FRONTLINE, PBS’s flagship investigative documentary series, and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY are pleased to announce a new, annual enterprise journalism fellowship program launched with funding from The Tow Foundation.

The fellow, a recent Newmark J-School graduate, will work alongside FRONTLINE’s dedicated cadre of reporters, producers and digital makers to contribute reporting across platforms — from the documentary and podcast series, to transmedia projects combining text and visual elements, including video, photography and graphics.

The Tow Foundation’s multi-year gift will provide funding for three consecutive annual fellowships for Newmark J-School graduates. The Tow Foundation also annually funds journalism fellowships at FRONTLINE for recent Columbia Journalism School graduates.

“We are dedicated to hard-hitting investigative journalism, and this fellowship helps further that mission by encouraging emerging journalists, ” said FRONTLINE Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath. “We’re very grateful to The Tow Foundation for their support, and pleased to work with the Newmark J-School on developing a new generation of dedicated and skilled journalists.”

“At a time when the need for meticulous investigative reporting has never been greater, we are delighted to have this opportunity for our graduates to learn from some of the best journalists in the country,” said Sarah Bartlett, Dean of the Newark J-School.

The initial fellowship is expected to begin in January. Applicants should be a recent graduate, or on track to graduate in December from the Newmark J-School. FRONTLINE encourages fellowship applicants from all racial, ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities and functional limitations — especially those from historically marginalized communities.

Interested applicants should send a resume, links to their best work, and a cover letter detailing their interest in journalism and the kind of work they’d like to pursue at FRONTLINE to Sarah Childress, Senior Editor, at sarah_childress@wgbh.org. Please write “Newmark J-School Fellowship Application” in the subject line. The application deadline has been extended through Nov. 15.

About FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE, U.S. television’s longest running investigative documentary series, explores the issues of our times through powerful storytelling. The series has won every major journalism and broadcasting award, including 89 Emmy Awards and 20 Peabody Awards. Visit pbs.org/frontline and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Tumblr, and Google+ to learn more. FRONTLINE is produced by WGBH Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Ford Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, The John and Helen Glessner Family Trust, Wyncote Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation.

 About The Tow Foundation

The Tow Foundation, established in 1988 by Leonard and Claire Tow, funds projects that offer transformative experiences to individuals and create collaborative ventures in fields where they see opportunities for breakthroughs, reform, and benefits for underserved populations. Investments focus on the support of innovative programs and system reform in the areas of juvenile and criminal justice, groundbreaking medical research, higher education, and cultural institutions. For more information, visit www.towfoundation.org.

About the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, founded in 2006, is the only public graduate journalism school in the northeastern U.S. With affordable tuition and extensive scholarship support, it prepares students from diverse economic, racial and cultural backgrounds to produce high-quality journalism. The school offers three master’s degree programs: a Master of Arts in Journalism, an M.A. in Entrepreneurial Journalism and an M.A. in Social Journalism. In Fall 2016, it launched a unique Spanish-language program to train bilingual students interested in covering Latino and Hispanic communities in the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/.