Fi2W fellowships pair journalists from immigrant backgrounds and communities of color with veteran radio producers and editors. The fellowships are tailored for working journalists who want to learn new skills and advance their careers. Working with their mentor through weekly communication and meetings, fellows develop a series of stories. Stories are broadcast or published on our website and by our partner media organizations, typically public radio stations, online news sites, and outlets that serve immigrant audiences.

  • Fi2W fellows have won numerous awards from The Society of Professional Journalists, the AP of Michigan, and the Ippies, which honors community journalism in New York.
  • Our fellows have reported from New York, California, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, New Hampshire, Michigan, Arizona, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, and other parts of the U.S.
  • The Fi2W network of alumni extends to New York, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco, Boston, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as overseas locations in the Philippines, Latin America, and Western Europe.

“I wouldn’t be the journalist that I am today and write in English if it wasn’t for Feet in 2 Worlds. After being part of their fellowship I went on to freelance at PRI’s The World, CNN, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, AP, and magazines. Their incredible team of producers and editors helped me make the cross-over and realize the value of stories from immigrant communities that needed to be told beyond the Spanish publications where I worked.”
– Valeria Fernandez, Feet in 2 Worlds fellow, 2009. Lecturer, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU and recipient of the 2018 American Mosaic Journalism Prize from the Heising-Simons Foundation.

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