New America Fellows
The New America Fellows Program supports thinkers, creators, and storytellers whose work shapes public conversation on the defining issues of our time. Each year, we select a diverse group of writers, journalists, filmmakers, and innovators who pursue ambitious investigative projects that bridge storytelling with research and lived experience.
Through unrestricted funding, a supportive community, and increased visibility, New America Fellows bring big, bold ideas to life—through books, films, longform articles, podcasts, and other creative nonfiction narrative forms.
New America Announces National Fellows Class of 2022
The September Transition
‘I Helped Destroy People’
American ISIS
Host Trevor Aaronson explores the story of an American who became radicalized and joined ISIS.
Landfall
Cecilia Aldarondo captures Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane María, tracing its twin storms of natural disaster and economic collapse.
The Neutral Ground
CJ Hunt explores how monument removals expose the legacy of the American Civil War and America’s enduring myth of the “Lost Cause.”
