Colorado Public Radio (CPR) is hiring a Max Wycisk News Fellow.
About the Position:
Through practical experience and mentorship, this fellowship is designed to strengthen your storytelling skills and help you produce high-quality journalism across digital and audio formats. You will rotate across news teams, gaining experience in fast-paced daily reporting, creating longer-form audio stories, and exploring a beat of your choice. You’ll learn how to develop sources, conduct interviews, interpret complex information, and craft stories that inform and engage diverse audiences. By the end of the fellowship, you will have hands-on reporting experience, a portfolio of published work, and a clearer sense of how you might pursue a path in journalism.
This is not a remote position. This role is expected to work in Denver upon starting. The fellowship is a full-time, paid opportunity and runs from September 2026 through August 2027.
Key learning objectives for this experience include -
About You:
You are looking to grow and develop your journalistic talents in the world of public radio. You may be a recent graduate, early-career journalist, or someone newer to journalism who is interested in pivoting into the field. You bring strong writing skills, an understanding of the core ethics and principles of journalism, and experience distilling information from a variety of sources. You're self-motivated, creative, and curious, with an interest in supporting journalism’s role in shaping democracy and educating communities.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education Equivalency:
Even if you don’t meet every qualification listed, we’re interested in candidates who can bring unique skills, perspectives, and experiences to the role. At Colorado Public Radio, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, equitable and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this or other roles with us.
Benefits:
Colorado Public Radio is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our culture of caring. Our employees have access to: 100 percent employer paid individual health, life, and disability coverage; an outstanding paid family medical leave policy plus paid holidays and a very generous sick, vacation, and personal time off plan; voluntary offerings such as dental and vision; flexible schedules; engagement and development opportunities; and a casual atmosphere.
Position Information:
Position Type: Full-Time, Temporary
Anticipated Start: September 8, 2026 to August 27, 2027
Hiring Range: $21.59 hourly (budgeted for 40 hours per week)
Application Requirements:
Click here to apply. Please upload a resume and respond to the application questions.
Incomplete Applications will not be considered.
Deadline: This position was posted on March 20th, 2026. We recommend you apply as soon as possible as the posting may close before April 9th if we have a strong candidate pool.
At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage candidates with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.