2020 Applications

The application period for 2020 World Press Institute Fellowships is now closed. Selection announcements will be made in early May. For instructions, please read Fellowships > How to Apply.

CPJ’s 2019 International Press Freedom Awards

CPJ’s annual International Press Freedom Awards and benefit dinner honored courageous journalists from around the world on Thursday, November 21, 2019, in New York City. Honorees included 2012 WPI Fellow Neha Dixit of India. Read more at cpj.org

Journalists open window to the world

For journalists in some nations, even going to work is a dangerous proposition. That was the sobering reality Monday, as several participants in a public forum in Ely described the challenges, even life-threatening, that go with their craft. Read the article on The...

Announcement of 2019 Fellows

The World Press Institute (WPI) has chosen 10 journalists from Algeria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, India, Romania, South Africa, Uganda and Uruguay to be fellows in its 2019 international journalism program. The fellows will spend nine weeks in the United...