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 hiring fellows to help engage audiences in our politics and policy coverage across platforms.
This may include packaging Tribune stories for Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit; contributing to our daily newsletters; writing explainers or guides; and pitching and editing short-form videos or other original content for social platforms.
Ideal candidates have:
Solid news judgment and experience reporting and writing on deadline.
Sharp social copywriting skills and experience using social networks for newsgathering.
Experience editing visual stories (including social graphics, audio, video and/or other multimedia). This is not required but is highly valued.
Questions? Contact Director of Audience Growth and Engagement Matt Adams at matt.adams@texastribune.org.
How to apply
The application deadline for 2027 spring or summer fellowships is Oct. 30, 2026.