Fellow, Investigative – APM Reports

Position Information:

• Start Date: January 4 – December 3, 2027
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Location: St. Paul, MN
• Pay: $20/hour - $23/hour (salary will be based on individual's education and/or relevant experience)

Fellow, Investigative – APM Reports:

Do you have an insatiable curiosity to uncover information that powerful people want to keep hidden? Are you eager to kickstart your journalism career and help American Public Media produce important accountability journalism that informs and empowers our community? If yes, this fellowship is for you! APM Reports seeks ambitious self-starters ready to dig deep through research, sources, and data.

As the Investigative Fellow for APM Reports, you'll contribute to our national investigative podcasts and get the opportunity to do shorter-form reporting for MPR News. You'll get hands-on experience across podcasts, audio, digital articles, video and social media. We’ll help you file public records requests, level up your audio production skills and explore the ways that artificial intelligence can be applied to investigative journalism. You'll sit in on table reads, join group edits, and take part in every stage of our editorial process. Collaboration drives everything we do.

We pride ourselves on nurturing the next generation of investigative reporters and want to help develop your passion for investigative journalism. If you have an insatiable curiosity, persistence to keep digging, and drive to uncover the truth, this fellowship is for you.

Key Learning Goals:

The goal of this fellowship is to provide you with immersive learning and real-world experience through impactful work. By the end of your fellowship, you will be able to:

• Level up audio editing skills
• Improve writing for the ear
• Hone investigative reporting skills

Responsibilities:

In this fast-paced position, you will:

• Have the opportunity to pitch stories and investigations
• Explore data journalism, including applying artificial intelligence to it
• Learn how to pry information out of the government using public records requests
• Perform research at high level and possess the ability to clearly and accurately organize, distill and convey information
• Gather and edit audio in ProTools
• Learn about presenting stories across a multitude of platforms, including podcasts, radio, video, digital, data visualizations and newsletters

Benefits:

• Eligible to accrue sick time off
• Eligible for health insurance as required under the ACA
• Eligible to participate in the APMG retirement plan

Programming:

• Participate in a robust onboarding experience
• Professional development: on-the-job training, workforce readiness training, formal performance review feedback sessions, etc.
• Participate in brown bag sessions to gain broader perspective of the organization

Required Qualifications:

• Completed bachelor's degree, or at least two years of relevant professional experience in journalism or communications
• Two years of relevant professional experience in journalism or communications
• Available full-time (40 hours/week, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) throughout the fellowship
• Reporting experience
• Demonstrated interest in audio
• Demonstrated interest in investigative journalism

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong interest in news reporting

Next Step in the Application:

In addition to your skills and knowledge, we want to get to know you in the application process. Please include a cover letter (of no more than 1 page) with answers to the following:

• What interests you about this fellowship?
• What professional skills would you like to add to your toolbox in the months and years to come to grow in your career field?

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Physical Demands:
  • Required to move about in an office environment and sit for extended periods of time.
  • Required to move about in the community.
  • Frequent use of hands for data entry/keystrokes and simple grasping.
• Working Conditions:
  • Moderate noise level.
  • Occasional exposure to prevalent weather conditions.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

We are committed to hiring a breadth of diverse professionals and encourage members of diverse groups to apply.

MacMillan Internship & Fellowship Program at MPR|APM

Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media are grateful for the long-time, generous philanthropy of Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan for investing in the future of public media through transformational internships and fellowships. Their recent grant will significantly strengthen our internship program, produce enriching programming, and prepare the next generation for careers in public media. We are pleased to recognize this generous support in the name of the program – the MacMillan Internship & Fellowship Program at MPR|APM.

Salary : $20 - $23