Local Reporting Network Fellow
Remoteremoteprincipal
via Greenhouse
About this role
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network helps produce vital, investigative journalism in communities where such stories would otherwise not be done. Now entering its ninth year, the program will be taking on 15 new partnerships over the course of 2026.
Applications for all 15 projects are open now and will be considered on a rolling basis using the deadlines below. There will be three fellowship periods and we will select five fellows for each round:
Spring cohort - This round is now closed.
Application deadline: Rolling, no later than Feb. 5, 2026, by midnight ET.…
What we'd score you on
reqspace match rubricFive dimensions, recruiter-grade. Upload your resume and we'll generate a written explanation of where you fit and where the gaps are.
1
Skills match
For this role: express, spring
2
Level fit
This role is principal-level. We check your trajectory against it.
3
Domain experience
Your work in the role's domain matters more than your years total. We weight recent and direct experience.
4
Recency
A skill you used last quarter weighs more than one from five years ago. We grade on recency, not lifetime.
5
Location fit
This role is remote-eligible — we factor in your stated location and time-zone overlap.
Score yourself on this role.
Free · no card · written explanation included
Skills in this role
Pulled from the job description. These are the keywords we'll weight when scoring your fit.
expressspring
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