About the Institute
Follow in the footsteps of some of the best and brightest young journalists by applying to The New York Times Student Journalism Institute.
Participants must be either enrolled college students (or December or May graduates) who are members of these leading national organizations focused on diversity: the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association or the Native American Journalists Association; or students (or December or May graduates) at a historically black college or university.
The Institute in 2021
The coronavirus pandemic created many logistical changes for the 2021 Institute. Students joined in a remote intensive that featured insights and tutelage from some of the most prominent journalists working today.
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In a supportive environment of students and staff who share the same goals, aspiring journalists learned to produce material that met the standards of the most prestigious and demanding news organizations in the nation. In addition, the students became part of a family of more than 500 alumni of the Institute, many now working at major news organizations that include the Associated Press, Reuters, The Los Angeles Times, PBS, Politico, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The New York Times itself, as well as dozens of mid-size news organizations. The program represents one of the most effective networking opportunities available to young journalists.
One student each year will also be awarded an Armando Montaño Scholarship to help with his or her educational or professional ambitions. The scholarship honors Mando Montaño, a promising young journalist who attended the Institute in 2010 and who died at age 22 in Mexico City in 2012.
For information about membership in NABJ, NAHJ, AAJA or NAJA, contact those organizations directly.
For more information about the Institute, contact:
Theodore Kim
Director, Newsroom Fellowships and Internships
theodore@nytimes.com
