Starting in 2011, MJ Bear Fellowships have been awarded to three promising journalists under the age of 30. The program was expanded to recognize six fellows beginning in 2019. The fellowships "identify and celebrate young digital journalists, working independently or for a company or organization, who have demonstrated — through professional experimentation, research or other projects — that they deserve support for their efforts and/or vision."
2023 MJ Bear Fellows: • Alice Wilder, Producer, American Public Media Group • Bertin Huynh, Multimedia journalist, BBC News • Blake Stoner, Founder & Chief Reporter, Vngle Grassroots News Agency • Laura Anaya-Morga, General Assignment Reporter, Long Beach Post • Maria Mendez, Service and Engagement Reporter, The Texas Tribune • Ugur Dursun, Arts Engagement Producer/Reporter, KQED
2022 MJ Bear Fellows: • Alex Castro, senior social media producer, GMA Network • Caitlin Hernández, reporter, L.A. Explained, Southern California Public Radio • Claire Thompson, associate editor, Grist • Jessica Lee, senior assignment editor, Snopes • Myrka Moreno, audience engagement producer, The 19th • Tazeen Pathan, data consultant, Freelancer
2021 MJ Bear Fellows: • Adriana Lacy, digital and audience engagement editor, Nieman Foundation • Beena Raghavendran, engagement reporter, ProPublica • Canela López, health reporter • Caroline Bauman, community engagement strategist, Chalkbeat • Jasmine Lee, Freelance • Natalie Van Hoozer, bilingual reporter and community engagement coordinator, KUNR Public Radio and Freelance
2019 MJ Bear Fellows: • Abbey Crain, reporter, Alabama.com/Reckon • Kevin Nguyen, digital producer, Australian Broadcasting Corporation • Lance Dixon, director, The New Tropic • Nigel Ndlovu, Freelancer • Shadab Nazmi, visual data journalists, BBC News/South Asia • Taylor Blatchford, engagement reporter, The Seattle Times
2018 MJ Bear Fellows: • Tania Karas, freelance foreign correspondent and editor • Anand Katakam, manager for data products, Scroll.in • Vignesh Ramachandran, web producer, ProPublica Illinois
2017 MJ Bear Fellows: • Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato, Freelance Reporter and Editor • Kelly Moffitt, Online Producer, St. Louis Public Radio • Subhashish Panigrahi, Chapter Development Manager/Asia Pacific, Internet Society
2016 MJ Bear Fellows: • Alex Laughlin, News Audio Fellow, BuzzFeed •
Rose Eveleth, Producer, 30 for 30 Podcasts, ESPN • Sohara Mehroze Shachi, Programme Associate, United Nations Development Programme
2015 MJ Bear Fellows: • Keron Bascombe, Freelancer Writer/Blogger, Trinidad and Tobago • Nadia Tamez-Robledo, Communication Specialist, Texas Nurses Association, Austin, TX • Rajneesh Bhandari, Independent Multimedia Journalist • Aaron Williams, News Applications Developer, Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)
2013 MJ Bear Fellows: • Armie Garde, assistant content editor, multimedia journalist, Sun.Star Publishing, Cebu City, Philippines • Ashley Lohmann, freelance journalist and associate editor,
Fair Observer, San Francisco • Tricia Fulks, freelance digital journalist; founding story director of "Hollow" interactive documentary • Laura Amico, the founder and editor of Homicide Watch in Washington, D.C • Lam Thuy Vo, formerly multimedia reporter for
The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, now at NPR's Planet Money. == Miscellaneous ==