2024 Reporting Fellowship

The Chronicle of Higher Education is seeking two reporting fellows to join our daily-news team. The fellowship runs from July 2024 to July 2025. The fellows will work as general-assignment reporters, covering a broad set of issues at the center of the academic enterprise.

Your chief responsibility will be to produce smart, engaging coverage of the themes and concerns that touch our readers every day. As a member of our daily-news reporting team, you will pick up assignments and pitch stories about issues of deep national importance, such as race, student activism, and finance. Through creative story ideas and careful reporting, your work will shed light on the everyday experiences of scholars, administrators, and students.

We're looking for recent college graduates or early-career journalists with a passion for storytelling and in-depth reporting. You should be curious about higher education, but previous experience covering the sector is not required. You'll need to be self-motivated and proactive, eager to collaborate with others, attuned to how news is distributed online, accustomed to pitching ideas, and flexible enough to juggle multiple stories and approaches — including breaking news and self-driven enterprise writing — at once. You'll write often on deadline, and you'll look to drive conversations about the big issues facing colleges and universities.

Among our highest priorities as a newsroom is hiring and retaining staff who reflect the diverse world we cover. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply.

The Chronicle is independently owned and based in Washington, D.C. The Chronicle is a hybrid, remote-flexible workplace, and employees work with supervisors to determine a work-from-home and in-person schedule for our D.C. office. While candidates in CA, WA, TX, FL, NY, NJ, NC, MI, MD, and VA may be considered for remote work, we feel that at least some in-person work enhances the fellowship experience.

This position will pay $55,000 a year with benefits — including health, dental and vision, access to a fitness facility, and paid time off — which are among the best in the business. Fellows can also expect internal and external opportunities for professional development, a one-on-one mentorship program with a senior staff member, and chances to travel for reporting.

If this sounds like the place you want to make your mark, submit a cover letter, résumé, five clips, and three brief pitches for story ideas.

Cover letters should be addressed to Daarel Burnette II, senior editor.

We will begin reviewing applications on Monday, January 15 and hope to extend offers by early April.