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CATCHLIGHT GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP 

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Application Deadline: December 15, 2025

LOCATION: USA

The CatchLight Global Fellowship program is open to exceptional fellows with a community of like-minded Fellows and industry professionals with opportunities for mentorship, education and speaking engagements.

ELIGIBILITY:

You may be the ideal candidate for a CatchLight Global Fellowship if you are a(n): 

Long-form storyteller with a specific impact project 

Leader with a plan to advance/or grow the field 

Educator with innovative approaches to supporting upcoming storytellers 

Proposals will be assessed on how they employ and strengthen new methods and potential solutions with an eye towards one or more of the following target outcomes: 

Innovative Distribution: Testing a new distribution method of an existing project to effectively engage a specific audience through visuals. 

Community Activations: Testing how visual storytelling can be leveraged to engage specific audiences and/or address specific community information needs 

Field sustainability: building systems and models that push the field of visual storytelling or media ecosystem forward. 

Requirements include but are not limited to: 

A fellowship statement on how visuals in general and your work specifically ignite social change, who your work aims to inform, and what human connections your work creates. 100 words 

A thesis statement summarizing what you would like to do and why. 100 words 

A description of the proposed work. 250 words. 

A description of your distribution, engagement, and/or impact plan that identifies your target audience for this work. 250 words. 

A plan to gather impact feedback. 100 words 

A timeline for the work, which can extend beyond the grant period. 

A budget estimate for the proposed work. This budget can exceed the award amount but please note where CatchLight funds would be used 

Three topic ideas for sharing learning with the CatchLight community 

10-20 images, which, if awarded 

5-10 images (these can be the same as the work submission)  — CatchLight has the rights to use it in promotional materials. 

Three professional references. Contact information must include email and phone number. 

A short bio 

A copy of your curriculum vitae. 

BENEFIT:

$30,000 award 

Potential access to additional future funding 

Paid travel and accommodations for the 2025 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit in San Francisco. 

Personal development opportunities, including executive coaching 

Impact strategy and networking support from CatchLight staff and our extended network. 

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TARBELL AI JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP, 2026 (FUNDED) 

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Application Deadline: January 7, 2026.

LOCATION: USA

The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year program for journalists interested in covering artificial intelligence. Fellows secure a nine-month placement at a major newsroom, participate in a 10-week course covering AI and journalism fundamentals, and attend a weeklong journalism summit in the San Francisco Bay Area. Host newsrooms in 2025 included Bloomberg, the Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time Magazine, and many other leading outlets.

ELIGIBILITY:

The program incorporates expert speakers, feedback and mentorship from experienced journalists, and networking events with leading AI reporters. Upon completion of the fellowship, we expect fellows to bring their AI knowledge to major newsrooms and publications around the globe.​

Newsroom placement: Fellows are fully embedded as reporters within a newsroom for nine months. Placement outlets for 2025 included Bloomberg, the Guardian, NBC News, Time Magazine, The Verge, and many others.

Challenging: Fellows will spend the year building skills and a strong portfolio to accelerate their journalism careers.

Full-time: The fellowship is a full-time commitment. Journalism is a highly competitive industry, and we expect fellows to be completely focused on succeeding.

International: The fellowship is open to rising journalism talent from around the globe. Some placements require the right to work in the U.K. or the U.S., and in some cases we can support fellows in acquiring visas.

Senior Fellowship: Candidates with more than five years of full-time work experience in either journalism or AI are eligible for positions as Senior Fellows. 

BENEFIT:

The Tarbell Fellowship provides a stipend of $60,000 to $80,000 to support placements for early-career fellows and $90,000 to $110,000 for Senior Fellows (with 5 or more years of experience in journalism or AI).

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