2024 Stanford University Fellowships (Fully Funded)

We are seeking journalists who are eager to explore, identify and test ideas for improving access to news and information people need to create and sustain robust democratic communities.

Applicants should be prepared to step back from professional obligations to devote themselves to this work and to fellowship programming we’ve designed to help them develop the leadership resilience needed for these times of uncertainty.

You should apply if you:

• Want to grow as a journalist and leader and believe that your best work is ahead of you
• Are excited about the opportunity to be coached through a deep examination of your mindset, your perception of yourself and your place in journalism
• Yearn to be “in fellowship” with a group of other journalists from varied professional and personal backgrounds
• Seek, embrace and prioritize diversity
• Are ready to set aside current work responsibilities and dig into a 10-month journey of professional and personal exploration
• Are committed to being in journalism.

Eligibility criteria

U.S. and international journalists with digital-native and legacy news organizations, independent journalists, journalism entrepreneurs and journalism innovators.

Applicants need to have at least five years of full-time professional journalism experience. We do not require applicants to have a college degree, or experience in traditional newsrooms. (Work as a student journalist or summer intern is great experience, but is not considered part of the five-year threshold.)

Our program is not open to people working in public information or public relations jobs, for trade and house newsletters or magazines, for government agencies, or in academic positions.

Our fellowship does not fund or support book projects or reporting projects, and we are not a business accelerator.