Valerie Kipnis is our 2023-2024 Above the Fray Fellow
Selected from a competitive pool of applicants, our 2023-2034 Above the Fray fellow is Valerie Kipnis. She will travel to the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan — located in northwestern Uzbekistan — to report on the human impacts of a human-caused ecological crisis: the disappearance of the Aral Sea.
The 2023 Above the Fray Fellowship Application Is Live
Calling all up-and-coming international journalists! The 2023-2024 Above the Fray application is now live — and international travel is back. Apply by July 1.
Leah Donnella is our 2022 Above the Fray Fellow
Selected from a competitive pool of applicants, our 2022 Above the Fray fellow is Leah Donnella. She will travel to the American South to explore how American "Blackness" is being redefined by growing Black immigrant populations.
Application Deadline Extended to February 15
Omicron is throwing a wrench in our plans (and yours), so we're pushing the Above the Fray application deadline back. Everyone gets another month to polish up those applications. New deadline: February 15, 2022.