Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships
Opportunity Details
Based at Stanford University, the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships empowers diverse journalism leaders to succeed as effective change agents, sustain democratic communities, and defend press freedom around the world.
Each year, Stanford University invites up to 20 journalists from around the world to join them for nine months at Stanford University. During this time, they work collaboratively to address journalism’s most urgent challenges. If you are a journalist with a passion for re-imagining and transforming the field, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits of John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships
As a JSK Fellow, you will benefit from:
- Individual coaching and customized workshops to help build the leadership resilience and mindsets needed to navigate and lead change.
- A purposefully designed cohort experience that fosters opportunities for meaningful and enduring personal and professional connections.
- The time and freedom to explore the intellectual offerings of a world-class university.
- Access to the worldwide JSK alumni network.
- A stipend of $125,000.
- Stanford tuition and Stanford health insurance for fellows and a health supplement if enrolling dependents in Stanford health insurance. They also provide advice on finding rental housing.
John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships Requirements
- U.S. and international journalists working in news organizations, independent journalists, journalism entrepreneurs and journalism innovators are eligible for this program.
- 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.)
- The 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.
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 9-month journey of professional and personal exploration.
- Are committed to being in journalism.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to get started.
Applicant resources
Please register for their upcoming webinars:
Application Timeline:
- December 4: Application deadline, by 1:00 PM Pacific time
- March: Zoom interviews
- April: Applicants will be notified of their status and fellowship offers extended
- May: JSK International Fellows announced
- September: JSK Fellows arrive a week prior to the orientation, which begins in early September
Application Deadline
04 December, 2024
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