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"2025 News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
2025 News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation is sponsored by International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). An immersive experience in leading digital newsrooms, including training and support for data-driven projects.
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2025 News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation | International Center for Journalists 2025 News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation – Hannah Ojo, The Nation News (Nigeria), News Corp 2017 participant Hannah Ojo and Athandiwe Saba, 2017 News Corp fellows, meet with with former Executive Editor Fiona Mathias at The WSJ.
More than 1,000 journalists have applied for the opportunity to spend one month at The Wall Street Journal and/or The Times of London. Fellows from Russia (2015): The Wall Street Journal published six stories from the fellows during their attachment. Each year, ICFJ and News Corp accept applications from a different region or country, making this opportunity available to a wide range of global journalists.
To complement the four-week fellowship, ICFJ designs a three-day orientation to meet the training needs of each year’s fellows. Past topics have included mobile, investigative and innovative journalism. The participants also meet with media experts to learn more about issues such as press freedom, ethics in the digital age and media law.
The fellowships are tailored to the individual interests and needs of the participating journalists. News Corp editors have, in the past, designed fellowship activities to focus on topics such as data journalism and visualization, audience engagement, business journalism and journalism ethics in the digital age. The fellowship is open to English-speaking journalists and editors.
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.
The ideal fellow will be one who: Has a strong news sense and curiosity Demonstrates strong collaborative skills Has an interest in audience engagement and building community Comes with ideas for several projects to work on during the fellowship More About the Fellowship During the fellowship, the journalist will be embedded for two weeks in November in the WSJ’s New York City office. This two-week fellowship will be in-person.
The selected News Corp Media Fellow will have the opportunity to: Contribute to WSJ projects on analyzing audience engagement Lead peer-to-peer discussions Promote an exchange of ideas and knowledge Establish new partnerships and relationships with WSJ teams The fellow will receive a stipend and expenses during their time in New York City will be covered.
Requirements to Participate 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.
While reporting skills will be useful, the fellowship has a non-reporting component, instead focusing on audience, newsletter and other digital journalism skills. The selected journalist should not expect to receive bylines during their fellowship. Applications can be found here and are open until Tuesday, April 21, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: English-speaking journalists and editors with experience in data, audience engagement, or newsletters. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was March 23, 2025, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
2025 News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation is funded by International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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