Launched in 2026, the Journalism Excellence Fellowship provides promising young journalists with the opportunity to work alongside top writers, reporters and media professionals at leading news outlets. The fellowship will last 9 months, with the option to extend to 12 months, and positions will begin in September 2026.
This new Fellowship is designed to develop writers who can engage complex issues thoughtfully, challenge prevailing orthodoxies when warranted, and contribute original, well-reasoned reporting and opinion perspectives to the national conversation.
TFAS Journalism Excellence Fellows will work at media outlets across the United States, including on the Opinion Pages of The Boston Globe and The Washington Post as well as on the reporting teams at The Economist and The Dispatch.
In addition to their day-to-day jobs, Journalism Excellence Fellows will participate in TFAS educational and professional programs alongside other participants of TFAS’s Center for Excellence in Journalism programs, including the Rago, Novak, and Media Accelerator Fellows. From the start, Fellows will be part of a network that includes some of the nation’s leading writers, reporters and editors.
This new Fellowship offers rising young journalists the opportunity to undertake meaningful work. It also provides high-level training in reporting and writing at prestigious news publications early in their careers.
The first cohort of Fellows will begin their Fellowships in Fall 2026.