Grist Fellowship Program 2025-2026 (Paid) Deadline: 21 January, 2025

Applications are open for the Grist Fellowship Program 2025-2026. The Grist Fellowship Program is a paid opportunity to hone your skills at a national news outlet and deepen your understanding of environmental issues. The experience is designed to give early-career journalists with a demonstrated interest in environmental issues the experience to succeed in climate and environmental media.

They offer real-world experience at a fast-paced news site, training in a variety of skills key to a journalism career, and exposure to the leading sustainability thinkers and theories of their time. After a year of working full-time at Grist and gaining key skills in environmental journalism, fellows have gone on to outlets including The Atlantic, Capital B, Politico, Investigate Midwest, The Verge, Wirecutter, Outside, Atlas Obscura, Greentech Media, and of course, Grist.

Benefits

• The annual base salary for these positions is $55,000. As limited-term employees, fellows and their eligible dependents are also eligible to participate in Grist’s health benefits programs.
• All fellows will receive a company laptop for the duration of their time at Grist.
• Other benefits include 15 PTO days, unlimited sick time, Grist official holidays, 5 floating personal days, and 3 summer days (June, July, August).

Eligibility

• Open to early-career journalists who have a demonstrated interest in environmental and climate journalism and media.
• You might be a freelancer with several years of reporting experience, looking to learn what it’s like to work in a newsroom environment.
• They especially encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Application

They are accepting applicants in the following areas:

• Climate News
• Climate Solutions
• Indigenous Affairs

For more information, visit Grist Fellowship Program.