$75,000+ Tarbell AI Journalism Fellowship
- Organization: Tarbell Center for AI Journalism
- Type: Fellowship
- Location: Global
- Deadline: November 22, 2026
- Funding: Fully Funded
The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism runs a paid, one-year fellowship for journalists and subject-matter experts who want to report on artificial intelligence. Fellows spend three months on a full-time remote course in AI and journalism fundamentals, meet for a week-long in-person summit, then work for nine months as AI reporters inside a partner newsroom. Past hosts include CBS News, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, MIT Technology Review and TIME. **What you get:** - A salary of $75,000 to $120,000, set by your years of professional experience and the cost of living in your placement city - Senior fellows, with at least seven years of experience, are paid $115,000 to $135,000 - A nine-month placement as an AI reporter at a partner newsroom, with the possibility of extending for another year - A full-time remote course on AI and journalism fundamentals, with a custom curriculum, guest lectures and graded assignments - A week-long in-person summit with travel and accommodation fully covered - Sessions with speakers from newsrooms, AI labs and research institutes, and a cohort of fellow AI journalists **What you'll do:** - Complete the AI Journalism Fundamentals course remotely from June to August 2027 - Attend the Fellowship Summit in August 2027 - Report on AI as an embedded reporter at a host newsroom from September 2027 to May 2028 - Build a portfolio of published AI coverage **Key dates:** - Applications open 28 September 2026 and close 22 November 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Anywhere on Earth - Work test: December 2026 to January 2027 - Interview with Tarbell: January to February 2027 - Interviews with newsrooms: February to March 2027 - Fellows selected: late March 2027 - AI Journalism Fundamentals course: 7 June to 6 August 2027 - Fellowship Summit: 16 to 20 August 2027 (to be confirmed) - Newsroom placement: September 2027 to May 2028 **More information:** - Virtual information sessions run through October and November 2026; registration links are on the fellowship page - The application takes about one to three hours and asks for a CV, short answers, multiple-choice questions on AI and journalism, and one to three writing samples - Writing samples are capped at 4,500 words combined, must be in English, and must include at least one prose piece; applications over the limit are discarded - AI tools must not be used to draft any part of the application; Tarbell runs AI detectors on writing samples - Later rounds include a paid three to five hour work test and interviews with Tarbell and one to three newsrooms
