Local Investigations Fellow

3 to 5 years of professional experience as a reporter covering a beat for a local newspaper or local digital news outlet

Significant experience covering a beat and an idea for an investigative story that you have not had the time, resources or editing support to pursue

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Applications that fail to include any of these materials or follow these instructions will not be considered.

Instead, your answers to these questions will help us assess where you are in the reporting process and what editorial support and resources the local investigative fellowship could offer you.

What is your investigative story idea or area of focus?

The Times is looking for reporters with a local story idea who want to investigate it under the editing guidance of Dean Baquet, The Times’s former executive editor, and a group of veteran investigative editors.

The goal of the Local Investigative Fellowship is to provide fellows the opportunity to learn the ways and means of investigative reporting from some of the best in the business.

Spend a year producing signature investigative work focused on your state or region that will be published by The Times.

Baquet and a handpicked group of veteran editors, you will receive the rare opportunity to learn the judgment, skills and techniques needed to excel at investigative journalism from the best in the business.

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