Reporting on Workplace Mental Health Journalism Fellowship

The National Press Foundation invites U.S.-based journalists to apply for the Reporting on Workplace Mental Health Journalism Fellowship, a two-day training opportunity focused on mental health reporting in professional settings. Held in Washington, D.C., from May 21–22, 2025, this fellowship equips reporters with tools, expert insights, and storytelling strategies to cover one of the most pressing issues facing today’s workforce: mental health in the workplace.

Selected journalists will engage directly with leading experts in organizational psychology, workplace wellbeing, and mental health policy. They’ll also hear from award-winning reporters and connect with peers covering similar beats.

Objectives

• Encourage accurate, nuanced, and impactful journalism on workplace mental health and employee wellbeing.
• Provide journalists with access to top experts in psychology, HR, and mental health treatment.
• Explore current challenges including return-to-office mandates, generational views on mental health, and gaps in employer support.
• Enhance professional reporting skills through training, networking, and firsthand insight from award-winning journalists.
• Promote stories that reflect diverse voices and underrepresented communities impacted by workplace mental health issues.

Eligibility

• Open to U.S.-based journalists working in any medium (print, digital, radio, TV).
• Applicants must be available to attend the full in-person training in Washington, D.C., May 21–22, 2025.
• Priority will be given to journalists of color, those reporting on marginalized communities, and reporters from local or nonprofit outlets.
• Editors must commit to freeing selected reporters from daily news obligations during the fellowship.

Support Provided
The National Press Foundation will cover airfare, hotel accommodations, and some meals.
Fellows will attend all sessions and participate in the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting winner’s reception.
The program is sponsored by the Luv U Project, with associate sponsorship from the American Psychological Association.
Note: This fellowship focuses on reporting about workplace mental health—not on journalists’ mental health, though NPF addresses that issue through other programs.

Deadline: April 13, 2025
For more information and to apply, click here