Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship Spans 35 Years of Excellence

Since 1987, the Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship has introduced promising young(ish) reporters to the city they have been assigned to cover. For 10 sessions each year, this one-day-a-month fellowship gives print, online and broadcast journalists from top news organizations an intensive and lively overview of reporting in the U.S. capital.

Over the course of the year, beginning in January, fellows learn more about the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, the Capitol and other key Washington institutions. They review politics and policy with regulators, lawmakers, experts and the best reporters in the business. And they network with colleagues who help them grow personally and professionally.

To sponsor the fellowship contact Jason Zaragoza jason@nationalpress.org.

History of the Paul Miller Fellowship:

It was named in honor of the late Paul Miller (1906-1991), a long-time journalist with the Associated Press (AP), including running AP’s Washington bureau during World War II. Shortly after the war, he left AP to work for the Gannett Company, rising through the ranks to become President & CEO and later chairman of the Gannett Co., Inc. from 1957 to 1973.

While with Gannett, he also rose to become the first non-employee president/chairman of the board of AP (1963-1977).

The National Press Foundation assumed the administration of the Paul Miller Washington Reporting fellowship in 2000 from the Freedom Forum.

 

The 2024 Paul Miller fellows are:

Diego Areas Munhoz | Bloomberg Industry Group
Gabby Birenbaum | The Nevada Independent
Erin Doherty | Axios
Ashonti Ford | Gray Television
Sarah Fortinsky | The Hill
Alexandra Fruin | Cox Media Group
Jacob Gardenswartz | The Wyoming Truth
Akayla Gardner | Bloomberg News
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu | PolitiFact
Phillip Jackson | HuffPost
Sydney Kashiwagi | National Journal
Aneri Pattani | KFF Health News
Mike Pesoli | The Associated Press
Andres Picon | E&E News by Politico
Jesús Rodríguez | The Washington Post
Alex J. Rouhandeh | Newsweek
Areeba Shah | Salon
Rachel Treisman | NPR
Nancy Vu | Washington Examiner
Valerie Yurk | CQ Roll Call

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