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 Descriptions
The Tribune’s award-winning data visuals department is a hybrid news applications and graphics team. We are journalists who work closely with reporters and editors to generate story ideas, gather public data and comb through the results. Then, we use what we find to tell data-driven, visual stories that help readers understand important trends and how they affect their lives.
We seek creative journalists who can use code and graphics to help us tell stories with data. Fellows are important members of our team. In the past, they’ve had the opportunity to not only contribute to high-profile projects but also lead them.
Ideal candidates have examples of creating graphics with JavaScript, Adobe Illustrator, Figma or a charting tool like Datawrapper. They also have experience analyzing data with Python or R. Candidates should be passionate about politics, policy and open government.
Questions? Contact Chris Essig, data visuals editor, at cessig@texastribune.org.
How to apply
The application deadline for 2027 spring or summer fellowships is Oct. 30, 2026.