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Community Reporter Fellow
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The Parlor Magazine
Dumfries, VA (In Person)
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Community Reporter Fellows — Open CallThe Parlor Magazine is an independent feminist cultural and political publication covering the intersections of identity, power, land, and community — with contributors writing from Gaza, Sudan, Puerto Rico, Kashmir, Brazil, and beyond.
What is the Emerging Reporter Fellowship?
This is an ongoing, rolling fellowship — not a cohort with a fixed end date. Fellows join The Parlor's global network of community journalists and become part of a collaborative digital newsroom where stories are pitched, developed, and published together.
Fellows will:
Pitch and develop their own stories with full editorial mentorshipParticipate in monthly writers room sessions where story ideas are discussed, timelines are set, and collaborations between writers, photographers, and multimedia contributors are builtLearn how to develop a source list and conduct outreachHave the full experience of working in a real, living newsroomBe published in an internationally distributed feminist publicationThis is not a passive learning experience. You will do real journalism, on stories that matter, in communities you already know and trust.
Who we're looking for:journalists, writers, and storytellers who are inside the communities they report on — proximity and trust matter as much as writing abilityPeople with an interest in journalism that names harm, interrogates power, and centres community voicesAlignment with anticolonial, intersectional feminist valuesWillingness to pitch independently and take editorial feedback seriouslyNo formal journalism experience required — we will teach youThe stories we want:
Land rights, displacement, and environmental justiceCommunity resistance and organising — grassroots movements, coalitions, and alternatives being built outside mainstream visibilityColonialism as a present-tense reality — housing, borders, language, identity, and the structures that persistWomen, queer, and marginalised voices in political struggle — as protagonists and organisers, not victimsAlternative community wealth building — cooperatives, small businesses, and economic models that emerge from communities themselvesCulture as survival — the politics of art, music, literature, and food in communities holding themselves togetherA note on compensation:
The Emerging Reporter Fellowship is an unpaid internship. We are transparent about this because our politics demand it — and because we believe you deserve honesty about what you're signing up for.
What fellows receive in return is real:
Extensive one-on-one editorial mentorship from the founding teamIndustry networking opportunities and introductionsThe institutional backing of The Parlor — a published, internationally distributed feminist publication — to bring your stories to life and give them a homeA collaborative newsroom experience that most publications won't give you until years into your careerBylines in a publication whose values align with the communities you're reporting onThis is a founding relationship. The people who build The Parlor with us now will be first in line as paid opportunities open up. We are growing — and we are growing together.
This is an ongoing open call. There is no deadline.
What is the Emerging Reporter Fellowship?
This is an ongoing, rolling fellowship — not a cohort with a fixed end date. Fellows join The Parlor's global network of community journalists and become part of a collaborative digital newsroom where stories are pitched, developed, and published together.
Fellows will:
Pitch and develop their own stories with full editorial mentorshipParticipate in monthly writers room sessions where story ideas are discussed, timelines are set, and collaborations between writers, photographers, and multimedia contributors are builtLearn how to develop a source list and conduct outreachHave the full experience of working in a real, living newsroomBe published in an internationally distributed feminist publicationThis is not a passive learning experience. You will do real journalism, on stories that matter, in communities you already know and trust.
Who we're looking for:journalists, writers, and storytellers who are inside the communities they report on — proximity and trust matter as much as writing abilityPeople with an interest in journalism that names harm, interrogates power, and centres community voicesAlignment with anticolonial, intersectional feminist valuesWillingness to pitch independently and take editorial feedback seriouslyNo formal journalism experience required — we will teach youThe stories we want:
Land rights, displacement, and environmental justiceCommunity resistance and organising — grassroots movements, coalitions, and alternatives being built outside mainstream visibilityColonialism as a present-tense reality — housing, borders, language, identity, and the structures that persistWomen, queer, and marginalised voices in political struggle — as protagonists and organisers, not victimsAlternative community wealth building — cooperatives, small businesses, and economic models that emerge from communities themselvesCulture as survival — the politics of art, music, literature, and food in communities holding themselves togetherA note on compensation:
The Emerging Reporter Fellowship is an unpaid internship. We are transparent about this because our politics demand it — and because we believe you deserve honesty about what you're signing up for.
What fellows receive in return is real:
Extensive one-on-one editorial mentorship from the founding teamIndustry networking opportunities and introductionsThe institutional backing of The Parlor — a published, internationally distributed feminist publication — to bring your stories to life and give them a homeA collaborative newsroom experience that most publications won't give you until years into your careerBylines in a publication whose values align with the communities you're reporting onThis is a founding relationship. The people who build The Parlor with us now will be first in line as paid opportunities open up. We are growing — and we are growing together.
This is an ongoing open call. There is no deadline.