The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) and The Wall Street Journal are pleased to announce Moira Gleason ’25, Anatoly Grablevsky and Adam Pack ’26, as the three recipients of the 2026 Joseph Rago Memorial Fellowships for Excellence in Journalism. This class marks only the second time since the Fellowship was founded in 2018 that three recipients have been selected.
Gleason is a senior at Hillsdale College in Michigan, where she will graduate this spring with a degree in English literature and a minor in journalism. She serves as executive editor of The Hillsdale Collegian, Hillsdale’s student newspaper, and her work has been featured in National Review, where she previously interned through The Fund for American Studies.
Grablevsky earned a bachelor’s degree and master of philosophy in classics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Hilton Kramer Fellow at The New Criterion and previously taught art history at Adelphi University and the Pratt Institute.
Pack graduated from Georgetown University, where he received a degree in international politics and a minor in Chinese. He is a congressional reporter for Fox News Digital and is an alumnus of the TFAS Media Accelerator Program. Pack previously wrote for the Daily Caller News Foundation, where he was a recipient of the newsroom’s 2025 Journalist of the Year award.
As Rago Fellows, Gleason, Grablevsky and Pack will work with the Opinion section of The Wall Street Journal through a nine-month internship beginning this fall. This Fellowship is named in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer Joseph Rago, who was a rising star at The Wall Street Journal and a key member of its Editorial Board before he passed away at the age of 34 in 2017.
Gleason, Grablevsky and Pack are full of appreciation and gratitude for the opportunity to further Joe’s legacy at The Wall Street Journal through the Rago Fellowship.
Gleason, who is also an alumna of the 2025 D.C. Summer Program, an eight-week academic internship experience in the nation’s capital, says she is thrilled to “learn from the best in the business.”
“The Wall Street Journal Opinion page sets the standard for thoughtful reporting and engaging commentary,” said Gleason. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from the best in the business while carrying on the legacy of Joe Rago.”
Gleason, Grablevsky and Pack become the 12th, 13th and 14th recipients of the Rago Fellowship. They join former Fellows Elliot Kaufman, Matthew Taylor King, Alessandra Bocchi, Faith Bottum, Carine Hajjar, Sierra McClain, Jillian Lederman, Luke Lyman, Kate Farmer, Cole Murphy and Suzanna Murawski – many of whom have launched careers in journalism at The Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe and elsewhere since their time as Rago Fellows.
The Wall Street Journal Opinion page sets the standard for thoughtful reporting and engaging commentary. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from the best in the business while carrying on the legacy of Joe Rago.” – Moira Gleason, ’25, Rago ’26
TFAS will formally present Gleason, Grablevsky and Pack with their 2026 Rago Fellowships at the 33rd Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner on November 10 in New York City. During the dinner, TFAS will honor prominent leaders in journalism with the Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award and the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Outstanding Journalism. TFAS will also present a new class of rising journalists with the 2026 Robert Novak Fellowship Awards at the dinner.