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Constructive Journalism Fellowship
BECOME ONE OF OUR NEW FELLOWS 2025-2026
Constructive Institute offers a number of fellowships for Danish media people funded by Danish foundations.
These fellowships are for Danish journalists, editors, and media professionals only.
International fellows are welcome to apply for their own individual fellowship at Constructive Institute provided they have access to a stipend/funding that will support them financially during the fellowship. Please contact Constructive Institute for more information.
The Danish fellowships are thematic, based on the respective areas of interest of the supporting foundation.
Applicants who are granted a fellowship at Constructive Institute are asked to describe a project to pursue as a fellow which aligns with the mission of a specific foundation. Applicants are welcome to propose more than one project and to apply for more than one of the available fellowships.
Constructive Institute independently selects the fellows to the fellowship program from the group of applicants. The selection process is carried out in cooperation with news editors in Denmark and abroad and with lecturers of journalism programmes in Denmark. Consequently, the selection process is independent of the foundations.
Below you will find details about the Danish fellowships in Danish.
The Fellowships
Industriens Fond Fellowship
How is AI being used in Danish companies and how could the media coverage of the use of AI be improved?
In the academic year of 2025/2026 altogether 6 journalists and editors from Danish media will get the possibility of working with these questions in a so called AI Explorer Project.
3 journalists and editors will have the fellowship in the autumn semester of 2025, beginning in the last week of August, finishing at the end of January 2026.
Another 3 journalists or editors will have the fellowship in the spring semester of 2026, starting at the beginning of February and finishing at the end of June.
The AI Explorers in each semester will work together and gather information , knowledge and experiences that can be presented for both Danish companies and people in the media.
2 spring semester fellowships about strengthening the media coverage of culture in Denmark.
The fellowships are 5 months fellowships and run from the beginning of February 2026 till the end of June 2026.
More information to follow.
Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond Fellowships
2 Autumn Semester Fellowships of 5 months for journalists, editors and other media people working in local and regional news rooms – for the support of local journalism and democracy.
The fellowships run from late August 2025 till late January 2026.
2 Spring Semester Fellowships of 5 months for journalists, editors and other media people working in local and regional news rooms – for the support of local journalism and democracy.
The fellowships run from the beginning of February till the end of June 2026.
Trygfonden Fellowships
3 fellowships are funded by Trygfonden.
Fellowship 1 and fellowship 2: 2 fellows will examine how to cover the development of local communities and local democracy.
They will focus on how local and regional media can contribute to supporting local communities in creating more engagement and involvement from citizens. Additionally, the project could involve local issues such as combating news deserts, studying local and hyperlocal journalism, and creating more user involvement in journalism.
Fellowship 3: 1 fellowship invites projects covering general issues such as security, health and well-being in Denmark. This includes studying the coverage of better mental health, positive communities, quality of living, security, disease prevention, crime prevention, participation in civil society and democracy and digital safety.
The fellowship can also focus on loneliness among vulnerable children and young people and it has an overall focus on general societal problems such as creating a better life for elderly people with a higher quality of life for next of kin for weakened elderly people. The applicant must describe one or more relevant projects.
Bliv fellow i 2025-2026
Her er de danske fellowships, som du kan søge på Constructive Institute 2025-2026.
Når du søger ind som fellow, er du velkommen til at søge et eller flere af de beskrevne fellowships.
Fellowships for 2025-2026 er støttet af TrygFonden, Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond og Industriens Fond.
Fellows, som bliver optaget på Constructive Institutes fellowships, skal arbejde med et projekt, der er relateret til et af de fokusområder, som fondene spænder over. Derfor bedes ansøgere angive, i hvilket omfang deres projekt på fellowshippet kan spille sammen med et eller flere af fondenes fokusområder.
Det skal understreges, at det er Constructive Institute, som uafhængigt står for udvælgelsen af fellows blandt de indkomne ansøgninger. Det sker i et samarbejde med et optagelsesudvalg, som består af redaktører og ledere på journalistuddannelser i både Danmark og i udlandet. Fondene deltager således ikke i udvælgelsen af fellows men har alene været med til at angive, hvilke temaer de gerne vil støtte fellowships.
Hvilket eller hvilke du søger, afhænger af, hvad det er for et journalistisk projekt, som du gerne vil arbejde med under fellowshippet.
Du er som nævnt velkommen til at søge flere forskellige fellowships; du skal blot beskrive et projekt, du vil arbejde med, for hver enkelt fellowship, som du søger.
Du skal beskrive, hvilke spørgsmål du som fellow vil søge at finde svarene på inden for det emne, du vil sætte fokus på i det eller de fellowships, du søger. Og du skal beskrive, hvordan du forestiller dig at arbejde med projektet under fellowship programmet.
Fellowship 1 og fellowship 2: 2 fellows vil undersøge, hvordan man kan dække udviklingen af lokalsamfund og lokaldemokrati. De vil fokusere på, hvordan lokale og regionale medier kan bidrage til at støtte lokalsamfundene i at skabe større engagement og inddragelse af borgerne. Derudover kan projektet omfatte lokale spørgsmål som f.eks. bekæmpelse af nyhedsørkener, undersøgelse af lokal og hyperlokal journalistik og skabelse af større brugerinddragelse i journalistikken.
Fellowship 3: 1 fellowship indbyder til projekter, der dækker generelle emner som sikkerhed, sundhed og velfærd i Danmark. Dette omfatter undersøgelse af dækningen af bedre mental sundhed, positive fællesskaber, livskvalitet, sikkerhed, sygdomsforebyggelse, forebyggelse af kriminalitet, deltagelse i civilsamfundet og demokrati samt digital sikkerhed.
Fellowshippet kan også fokusere på ensomhed blandt udsatte børn og unge, og det har et overordnet fokus på generelle samfundsproblemer som f.eks. at skabe et bedre liv for ældre mennesker med en højere livskvalitet for pårørende til svækkede ældre mennesker. Ansøgeren skal beskrive et eller flere relevante projekter.
Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond
2 efterårssemesters fellowship på 5 måneder for journalister, redaktører og andre mediepersoner, der arbejder på lokale og regionale medier – til støtte for lokaljournalistik og demokrati. Disse fellowships løber fra slutningen af august 2025 til slutningen af januar 2026.
2 forårssemester fellowships på 5 måneder for journalister, redaktører og andre mediepersoner, der arbejder i lokale og regionale medier – til støtte for lokaljournalistik og demokrati. Disse fellowships løber fra begyndelsen af februar til slutningen af juni 2026.
Kulturjournalistiske fellowships
2 forårssemester fellowship om at styrke mediedækningen af kultur i Danmark. Disse fellowships er på 5 måneder og løber fra begyndelsen af februar 2026 til slutningen af juni 2026. Yderligere information følger.
Industriens Fond
Hvordan anvendes AI i danske virksomheder, og hvordan kan mediedækningen af brugen af AI forbedres?
I det akademiske år 2025/2026 vil i alt 6 journalister og redaktører fra danske medier få mulighed for at arbejde med disse spørgsmål i et såkaldt AI Explorer Project.
3 journalister og redaktører vil få fellowshippet i efterårssemestret 2025, der begynder i sidste uge af august og slutter i slutningen af januar 2026.
Yderligere 3 andre journalister eller redaktører vil få fellowshippet i forårssemestret 2026, der starter i begyndelsen af februar og slutter i slutningen af juni.
AI Explorers i hvert semester vil arbejde sammen og indsamle information, viden og erfaringer, som kan præsenteres for både danske virksomheder og i medierne.
So far, journalists and editors from Denmark, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Kenya, Argentina, Norway, India and Finland have participated in the fellowship program. There are still available positions as a fellow providing the issue of funding is settled.
Do feel free to write to fellowship@constructiveinstitute.org if you have questions about this.
PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLYING
To apply, all applicants must send an email to fellowship@constructiveinstitute.org. (All applications must be submitted in English). Candidates must submit the following information as part of their application:
1. Letter of motivation.
The applicants are required to write a letter of motivation in which they describe why they would like to become a fellow at the Constructive Institute. Candidates should describe how they would like to spend 5 or 10 months in Aarhus, explaining what fields they plan to study and what is the driving question/problem that will define their fellowship year. The personal statement should not exceed two pages.
2. Employer’s agreement.
The applicant must attach a declaration from their current employer, stating that the employee can return to their current, or a similar job at their organisation once the fellowship has finished. One of the purposes of the programme is for the fellows to introduce the idea of constructive journalism at their news media once they return from the fellowship. The letter should be duly signed by the fellows supervisor / manager or by the department of Human Resources.
3. Letters of recommendation.
Two confidential letters of recommendation are required for the candidature, one of which must be from the applicant’s current or former employer. These letters should describe the applicant’s abilities and potential for professional growth and leadership.
4. Curriculum vitae.
All applicants are required to attach a detailed and the most up the date CV to their application.
5. Sample of work.
We ask all candidates to please include or link to two samples of your most recent published work.
Note that they do not need to be constructive journalism pieces.
Print and online journalists: please include a link to your work or include two articles in .pdf form in your application email.
Broadcast journalists: please include a link to your work or upload two video or audio files of up to 70 MB via a file transfer system (WeTransfer to fellowship@constructiveinstitute.org), indicating your full name and contact details.
*Important! All files should clearly indicate your full name
CONTACTS
Questions about the application process may be sent to fellowship@constructiveinstitute.org or call head of Fellowship Orla Borg on +45 40 10 46 89.
DATES AND DEADLINES
The deadline to submit your application is 24 April 2025 at 12:00.
If you have been selected for an interview, you will receive an invitation in May.
All applicants will be notified of the final decision no later than 1 June 2025. Successful candidates will be expected to move to Aarhus in August 2025.
The starting date of the fellowship will be on Monday 25th of August 2025.
Apply by sending your application to fellowship@constructiveinstitute.org
Be sure to include the following 5 elements:
1. Letter of motivation
2. Employer’s agreement
3. Letters of recommendation
4. Curriculum vitae
5. Sample of work
*Important! The email subject line must be: “Application: followed by your name”
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