Application Deadline: March 23, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 ICFJ News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation. The News Corp Media Fellowship offers international reporters and editors an immersive, hands-on experience in some of the world’s most digitally advanced newsrooms. Fellows learn firsthand how these top outlets are navigating the changing journalism landscape. By shadowing reporters and editors across different departments, the fellows gain a comprehensive understanding of how an innovative news outlet operates in the digital age, and bring back new skills to transform their own newsrooms.
Since 2014, ICFJ and News Corp have partnered to bring journalists from Africa, India, Mexico and Russia to the company’s newsrooms in New York (The Wall Street Journal) and London (The Wall Street Journal’s London office and The Times). ICFJ also organizes expert briefings on journalism trends and press freedom for the fellows.
Requirements
The ideal fellow will be one who:
- Has worked in a newsroom as a reporter
- Is currently working in a newsroom
- Has a strong news sense and curiosity
- Demonstrates strong collaborative skills
- Has an interest in audience engagement and building community
- Is digitally savvy but wants to expand on skills like digital strategy and project management
- Comes with ideas for several projects to work on during the fellowship
English-speaking journalists and editors with experience working with data, audience engagement, or newsletters are welcome to apply for the webinars – the first step toward the fellowship. Journalists from all countries are eligible for the opportunity.
Benefits
- All travel expenses are covered by the program. The fellow will receive an honorarium.
How to Apply for the Fellowship
To be considered for the fellowship, journalists must:
1. Participate in two, two-hour webinars conducted by editors and reporters with expertise in digital tools, data journalism and visualization, artificial intelligence, mobile journalism and audience engagement. Webinars will be open to a select group of up to 50 journalists. Both webinars will occur in April.
2. Receive one of four news innovation grants to support a data or digitally-driven project. Only journalists who participate in both webinars are eligible to apply for these grants. Projects should promote new forms of storytelling, data journalism and visualization, or citizen engagement. Each grant recipient will also receive online editorial coaching and mentorship from experienced editors, reporters and experts. The reporting period will run from July through September.
Only journalists who complete both stages successfully will be considered for the News Corp Media Fellowship.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the ICFJ News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation