Requirements

Who can apply

• At least five years of professional experience. Student work and internships do not count.

• You produce journalism in any role, work in operations or strategy at a news organisation, or work with an organisation that supports journalists.

• Freelancers and contractors must do more than half of their work in journalism.

• A college degree is not required, and you do not need newsroom experience.

Who cannot apply

• People seeking a degree.

• People in public information, public relations or in-house communications.

• Government employees and full-time academics.

• People working for or with media that is not editorially independent, such as government-run media.

Visa rule for international candidates

• If you are a citizen of a country where the US has suspended J visas, JSK cannot offer you a fellowship. You can apply using another citizenship that has no such restriction.

Other conditions

• You must be able to live at Stanford from September to May and treat the fellowship as full-time.

• You must show you can work respectfully with people from different ideological backgrounds.

• JSK does not fund book or reporting projects and is not a startup accelerator.