Explore 2024-2025 19th News Fellows’ Work

The 19th is proud to share the work of our third cohort of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellows. This groundbreaking, competitive fellowship seeks to create meaningful pipelines for those excluded from U.S. newsrooms. 

Fellows spend a year working in reporting, audience engagement and product with full-time salaries and benefits. They receive on-the-job training, mentorship, development opportunities and career coaching to prepare them for their paths after their fellowships.

Learn more about the Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship.

Explore fellows’ work by track:

Reporting • Product • Audience

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Reporting

The 19th’s three reporting fellows are embedded in the newsroom and rotate between editors to gain experience reporting across politics, breaking news, caregiving, health, education and LGBTQ+ issues, among other topics. They’re encouraged to pitch and report on stories that center on the communities that interest them.

Alexis Wray

At The 19th, Alexis reported on student activists and covered Democrat Josh Stein’s pivotal win in the North Carolina governor’s race. 

She dug into Charlotte schools providing affordable housing to educators, co-bylined stories on how Black women protected voting rights activists in Selma in March 1965 and how Black women faced Inauguration Day in 2025. 

Alexis supports partnership editor Abby Johnston by sourcing republished 19th stories to track our total journalism reach and expand our partnership network. Read all of Alexis’s work at The 19th here.

In her next role, Alexis is looking for a remote or hybrid statewide or national education reporter opportunity — she has prior experience reporting on HBCUs and higher education — or one where she can focus on the Black community in either a local or national newsroom.

Eden Turner

At The 19th, Eden wrote about the lack of positive representation of Black girls in popular media and Native American women stepping into leadership.

She covered the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second administration, including his move to shut down federal DEI offices and executive orders targeting trans service members and military DEI. 

Her co-bylines include families suing after losing access to gender-affirming care and our Bloody Sunday anniversary coverage. Read all of Eden’s work at The 19th here.

In her next role, Eden is looking for general assignment, education, enterprise and breaking news opportunities in either local or national newsrooms to continue her work in producing inclusive, community-driven storytelling. She’s flexible on location but has a preference for the South.

Sabreen Dawud

At The 19th, Sabreen reported at the intersections of politics, health and race. 

Her co-bylined reporting on Kamala Harris’ final campaign event at Howard University was one of our most-read stories on election week. Her solutions journalism story on postpartum care looked at systemic disparities faced by parents, particularly in communities of color. 

Sabreen is also particularly proud of her piece on Native American erasure from mainstream narratives and how vital their voices are. Read all of Sabreen’s work at The 19th here.

In her next role, Sabreen wants to report on social issues, community, culture, education and the arts. Whether through a remote position or an in-person role in the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia), she wants to engage with local and national communities on vital issues that shape people’s lives.

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Product

The 19th’s product fellow works directly with product managers and the Chief Product Officer to build products and features that support the 19th’s business goals and align with our mission.

The product fellow participates in team design thinking cycles, including conducting audience interviews, drawing data-driven insights about our audience and generating ideas that meet the needs they shared with us. The fellow takes features from ideation to completion, including project managing and communicating with stakeholders. They work closely with designers, who design features, and engineers, who build, test and launch products.

Amethyst Holmes

At The 19th, Amethyst led an initiative to improve messaging on articles republished to partner sites in The 19th News Network and conducted a competitive newsletter analysis that built on previous work. 

She supported processes to ensure our news products meet quality standards and helped align our product goals to meet audience needs. 
The fellowship has allowed her to care for people through technology, strategy and innovation. Her work has strengthened our ability to serve readers well. Read all of Amethyst’s work at The 19th here.

In her next role, Amethyst is looking for DMV-based or remote product manager roles or strategy opportunities in a local or national newsroom. She’s also interested in community engagement/development roles at mission-driven, journalism-adjacent organizations.

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Audience

The 19th’s audience fellow works within the audience team to find, pitch and report on audience-focused journalism. They monitor real-time metrics and trends and cover social media shifts, where they work to engage audiences through alternative story formats and optimize and distribute The 19th’s journalism across platforms, including on our website, newsletters and social media.

Chanel Cain

At The 19th, Chanel runs social shifts, contributes to homepage production and newsletters and provides insights on social trends that shape our storytelling. 

She produced dozens of The 19th’s Instagram posts in the last quarter, including top-performing posts on Harriet Tubman and the first Black woman coach to win the Super Bowl. She collaborated to produce a wildfire photo essay, an audiogram on birthright citizenship and a series of fellow testimonials to support recruitment efforts. See more of Chanel’s work at The 19th on Instagram.

In her next role, Chanel is looking for a Seattle-based or remote audience producer opportunity where she can focus on marginalized communities in either local or national newsrooms.