AI Accountability Network
The Pulitzer Center's AI Accountability Network Fellowship supports journalists investigating the real-world impacts and accountability of artificial intelligence systems worldwide.
Funder: Pulitzer Center
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2026 | July 2027
Funding Amounts: Up to $25,000 per Fellow (up to $20,000 for reporting, $5,000 for engagement activities); 10-month Fellowship
Summary: Supports journalists worldwide to investigate and report on the societal impacts of artificial intelligence through financial support, mentorship, and training.
Key Information: Dates are projected; confirm on program site before applying.
Description
The Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network Fellowship is designed to empower journalists globally to produce in-depth, accountability-focused reporting on artificial intelligence. The program provides financial support, mentorship, specialized training, and a collaborative peer network. Fellows investigate the real-world impact of AI systems—such as those used in policing, medicine, social welfare, hiring, and surveillance—by governments and corporations, with an emphasis on projects that address equity, transparency, governance, and human rights. The initiative particularly encourages applications from journalists and newsrooms representing diverse communities and perspectives, including those from the Global South and underrepresented groups.
Fellows are expected to undertake ambitious, well-researched projects that use a range of journalistic methods (data analysis, records requests, cross-border collaboration, etc.), and to share methodologies and lessons learned for broader impact and knowledge transfer within the journalism community.
