The APSE Foundation Fellowship program primarily targets mid-career professionals and prepares and supports them for leadership positions and advancement at all career levels of sports journalism while providing lifelong access to the program’s support network.
It serves as a crucial means of identifying, encouraging, training and promoting sports journalists into leadership tracks. This in-depth course of study is underwritten in its entirety by the APSE Foundation, APSE and its generous benefactors.
The program begins with Fellowship Weekend in the fall or winter and concludes with APSE’s annual conference each summer. Journalists who have at least three years’ experience are eligible to apply.
It begins with a three-day intensive academic experience that focuses on techniques of management, strategic leadership principles and the latest in digital journalism strategy. Then Fellows are exposed to the best in sports journalism through ASPE annual digital and writing contests, where they serve as judges. They also attend a day-long regional APSE conference that will include several seminars from editors and work as off-site assignment editors with interns for the Sports Journalism Institute. The capstone experience is attending various sessions and workshops of the APSE Summer Conference and networking with editors from throughout the country.
Applications for the annual APSE Foundation Fellowship program are accepted each fall. Information for the 2026-27 cycle can be found here; deadline to apply is Oct. 2. Beyond the normal application periods, send a resume and questions to program founders Michael Anastasi (ma.anastasi@gmail.com) and Jorge Rojas (jorgerojas1033@gmail.com).
To learn more about past participants in the program, see our alumni page.