Deadline: October 15, 2025
Applications are open for the Karsh Journalism Fellowship 2026. The Karsh Journalism Fellowship is the world’s only journalism program that gives early-career journalists education, training, and mentorship to report on Jewish issues with depth and accuracy.
Beginning in January 2026, it aims to do for Jewish issues what the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship does for science — providing the specialized training reporters need to cover a nuanced and often misunderstood beat with expertise.
Program Details
In the inaugural year, 2026, 10 fellows will attend a total of three retreats, in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., and learn from top journalists, academics, and Jewish leaders. Fellows receive a $4,000 stipend, and all travel expenses are paid.
There will be on-site visits to the Academy Museum in L.A. for a session with a leading showrunner on Jews and Hollywood, as well as sessions examining Israel, antisemitism, the Holocaust, the Jewish vote, and other issues. The fellowship is nonpartisan and dedicated to the highest journalistic standards. The fellows, mentors, and presenters will come from a variety of backgrounds, outlooks, and platforms.
Fellows will complete one reporting project with the approval and at the sole direction of their editor, drawing on the wisdom and guidance of Karsh Journalism Mentors, a select group of top journalists from leading media companies, including CNN, The New York Times, and The Atlantic.
Benefits
Karsh Journalism Fellows receive:
- Training in the world’s only journalism program focused on issues that regularly dominate the news cycle
- Seminars led by leading academics, journalists, and activists
- A $4000 stipend and all expenses paid travel to three weekend-long retreats in New York, L.A., and Washington, D.C.
- Mentorship from some of the country’s best journalists
Eligibility
To be eligible, candidates must:
- Be a working journalist with no more than 10 years of experience or
- Be an enrolled graduate student in journalism, or a recent graduate of journalism school.
Application
For more information, visit Karsh Fellowship.
