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$2,000 Journalists in Exile Fellowship

  • Organization: Alfred Friendly Press Partners
  • Type: Fellowship
  • Location: United States
  • Deadline: December 15, 2026
  • Funding: Fully Funded

Alfred Friendly Press Partners, a nonprofit that has trained foreign journalists since 1984 in partnership with the Missouri School of Journalism, runs a four-week, in-person fellowship for foreign journalists living in exile in the United States. It builds skills and resilience in safety, law, investigative journalism, entrepreneurship and AI, and brings together journalists facing similar obstacles, with the psychosocial side of exile part of the conversation from day one. **What you get:** - Housing, food and transportation covered for the four weeks - A living stipend of $2,000 - Training in safety, law, investigative journalism, entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence - A community of fellow exiled journalists and the Alfred Friendly alumni network **What you'll do:** - Join a four-week, in-person program delivered with the Missouri School of Journalism - Devote yourself full time to the fellowship for its duration **Key dates:** - Applications close December 15, 2026 - Program dates for 2027 not yet published **More information:** - Questions go to Randall Smith, president of Alfred Friendly Press Partners, at Randy@presspartners.org

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Alfred Friendly Press PartnersFellowship

$2,000 Journalists in Exile Fellowship

Dec 15, 2026 23:59:00 UTC
Opportunity type
Fellowship
Funding
Fully Funded
Location
United States
Deadline
Dec 15, 2026 23:59:00 UTC

About this opportunity

Alfred Friendly Press Partners, a nonprofit that has trained foreign journalists since 1984 in partnership with the Missouri School of Journalism, runs a four-week, in-person fellowship for foreign journalists living in exile in the United States. It builds skills and resilience in safety, law, investigative journalism, entrepreneurship and AI, and brings together journalists facing similar obstacles, with the psychosocial side of exile part of the conversation from day one.

What you get:

  • Housing, food and transportation covered for the four weeks
  • A living stipend of $2,000
  • Training in safety, law, investigative journalism, entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence
  • A community of fellow exiled journalists and the Alfred Friendly alumni network

What you'll do:

  • Join a four-week, in-person program delivered with the Missouri School of Journalism
  • Devote yourself full time to the fellowship for its duration

Key dates:

  • Applications close December 15, 2026
  • Program dates for 2027 not yet published

More information:

  • Questions go to Randall Smith, president of Alfred Friendly Press Partners, at Randy@presspartners.org

Who can apply

  • Foreign journalists currently living in the United States, in exile
  • English proficiency is required
  • Working journalists: the application asks for your news organisation, years as a full-time journalist and links to four articles
  • Finalists are interviewed by the selection committee
  • Applicants who cannot answer some questions because of their exile situation can explain why instead

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Good to know

  • +Four weeks of training in Columbia, Missouri, with housing, food and transport covered and a $2,000 living stipend
  • +Run since 1984 by Alfred Friendly Press Partners with the Missouri School of Journalism
  • +Free to apply

Worth checking yourself

  • !Only for foreign journalists living in exile who are already in the United States
  • !The 15 December deadline is announced on the organisation's LinkedIn page; its website does not yet carry it
  • !The 2027 programme dates have not been published
  • !Aimed at working journalists; fluent English is required
  • !The form asks for passport details and copies of ID

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$2,000 Journalists in Exile Fellowship
Dec 15, 2026 23:59:00 UTC