AJI Reporting Fellow Class of 2024-2026 Application

Thank you for your interest in the 2024-26 AJI Reporting Fellowship, which will begin in September.

The fellowship offers aspiring journalists a two-year educational program that prepares them for careers as credible, non-partisan reporters in the nation’s capital or wherever their work may take them. Students learn core skills from respected professional reporters and editors in a classroom setting, and they gain real-world experience by working as reporters at AJI’s publication, NOTUS. Students are paid an annual stipend of $60,000 so that they can live in the D.C. area and devote their attention and energy to the fellowship. More information about the fellowship — including testimonials from current fellows and bios of AJI faculty — can be found on the dropdown menu at the top of this page, and you can read NOTUS here.

We plan to review applications in March and April, selecting a group of finalists to interview. We expect to tell all applicants in April whether they are moving on to the interview round. And we expect to complete interviews and notify finalists of our decisions in May.

All applicants must have U.S. work authorization in order to be eligible for this fellowship. AJI fellows are not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship.

If you have any questions about the program or the application, please contact us at admissions@aji.org. We look forward to reading your application.

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

Street Address *

Apartment Number

City or Town *

State *

Zip Code *

Country *

Phone Number *

Please list the cities or towns where you grew up: *

Why do you want to be an AJI Reporting Fellow? (about 200 words) *

What is something you would be excited to teach your colleagues? (about 200 words) *

How did you become interested in covering government and politics? (about 200 words) *

Please select the option that best describes what you are currently doing: *

Job Current place of employment, job title, and one-sentence description:

School Name of school and date of expected graduation:

Internship Name of publication, company or organization you are interning for, and one-sentence description:

Fellowship Name of publication, company, organization or school where you have a fellowship, and one-sentence description:

Other One-sentence description of what you are currently doing:

While this is not a requirement for the program, if you have any journalism experience — jobs, internships, classes, work for a student publication — please list and describe those roles here:

Journalism jobs (list up to 3): For each job, please provide place of employment, job title, dates of employment, and a one-sentence description of your role:

Journalism internships (list up to 3): For each internship, please provide place of internship, dates of internship, and a one-sentence description of your role:

Journalism classes (list up to 3): For each class, please provide name of class, school, dates of class, and a one-sentence description:

Student publications (list up to 3): For each student publication, please provide name of publication, school, positions held, dates of work, and a one-sentence description of your role:

Other journalism roles: If you’ve pursued journalism in other ways, please provide a description:

Please provide your educational history — college level and above — starting with the school you most recently attended or are currently attending. (List up to four schools.)
Number of schools:

School #1

Degree

Date of enrollment

Date of graduation or expected graduation

Major(s) or area(s) of study

Minor(s)

School #2

Degree

Date of enrollment

Date of graduation or expected graduation

Major(s) or area(s) of study

Minor(s)

School #3

Degree

Date of enrollment

Date of graduation or expected graduation

Major(s) or area(s) of study

Minor(s)

School #4

Degree

Date of enrollment

Date of graduation or expected graduation

Major(s) or area(s) of study

Minor(s)

Please list and describe any jobs, internships, fellowships, or other professional opportunities you have pursued outside of journalism:

Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? *

Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status)? *

How did you hear about the fellowship? *

Please provide one work or educational reference (e.g., an editor, employer or professor) we can contact. If you don’t have a work or educational reference, you can provide a personal reference: *

In a sentence or two, please describe your relationship to this person, how long you have known each other, and/or how long you worked together: *

Supporting materials:

If you have a resume and/or have done journalistic work you would like to share — such as written, video or audio news clips — you can put up to three links below:

If you have journalistic work and/or a resume in PDF form, you can upload up to three items below:

If there is anything else you'd like to tell us about yourself that wasn't covered in this application, please write it below:

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