Spring + Summer Engagement Fellowship - The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune is hiring for its 2026 fellowships. We are looking for creative, high-potential talent to join our trailblazing digital news organization.
We’re hiring fellows to help engage audiences in our politics and policy coverage across platforms.
This may include packaging Tribune stories for Instagram, TikTok 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
You may apply for more than one 2026 fellowship. Submit your application here for spring and summer fellowships by Nov. 2 and for fall fellowships by Feb. 15.
The Tribune is the state’s premier digital-first news organization, providing in-depth, nonpartisan coverage of Texas politics and public policy. Our nonprofit newsroom covers a wide range of topics, such as public and higher education, health, immigration, politics and the environment. In addition to investigative reports, we produce robust journalism in a variety of formats — from data visualizations and searchable databases to explanatory guides and editorial events — all designed to bring greater transparency and accountability to public policy and government.
Tribune fellowships are paid positions for currently enrolled college students who work part-time in the spring and fall and who are full-time in the summer. Recent graduates are eligible for the summer program, but spring and fall fellows must be enrolled as community college, undergraduate or graduate students while they work at the Tribune.
Tribune fellowships are available to those seeking experience in the following fields: audience engagement, data visualization, engineering, events, marketing and communications, nonprofit resource development, photography, product development, graphic design, and reporting.
Why join our fellowship program?
Our fellows don't just observe — they contribute directly to our mission.
Non-journalism fellows are critical to ensuring we can continue to serve Texans with factual, nonpartisan news. 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.
The Tribune’s newsroom fellowships offer practical experience in public service journalism. You'll work alongside our award-winning staff to produce meaningful, fact-driven work that informs Texans and holds power accountable. This isn’t just an internship — it’s a chance to have a real impact.