The Texas Tribune is now accepting applications for its paid 2027 spring and summer fellowships. We’re looking for creative, highly motivated students or recent graduates to join Texas’ premier digital news organization. Our nonprofit newsroom provides robust, nonpartisan coverage of Texas politics and public policy in a variety of formats — from breaking social videos and in-depth enterprise articles to searchable databases and editorial events.
We’re looking for college students eager to put their classroom lessons into practice and launch their careers while working toward a more engaged, better-informed, more civically aware Texas. And not just in reporting, photojournalism or data journalism. Non-journalism fellows are critical to ensuring we can continue to serve Texans with factual, nonpartisan news.
Spring fellowships are part-time, run January to May and are for currently enrolled community college, undergraduate or graduate students. Summer fellowships are full-time, run June to August and are for currently enrolled students or recent graduates.
Job Description
We’re seeking aspiring photojournalists to edit on the photo desk and make images in Central Texas and beyond.
Assignments involve breaking news and feature photography on a range of issues, including elections, the Texas Legislature and state policy topics such as health, education, immigration, criminal justice and the environment. You will also gain experience working on the photo desk, including story production tasks such as image selection, editing visual packages and producing off-platform content.
Questions? Contact Pu Ying Huang, director of photography, at pyh@texastribune.org.
How to apply
The application deadline for 2027 spring or summer fellowships is Oct. 30, 2026.