Funded Fellowships for Journalists in the US 2023

Alfred Friendly Press Partners is offering fellowship opportunities for Print, broadcast, and online journalists from developing countries. Alfred Friendly provides fellows with basic and advanced hands-on instruction at the Missouri School of Journalism and places them in leading U.S. newsrooms. The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships are aimed at providing fellows with experience in reporting, writing, and editing that will enhance future professional performance; transferring knowledge gained during the program to colleagues at home, and fostering ties between journalists in the United States and other countries. The program lasts for 6 months and starts in mid-March and ends in early September. 

Fellows receive travel, health insurance, and basic living expenses.

To be eligible, candidates must be:

• Early-career professional journalists from developing countries with proficiency in English.
• 25-35 years old
• Have at least three years of experience as a journalist at a print, online, or broadcast media outlet.
• Participants who work as staff reporters in their host newsrooms are required to develop training plans that they implement when they return to their home newsrooms.  

About Alfred Friendly Press Partners:

Alfred Friendly Press Partners trains journalists from emerging markets by placing fellows in American newsrooms and sending U.S. journalism trainers abroad. In the belief that just societies must have a vigorous and principled free press, the Alfred Friendly Press Partners aims to build strong newsrooms that make possible an informed citizenry. They work to strengthen skills and values by placing talented international journalists in U.S. newsrooms and by establishing long-term training partnerships with news organizations that share their goal of fostering professional excellence.

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