The Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship 2026/2027 for early career journalists (£4,444 monthly stipend) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: 10 July 2026 at 12 midday BST. 

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026/2027 Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship.The Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship offers an unrivalled alternative for an distinctive early career journalist: a nine-month fellowship with Durham University and Reuters to undertake an investigative challenge. The Fellow shall be mentored by prime Reuters editors whereas getting access to Durham’s lecturers and analysis sources and shall be given the chance to develop rigorous, fact-based analysis and reporting abilities. 

The Fellow will pursue the challenge from inside a Reuters newsroom in London, New York, Sydney or Toronto with the extra help of colleagues in Durham’s Institute of Advanced Studies. The Fellow will ship a public seminar on the IAS, sharing their learnings from the Fellowship and supporting the understanding of journalism on the University. The inaugural Sir Harry Evans Fellow, Waylon Cunningham, was part of a Reuters investigative group which gained a 2024 Pulitzer Prize in nationwide reporting. 

Requirements

• The Sir Harry Evans Fellowship is a worldwide alternative, and we welcome purposes from all eligible candidates, no matter their present location.

Selection Criteria 

• Qualified candidates ought to have between two-and five-years’ skilled journalism expertise.
• Where a potential applicant will not be at the moment a journalist however has labored in an investigative reporting capability in a associated skilled discipline (for instance, working as an creator or researcher on authoritative investigative work; or growing in-field photo-or video-research tasks, documentaries, or exhibitions) purposes could also be thought of on a case-by-case foundation. 

Benefits

• The Fellowship has a monthly wage of c.£4,444 per thirty days (equal to a pro-rata wage of c.£53,333 per 12 months).
• In addition, there’s a £1,250 per thirty days residing stipend and a one-off cost of £1,800 for journey and associated bills. 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship