AlgorithmWatch is launching its 2025-2026 Algorithmic Accountability Reporting fellowship for journalists and researchers across Europe. The program runs November 2025 to May 2026, offering €7,400 per fellow plus mentoring, organizational support, and outreach aid.
The focus: exposing AI’s role in power and influence, especially how big tech shapes regulation, systemic discrimination via AI, and surveillance contracts between governments and private firms. Fellows must deliver at least one story, audio, video, or report on automated injustice or AI’s social impact.
Applications close September 15, 2025, 23:59 CET. Open to anyone 18+ living in the EU, EFTA, candidate, or former EU countries. No computer science background needed, but familiarity with AI accountability and journalistic experience required. 
Joint proposals are welcomed, splitting the stipend. Past fellows tackled data center expansions and financial sector discrimination.
Two Q&A sessions will be held on Zoom:
- August 20, 11:00 CET
- September 8, 18:00 CET
Fellows meet in Berlin at the start. Work isn’t exclusive; fellows can sell stories and publish in their chosen outlets or on AlgorithmWatch’s platform. Copyright is CC-BY.
FAQ highlights: no employment contract, work reports via invoicing, no office space, and flexible minor timing. Reporting, not advocacy, is the goal.
Submissions should focus on real cases in Europe showing AI’s societal impact—no tech product launches or theoretical research.
Check the full details and apply at AlgorithmWatch.
The Algorithmic Accountability Reporting fellowship is supported by:
