What: The Tarbell Fellowship is a 12-month program for early and mid-career journalists covering AI. We provide funded 9-month placements at major newsrooms. Last year’s newsrooms included The Guardian, Bloomberg, Time Magazine, NBC News, and many others.
When: June 2026 through May 2027
Benefits:
Who should apply: Our ideal applicants want to build a career in journalism and are thinking deeply about the implications of transformative artificial intelligence. Experience in AI governance, technical research, and journalism are all a plus, but not required.
Why journalism? Journalists can lead the public debate on AI in important ways, drive engagement with specific policy proposals, and hold major AI labs accountable in the public arena. If you want to read a more in-depth argument for why journalism matters, we highly encourage you to check out our colleague Sawyer Bernath’s recent post on the forum here.
Learn more: Visit our website or sign up for our information sessions (organized by time zone):
Asia
Europe and Africa
Americas East Coast
Pacific and Americas West Coast
Apply here by Jan. 7: https://tinyurl.com/578ck8hv