Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship 2026/2027 for mid-career Journalists to study at the University of Michighan-USA (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline: December 1, 2025.

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026/2027 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship. The Knight-Wallace Fellowships supply completed journalists two uncommon commodities: time and sources. Journalists keen for development and deeply dedicated to the future of journalism spend a tutorial yr at the University of Michigan to entry the sources of a world-class college and dive right into a journalism mission. Areas of focus can embrace however aren’t restricted to sharpening skilled expertise, addressing a problem dealing with your newsroom, digging into information and analysis for a long-term reporting mission, or growing a journalism enterprise.

Eligibility Requirements

• Qualified candidates will need to have a minimal of 5 years of expertise and be at the moment working in some side of journalism for a information group or as an unbiased journalist. The program is trying for a various vary of journalists, together with reporters, editors, information specialists, visible journalists, audio producers, engagement specialists, designers, builders, entrepreneurs and organizational change brokers.
• If you aren’t a full-time journalist, the majority of your work ought to be in journalism. We don’t contemplate full-time teachers, public relations writers, inside commerce writers, lobbyists, public advocates, or these in search of a level.
• If you’re a U.S. citizen, apply as a U.S. applicant, even in the event you work out of the country or for a non–U.S. journalism entity. If you aren’t a U.S. citizen, apply as a global applicant, even in the event you work in the United States or for an American journalism entity. A Green Card is just not the identical as citizenship.

Benefits

The program choose up to 20 Fellows from all sides of journalism who’re prepared to take the subsequent profession step and be part of us in Ann Arbor for this once-in-a-lifetime alternative.

• Eight-month program from late August by means of April of immersive study away from every day deadlines
• Individual journalism initiatives designed to develop topical depth, achieve new expertise, handle a newsroom problem or discover a journalism enterprise
• Specialized sources and entry to college at the University of Michigan
• Private seminars with newsroom leaders, change brokers and world-renowned specialists for candid, off-the-record conversations
• Workshops to sharpen skilled expertise and management means
• International journey to carry context to the political, financial and social forces shaping information protection
• $85,000 stipend plus $5,000 for relocation bills distributed month-to-month from August by means of April for dwelling bills (prices for medical health insurance, auditing programs, and collaborating in required workshops and fellowship actions paid for by Wallace House)
• Individual relocation assist and help with discovering and securing housing to meet every Fellow’s housing wants
• Spouses and companions are invited to take part in fellowship actions and audit college programs as properly

Terms

All Fellows awarded our in-person fellowship should preserve residency in Ann Arbor for the length of the fellowship, attend all program seminars and occasions, and make the fellowship their main skilled focus. Applicants working in a newsroom are inspired to acquire employer consent granting a depart of absence with the understanding that, upon completion of the fellowship and the place relevant, the Fellow will return to their place of employment.

Aplication Timeline:

• The deadline for worldwide candidates (journalists who don’t maintain a U.S. passport) to apply for the 2026-2027 tutorial yr is December 1, 2025.
• The deadline for U.S. candidates to apply for the 2026-2027 tutorial yr is February 1, 2026.

International fellowship presents are prolonged by mid-February and U.S. fellowship presents are prolonged by early May, giving Fellows ample time to plan a transfer to Ann Arbor in mid-August. As relocating for the fellowship does take some planning, we offer help with discovering housing based mostly on the wants of particular person Fellows.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship