High Country News, an award-winning magazine covering the communities and environment of the Western United States, seeks applicants for our year-long fellowships. The fellowship is designed for early-career journalists interested in providing on-the-ground reporting, diving deep into important stories, and helping to evolve and expand HCN’s coverage of the West, with an emphasis on stories from and for communities typically underrepresented in the media. The fellowship will provide training, professional mentorship, and career development in journalism best practices as well as research and fact checking. The program will run from January 2025 to December 2025 and includes coaching and instruction from across HCN's editorial and art departments. Fellows will pr