The 2025 Above the Fray Fellowship Application Is Live
Calling all up-and-coming international journalists! The 2025 Above the Fray application is now live. Apply by April 18.
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.
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.