2026 Fellows

Here are the talented journalists accepted on this year’s early career and apprentice mentoring scheme. To find out more about their mentors, please visit the Senior Fellows’ page.

Abby McLaughlin

Abby is a freelance Political Journalist working across the UK and Canada, focused on how policy and power affect real people.

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Abiona Boja

Abiona is a BBC World Service Journalist and Presenter for Topline, providing short snapshots of the world’s most important unfolding stories.

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Ahsan Mahmood Yunus

Ahsan is a BBC-trained Video Strategist, Journalist, and Creative Producer. He is also a member of the BBC’s Next Generation Committee, considering the challenges facing the BBC from the perspective of younger audiences.

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Aisling Bolton-Dowling

Aisling is a Digital Journalist for The Irish Independent covering the East / South East.

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Alanah Hammond

Alanah is an Output Producer & Guest Booker for Bloomberg TV, EMEA. Prior to this she was a Planning Producer on CNN International’s Quest Means Business. Formerly she was a Multimedia Broadcast Journalist for BBC local radio.

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Alice Toomer-McAlpine

Alice is an Editorial Assistant at Co-operative News i

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Amber Quinn

Amber is a Private Credit Reporter at Fitch Group Inc.

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Amelia Jones

Amelia Jones is a Junior Reporter at Welsh news site Nation.Cymru. She is interested in music and culture journalism. She has written for BUZZ magazine, Line of Best Fit, Stereoboard and Woman & Home.

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Amy Lakin

Amy is a Production Journalist across ITV News Central’s TV and digital output. 

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Andreea Gheorghe

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Andrew Robson

Andrew is a Live News Reporter at The Courier covering a wide range of live and breaking stories across Tayside and Fife.

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Angel Sun

Angel is a Communication Assistant at parkrun and freelance Journalist covering the intersectionality between politics, gender and identity.

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Annell Dyfri

Annell is a Broadcast Journalist at BBC Cymru Wales.

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Anushka Suharu

Anushka is Audience Growth Editor at Metro.co.uk.

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Brian Matovu

Brian is a Academy Club Link Manager and Academy Communications Lead at Arsenal Football Club and a freelance Presenter, Reporter, Commentator, Writer & Event Host.

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Caitlin Parr

Caitlin is LBC’s Wales Correspondent. Prior to this she was a BBC Wales News Journalist and Radio Wales News Bulletin Reader.

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Callum Cuddeford

Callum is a freelance Reporter and former MyLondon Court and Crime Reporter.

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Cam Hall

Cameron is a national Radio Newsreader at Sky News, heard regularly on more than 250 stations across the Independent Radio News network.

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Caoimhe Clements

Caoimhe is a freelance Journalist and Photographer.

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Catherine Clarke

Catherine is an Assistant News Editor and Producer spread across ITN and LBC.

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Charlotte Minter

Charlotte is a TV Reporter at Metro.co.uk. Prior to this, she was a Journalist at The News Movement.

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Chloe Brewster

Chloe is a Senior Video Journalism Apprentice at KMTV with multimedia featured in Kent Online, The Times, The Mirror, The Telegraph, and Daily Star.

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Chloe Leung

Chloe is a Data Visualisation Reporter at Ignites Europe & Asia, a Financial Times service.

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Christle Nwabunor

Christle is a News Audiences and Multimedia Journalist at Yahoo News.

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Daniel Esson

Daniel is a Local Democracy Reporter at KentOnline, an associate at the Local Government Information Unit, and a regular contributor to Times Radio.

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Dan Eglinton

Dan is a Video Content Producer at Secret London. He is also a Presenter and Content Creator.

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Ebun Felicity Hargrave

Ebun is a Broadcast Journalist, Reporter, Video Journalist, and Newsreader.

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Eleftheria Kousta

Eleftheria is a freelance Journalist interested in covering the stories of civilians in conflict, refugees and protest movements.

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Elizabeth McBride

Elizabeth is an Associate Producer at CNN.

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Ella Lloyd

Ella is a Production Journalist for ITV Cymru Wales and Presenter for ITV Backstage.

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Emily Holt

Emily is a Digital Journalist at BBC News based in Salford.

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Emma Maxwell

Emma is a Production Journalist at STV News, with a background in Creative and Digital Media.

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Erin Carney

Erin is a Producer at Times Radio, producing Hugo Rifkind and the Politics Unpacked podcast.

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Eva Carroll

Eva is a Multi Platform Producer at ITV News working on Home and Foreign Desks, as well as across ITVX and Digital.

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Eve Beattie

Eve is a Journalist at BBC Scotland.

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Eve Bennett

Eve is a News Editor at Sky News.

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Evie Ashton

Evie is a freelance Journalist and Researcher for BBC Debate Night.

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Fernanda Alvarez Pineiro

Fernanda is a Writer and Segment Producer at CNN.

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Fiona McDonald

Fiona is a Reporter at Healthcare Leader, Pulse PCN & The Pharmacist.

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Gabriel Kennedy

Gabriel is a multilingual freelance Investigative Journalist. He was previously a News Reporter at That’s TV and Litigation Reporter at The Lawyer magazine.

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George Baylis

George is a freelance Broadcast Journalist and Assistant Producer at the BBC.

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Grace McIntosh

Grace is a freelance Journalist, Podcaster and Voiceover Artist.

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Haleema Saheed

Haleema is the creator and founder of Hijabi Culture, a platform that showcases hijab-wearing women who are challenging stereotypes and changing the narrative of Hijab in the media.

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Hannah Crowe

Hannah is a freelance Journalist with a focus on health, development and social affairs stories.

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Hannah Karpel

Hannah is a Video Journalist at BBC News.

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Hannah Ward-Glenton

Hannah is a Producer at ITV News and a multi-platform Journalist with a background in business reporting.

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Haroun Mulla-Esmail

Haroun is a freelance Journalist and Producer mostly at Sky News.

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Hayford Ojo

Hayford is an Assistant News Editor at Channel 5 News, ITN.

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Iona Brownlie

Iona is an Assistant Producer based in the Scottish Parliament working alongside STV News’ Political Editor to shape and coordinate the daily political content across all STV platforms.

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Iona Brunker

Iona is an Assistant News Editor at 5 News, ITN.

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Iona Young

Iona is a freelance Journalist with bylines in BBC Scotland, the Scottish Daily Record, the Times, the Sun, the Scottish Daily Mail, and the Mirror. She is also a Presenter at Red Dot Radio.

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Isabelle Raikes

Isabelle is an Assistant News Editor at 5 News, ITN. She also co-founded Empoword Journalism.

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Jaheim Karim

Jaheim is a Journalist and Content Creator on TikTok, averaging 50-100k views per video.

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Jamel Smith

Jamel is a Journalist and Producer at ITV News.

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Joe Hearn

Joe is a former Royal Marine Commando and Website Reporter at Forces News.

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John Seager

John is a freelance Sports Reporter mostly at Sky Sports News.

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Josh McLaughlin

Josh is a BBC News Advanced Journalism Apprentice based at BBC Radio Sussex & Surrey and BBC South East.

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Carolyn Conway

Carolyn is a Features Journalist (TV & Digital) at CNN.

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Kezia Reynolds

Kezia is a News Writer for Ideal Home Magazine.

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Kirsty King

Kirsty is a freelance Journalist and current freelance weekend news reporter at The Irish News.

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Kunal Patel

Kunal is an Assistant Producer at The Economist.

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Lauren Taylor

Lauren is a Features Writer at DC Thomson, Reporter for the Press and Journal and Evening Express.

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Lesley O’Connor

Lesley is a freelance Journalist, TV Producer, and Radio Host. She is also the founder of the Real Table Talk podcast.

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Lewis Rhys Jones

Lewis is a West Wales Reporter and On-Screen Journalist at ITV News.

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Lottie Elton

Lottie is a Senior reporter at the Big Issue.

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Marine Saint

Marine is a Reporter  and Social Media Journalist at The Observer and the Producer and Host of the Women in Journalism Inspire Podcast.

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Maxwell (Max) Chesson

Max is a Senior Reporter for KM Media Group for for KentOnline.

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Meg Short

Meg is a Private Markets Reporter at Bloomberg News.

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Melissa Gurusinghe

Melissa is a Commodities Reporter at Argus Media, reporting and analysing Russian and Caspian crude oil markets.

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Michelle Nwaesei

Michelle is a a Broadcast Journalist and a qualified media lawyer.

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Milan Perera

Milan is Business Editor at Bristol24/7.

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Miya Chahal

Miya is a multi-platform Reporter and Newsreader across BBC Local in the East Midlands.

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Molly Greeves

Molly is a freelance journalist, focusing on consumer rights, social affairs and politics, and previously worked as The Independent’s Consumer Writer.

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Ned Kelly

Ned is a freelance Journalist and most recently a Production Journalist at ITV West Country.

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Nick Warren

Nick is a Journalist and Video Producer at the Press Association.

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Ollie Lewis

Ollie is an Interviews Producer (guest booker) on the Sky News breakfast show, ‘Mornings with Ridge and Frost’.

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Olivia Courtney-Ashton

Olivia is a freelance Broadcast Journalist and TV Sport News Assistant for BBC News and BBC Radio. She is also a Women’s Football Reporter.

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Perkin Amalaraj

Perkin is a Foreign News Reporter at The Daily Mail.

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Rob Currell

Rob is a Reporter for Belfast Live and Irish Mirror, Reach PLC, and a News Photojournalist.

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Rucsandra Moldoveanu

Rucsandra is a Senior News Reporter at Nottinghamshire Live and Nottingham Post.

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Sam Leader

Sam is a Senior Digital Reporter at ITV News.

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Sana Haq

Sana Noor Haq is an Emmy-winning news reporter at CNN with a focus on war, migration, refugees, identity and human rights. She has co-written three stories on the war in Gaza that were cited in a United Nations report: “Anatomy of a Genocide,” in April, 2024. More recently, she has covered the crackdown of pro-Palestine speech on UK and US college campuses, and two lawyers who are taking the Pakistan government to court to scrap tax on menstrual products and break sexual health taboos. Before working at CNN, Sana contributed to the New York Times, the Guardian, Elle magazine and gal-dem.

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Sarah McCallum

Sarah is a freelance Broadcast Journalist at Global.

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Sebastian Topan

Sebastian is a Journalist at the BBC.

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Shannon Miller

Shannon is a Content Creator and Journalist at The Daily Mirror, Reach PLC.

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Shehnaz Khan

Shehnaz is an award-winning journalist and reporter at BBC West Midlands.

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Sonaili Vasta

Sonaili is Live Video Producer at The Associated Press.

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Sophia Massam

Sophia is a Junior Digital Investigations Journalist at Sky News, working with the Data & Forensics team.

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Sophie Adams

Sophie is a Broadcast Journalist at Global, delivering bulletins for Heart, Capital & Smooth in Scotland and the North East of England and reporting for LBC & LBC News. 

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Stéffie Banatvala

Stéffie is a freelance investigative reporter focussing on human rights abuses and corruption, and energy reporter at DN Media Group

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Stevie Shillinglaw

Stevie is a Broadcast Journalist at Sky News Radio and IRN.

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Tessa Ndjonkou

Tessa is a Podcast Researcher and Digital News Journalist at Newstalk.

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Tom Atkins

Tom is a Journalist at ITV Cymru Wales.

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Valmira Gjoni

Valmira is a freelance Journalist with a focus on investigative research and social justice reporting.

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Zita Salum

Zita is a Journalist at House of Publishers.

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