
Applications are due by Thursday, February 28.

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For more information about the fellowship, contact:

Professor Stephen Solomon
Associate Director, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
stephen.solomon@nyu.edu