The National Press Foundation is pleased to welcome 16 journalists from across the country to its third Future of the American Child Fellowship. The fellows were selected from newsrooms large and small for their level of interest in children’s issues and their proposals for future coverage.

The journalism training, the final in the fellowship series, will be held Jan. 21-24, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Journalists will explore a range of relevant topics, including economic security for children and families, post-COVID child health and education, child welfare reform, and reimagining juvenile justice.

The first Future of the American Child fellowship took place in McAllen, Texas, in January. The second fellowship took place in Cleveland, Ohio, in May. All content from those fellowships is available to journalists and the public.

The new Future of the American Child fellows are:

Stephan Bisaha | Gulf States Newsroom | Alabama

Lois M. Collins | Deseret News | Utah

Andrea Gallo | The Times-Picayune/The Advocate | Louisiana

Makenzie Huber | South Dakota Searchlight | South Dakota

Danae King | The Columbus Dispatch | Ohio

Marisa LaScala | Good Housekeeping | New York

Lindsey Leake | TCPalm/Treasure Coast Newspapers | Florida

Ryn Lewis | KREX 5 News/WesternSlopeNow | Colorado

Ninoska Marcano M. | Freelance | Virginia

Corey Mitchell | Center for Public Integrity | Washington, D.C.

Ginny Monk | Connecticut Mirror | Connecticut

Alyssa Rosenberg | The Washington Post | Washington, D.C.

Michelle San Miguel | Rhode Island PBS | Rhode Island

Taylor Velazquez | KUNM News | New Mexico

Alia Wong | USA Today | Virginia

Elly Yu | LAist 89.3 FM | California

This fellowship is funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Heising-Simons Foundation. NPF is solely responsible for programming and content.