Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute Names Summer Journalism Program in Honor of Ed Bradley

New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has named a workshop for collegiate journalists the Ed Bradley Journalism Fellowship Program in honor of the award-winning CBS News and "60 Minutes" correspondent.

"We must continue to proactively inspire and support the next generation of journalists," says Jason Samuels, a professor in the Carter Journalism Institute as well as co-founder and executive director of the program. "It is an honor to be able to name this new fellowship after Ed Bradley, an exemplary and trailblazing journalist."

The Dow Jones News Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting careers in journalism through training and internships, is a founding partner with NYU of the Ed Bradley Journalism Fellowship Program.

Bradley (1941-2006), one of the first Black journalists to have a prominent on-camera role in network television, won 19 Emmy awards and a George Polk Award. In 2012, he was named by the Carter Journalism Institute faculty as one of the top 100 journalists of the 20th century.

"The News Fund is honored to have this important effort bear the name of legendary newsman Ed Bradley," says Shirley Carswell, News Fund executive director and a program co-founder. "Bradley embodied the qualities the program aims to instill in emerging journalists-tenacity, compassion, and fairness."

"We are deeply moved to have Ed's iconic legacy so honored by NYU's outstanding journalism program," says Patricia Blanchet, Bradley's widow. "Under the exceptional leadership of co-founders Jason Samuels and Shirley Carswell, this summer intensive promises to challenge and nurture the next generation of gifted young journalists."

Initially founded as a workshop in 2023, the one-week program drew its first participants to NYU's campus in the summer of 2024, when students from American University, Clark Atlanta University, Cornell University, High Point University, Morgan State University, Prince George's Community College, Texas Southern University, the University of South Carolina, and elsewhere received instruction from reporters and newsroom executives from the New York Times, CNN, Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Slate, WCBS-TV, ProPublica, MSNBC, and NBC News. The students also made newsroom visits to CNN, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and WCBS-TV, meeting renowned journalists and industry leaders, including Marc Lacey, Anzio Williams, Maurice DuBois, Trymaine Lee, Marcus Mabry, and Mark Thompson.

The fellowship provides 20 students with intensive, hands-on training in reporting, news writing, and multimedia journalism as well as opportunities to publish original reporting projects on the program's website and social media channels. They also build a professional network through the Dow Jones News Fund. NYU's Ed Bradley Journalism Fellowship Program covers costs for instruction, housing, meals, and transportation to attend the workshop for every participating student.

The application deadline for this year's Bradley Journalism Fellowship Program is March 15, 2025. For more information, please contact Jason Samuels at [email protected] or visit the program's website.