Fellowship Classes

WASHNGTON, DC; March 5, 2026 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism today announced that eight accomplished journalists have been awarded Alicia Patterson Fellowships to conduct public-service reporting this year. The annual fellowships foster independent, in-depth reporting on topics of public interest. The fellowships were established

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2025 Fellowship Winners “The Past is Always Present: From the Killing Fields of Iraq to the Search for Solutions to Climate Change in Europe” “When Public Health Crises Collide: Kidney Disease, Dialysis and the Coming Climate Disaster” “How Gulf Money is

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2024 Fellowship Winners “The Deadly Racial Impact of Prison Discipline” “Unlocking the Gates: Investigating Real Estate Discrimination Against Black Families in America’s Suburbs” “The Amazon’s Tipping Point: Humanity’s Last Chance to Save the World’s Largest Rainforest” “After Decades of Disinvestment, Black

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2022 Fellowship Winners Final Judges for the 57th Annual Competition: Sandy Close – founder Ethnic Media Services, Pacific News Service and New America Media Eric Ferrero – director, Fund for Investigative Journalism Erika Hayasaki – associate professor, U.C. Irvine Literary Journalism

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2021 Fellowship Winners Final Judges for the 56th Annual Competition:   Sandy Close – founder Ethnic Media Services, Pacific News Service and New America Media Louis Freedberg – executive director, EdSource, and APF Fellow (’99) Laura Parker – staff writer, National

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2020 Fellowship Winners Final Judges for the 55th Annual Competition: Sandy Close – founder, Ethnic Media Services, Pacific News Service and New America Media Laura Parker – staff writer, National Geographic, and APF fellow (’96) Joseph Shapiro – NPR News Investigations

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2019 Fellowship Winners WASHINGTON, D.C. – Top journalists will pursue topics ranging from Chinese development in Africa to a trek across the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the single largest piece of public land in the United States. The annual fellowships