National Press Foundation Widening the Pipeline Fellowship 2025 for U.S. Journalists (Fully-funded)

Applications are open for the National Press Foundation Widening the Pipeline Fellowship 2025. U.S. journalism has an ongoing diversity crisis. There simply are not enough reporters and editors of color to inform, engage and accurately reflect their society. To combat this, the National Press Foundation’s Widening the Pipeline Fellowship will provide expenses-paid trainings in Washington, D.C., as well as virtual workshops to support journalists of color staying in – and leading – the newsrooms of tomorrow.

In its first two years, Widening the Pipeline trained 45 journalists from across America, offering skills development, mentoring, and peer support to help them thrive in newsrooms, where people of color hold less than a quarter of positions. Many early-career journalists of color often leave the industry due to a lack of mentorship and support, preventing them from gaining the strategies and skills needed to make meaningful contributions to their communities. This program aims to bridge that gap, providing crucial guidance and fostering the next generation of diverse journalists in the U.S. media landscape.

Benefits of Widening the Pipeline

• Through its John C. and Ethel C. Eklund Scholarship Fund, the foundation will cover airfare, hotel, some ground transportation and most meals for the two in-person trainings in Washington, D.C., held in February and December 2025.

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Eligibility for Widening the Pipeline

• Open to U.S.-based journalists.
• Journalists from any medium with seven years or less of professional newsroom experience.
• They greatly value diversity in all their programs and applicants from across the nation are encouraged to apply.

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Application

Applicants must submit a letter from their supervisors saying they will be permitted to attend all sessions. The application deadline is December 15.

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