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
The Video Producer Fellow captures audiences through short-form video content that highlights breaking news, explainers and trending stories, driving traffic and awareness for the publication across Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
This fellow will record new content and edit new or existing videos, as well as assist the team in developing and executing short form video.
Responsibilities include:
Producing daily videos for Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts
Creating captions for clips
Editing highlights from live breaking news on tight deadlines
Contributing to mixed media posts on Instagram
Document metrics from Instagram, TikTok / YouTube Shorts
Qualifications:
Solid news judgment and experience with reporting and writing on deadline.
Experience editing visual stories, including social graphics, audio, video or other multimedia.
Self-starting and ability to work independently, as well as within a team.
Ability to manage multiple projects at once.
Familiarity and experience with multimedia journalism is preferred.
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.