Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship Spans 38 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 2026 Paul Miller fellows are:

Natalie Alms | Nextgov/FCW

Alex Angle | Alabama Daily News and Alabama Public Television

Jessica Blake | Inside Higher Ed

Joseph Cappelletti | The Associated Press

Rebecca Carballo | Politico

James Downs | National Journal

Adisa Hargett-Robinson | Washington Examiner

Nina Heller | CQ Roll Call

Emily Hung | MS NOW

Sam Janesch | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Anumita Kaur | The Seattle Times

Anna Liss-Roy | The Washington Post

Cami Mondeaux | Deseret News

Miguel Pineda | Scripps News

Christian Robles | Inside Health Policy

Yash Roy | Bloomberg News

Rachel Schilke | Washington Examiner

Maeve Sheehey | Bloomberg Government

Alexandra Skores | CNN

Julian Sorapuru | The Boston Globe

All NPF Fellows

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