The New York Times A.I. Initiatives Fellowship 2026 is now accepting applications. Interested candidates are urged to visit here for further information and to apply.
About New York Times A.I. Initiatives Fellowship
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: October 28, 2025
- Application Deadline: November 19, 2025
- Category: Fellowship
Training
The New York Times Fellowship is a one-year work program aimed at cultivating the next generation of journalists.
The fellowship represents a unique opportunity to do great journalism for The Times. It incorporates speakers, feedback and training opportunities. The program’s goal is to benefit not only the participants and The Times, but also other newsrooms. We expect most of our fellows will graduate to positions around the country and world.
Benefits of New York Times A.I. Initiatives Fellowship
- The annual base pay range for this role is between: $82,414.80 - $82,414.80 USD
New York Times A.I. Initiatives Fellowship Requirements
- No more than five years of full-time, professional experience in journalism and/or machine learning.
- Technical proficiency and experience analyzing data, developing applications and conducting research with machine-learning models
- Editorial experience, such as interning in a newsroom or working on a college newspaper
- Engineering skills and experience with APIs, front-end web applications and databases.
- Recent experience working with LLMs and other machine-learning models
- Interest in the intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence
- Understanding of ethical considerations surrounding the use of A.I in journalism.
Preffered Qualifications
- Record of multiple news or opinion journalism internships, or equivalent experience
- Work demonstrating experince applying A.I to real-world problems.
- Experience working with large datasets and cloud computing platforms
- Experince working with Svelte or similar front-end frameworks.
Application Date and Process
- To apply, upload a resume and cover letter. The application will prompt you when to upload materials. Applications that fail to include any of these materials or follow these instructions will not be considered.
Application Deadline
19 November, 2025
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