The WTTWMinow Fellowship in Journalism Excellence offers a recent graduate the opportunity for hands-on work in research, writing, reporting and producing for WTTW News, wttw.com/news andthe Chicago Tonight television program.
WTTW News is a premier public media source for Chicago news focusing specifically on politics, public safety, education, business, culture, science/technology and health coverage among other areas. WTTW News includes television (Chicago Tonight, Chicago Week in Review), digital (wttw.com/news), and social platforms, and newsletters. Chicago Tonight is a nightly public affairs program that airs onWTTW, Chicago's PBS station.
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The WTTW Minow Fellowship in Journalism Excellence is a full-time, competitive, year-long fellowship that runs from September 2026 – August 2027. The fellow will be paid $20 an hour and work a 40-hour workweek.
The fellow will be exposed to a full range of editorial duties at WTTW News. Opportunities couldinclude: [REARRANGED THE ORDER OF THIS SENTENCE] producing segments (identifying guests, conducting pre-interviews, cutting video dropins); research; andworking with correspondents, hosts, and other producers; field producing (setting up and shooting interviews and broll); original reporting for the website; the creation of interactive features using traditional and new media storytelling elements; other duties as assigned.
Window to the World Communications, Inc., the parent organization of WTTW and WFMT, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
