Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship Programme 2026-2027 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: February 13, 2026

Applications are open for the Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship Programme 2026-2027. The Journalist Fellowship Programme on the Reuters Institute is likely one of the world’s main schemes for practising, mid-profession journalists to take a while out from their day jobs to discover journalism in depth. The majority of the Journalist Fellows are totally-funded and so they additionally obtain a stipend to cowl residing and journey prices.

Through private analysis, seminars, networking occasions and discussions together with your friends, you’ll additional your understanding of journalism, the information trade and your house in it. While you might be in Oxford, you’ll work on a mission that can be of direct impression to you, your profession, your newsroom and the broader media trade, bringing in what you be taught throughout your time within the fellowship. This is a programme for working journalists and editors who will return to journalism after spending a number of months with Reuters Institute.

Benefits

• Most journalists on the programme are totally funded. Successful candidates get their charges lined and obtain a month-to-month stipend of £2,000, which can be sufficient to cowl the price of lodging, meals, and basic residing bills. They may also cowl the price of journey to and from the UK and any visa prices. Fellows ought to chorus from skilled work in the course of the fellowship.
• Additionally, some Journalist Fellows are workers of sponsoring organisations which run their very own application course of and choice standards.

Eligibility

• To be thought-about for one of many journalist fellowships, it’s essential to have a minimal of 5 years’ journalistic expertise, or in uncommon circumstances exhibit the equal stage of experience. Freelancing isn’t a barrier to application, however they don’t settle for purposes from these working in public affairs, public relations or company communications.
• Open to journalists from everywhere in the world, together with Europe, Africa, the Asia-Pacific area, North America, and Latin America.
• Applicants should plan to return to journalism after finishing their fellowship.
• English language proficiency isn’t examined, however it is possible for you to to grasp and take part discussions in English. 

Application

You might want to put together: 

• A one-web page mission assertion. What is the concept that you propose to spend your time with us engaged on? What are you able to spend time studying about? Who will you discuss to? Save this as a PDF.
• A 150-phrase abstract of your proposed mission concept.
• A one-web page motivation assertion. Why are you prepared for a fellowship? Why do you need to do this mission on the Reuters Institute? What will you do together with your mission as soon as you come back to the newsroom? Save this as a PDF.
• A two-web page CV. Describe your profession and training historical past. You could embrace hyperlinks to your work right here if you happen to like. Save this as a PDF.
• Two letters of reference. Ask two individuals who know you and your work to write down a letter recommending you for a fellowship. These letters ought to embrace the referee’s full title, job title, their relationship to you, and their contact particulars. Each reference shouldn’t be longer than one-web page. Save these as a PDF.

The measurement limits for all PDF uploads is 25 MB per doc. You will then have the ability to submit these paperwork on our on-line application portal. No incomplete purposes can be thought-about.

Applications at the moment are open for fellowships starting in October 2026, January 2027 or April 2027. Applications shut on Friday 13 February 2026, 23:59 (UK time).

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For extra data, go to Reuters Institute.