Publix-Fellowship for Media-Entrepreneurs

The Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford and Publix - house for journalism and the public sphere, are jointly launching the Publix Fellowship for Media Entrepreneurs. From 2026, the new programme, which is funded by the Schöpflin Foundation, will be open to two media professionals from Germany, Austria and Switzerland who are working on a start-up or innovation idea in the field of public service journalism.

The fellowship aims to strengthen the participants' leadership and innovation skills. They will spend a trimester at the Reuters Institute, followed by a stay at Publix. The application phase for the Publix Fellowship in 2026 has been completed.

The selected fellows are Shamm Jaff and Lea Weinmann, who will begin their work in spring 2026 at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and at Publix Berlin, developing their visionary ideas for independent, public-interest journalism.
Shamm Jaff is a journalist and former advisor at the Bonn Institute. She is the founder of the newsletter What Happened Last Week? and a prominent advocate for greater diversity and accessibility in news journalism.
Lea Weinmann is part of the investigative team at Süddeutsche Zeitung, working at the intersection of investigative reporting, open-source intelligence, and the digital civil society. Most recently, she led the project Network Against Disinformation.

Photo: The announcement of the Publix Fellowship for Media Entrepreneurs at the Publix Conference on September 12th, 2024. (Credit: Paul Probst)