This document introduces several journalists who participated in a Google News Initiative Fellowship program. It provides short summaries from each fellow about their experience. Many found it extremely valuable for gaining skills and experience working in a newsroom, making industry connections, and better understanding the dynamics of professional journalism. Several mentioned it was one of the most formative experiences in their career.

1. Meet the 2021 Fellows

2. This Fellowship was a great experience that I
recommend to those who are preparing a PhD.
It allows me to have new employment
perspectives both within and outside
academic research, and also to better
understand the dynamics of work in the
newsrooms.
Talia Olvera Martines
Euronews
Zala Sesko
The Guardian
The GNI Fellowship at the Guardian was the
best one I've experienced. I feel incredibly
lucky that I was able to work in such an
amazing team, actively contributing to
cutting-edge journalism.

3. Being part of the GNI Fellowship has been an
ideal way to launch my professional career.
Both the newsroom and the bootcamps have
pushed me a lot closer to the journalist I aim to
be.
Emili Serra Gironès
elDiario.es
Amée Zoutberg
VICE Belgium
My time as a Google News Fellow has given
me so much more than just prestigious
news names to add to my CV. I have
learned, grown, gained access to a global
news market, and made connections that
have fortified my confidence as a young
female journalist.

4. My Fellowship taught me a lot about my
interests through working as a part of an
amazing team of very talented professionals.
I'm very glad I had this chance to improve
myself and develop something that has a great
meaning behind it.
Rosanna Manninen
Helsingin Sanomat
Astrig Agopian
AFP
My GNI Fellowship at AFP allowed me to gain
new fact-checking skills and get new work
opportunities.

5. The Fellowship really allowed me to not only
develop my skills as a journalist but also
provided me with the confidence to thrive in a
professional environment.
Emma Taggart
The Journal
Julia Bellan
FAZ.NET
The Fellowship gave me the opportunity to
work on my own data-journalism project –
from the initial idea to the finished product. I
was able to work very independently but could
always ask my colleagues for help and their
opinion.

6. My Fellowship at Nice-Matin was
very enriching as I had the opportunity to work
on exciting topics and formats. I've learnt a lot
about innovation in the newsrooms, but also
about the Alpes-Maritimes department.
Clara de Antoni
Nice-Matin
Anke van den Broek
Volkskrant
I really enjoyed the opportunity to work for
De Volkskrant. I met inspiring people and feel
like I got to learn from the best.

7. I learned a lot on the journalistic side,
dedicating my time to fact-checking and
OSINT tools. But I also learned a lot on the
human side, as I was really part of the
newsroom and had the chance to work with an
amazing team.
Julia Galan
Les Observateurs - France 24
Jakob Bauer
ZEIT online
I had a great time at Zeit Online. Two months
with an insanely creative, talented and friendly
team, where I did a lot of frontend coding and
learned a lot.

8. This Fellowship has been the most educative
and fun experience in my career. I had an
awesome time from day one!
Robin Andersson
Expressen
Anumita Goswami
YLE Kioski
Never in my life did I think I would work for a
public service broadcaster. I grew up watching
them but to work in one of them was surreal.

9. My experience was very intense and unique.
Seeing my name on the website and on the
first page of the newspaper was priceless.
Producing a podcast even more. I am very
happy and thankful to Google and the EJC
who gave me this possibility.
Andrea Galliano
La Repubblica
Nico Büttner
Der Tagesspiegel
It's often the problems that you did not
anticipate in the beginning that you will learn
the most from.

10. The GNI Fellowship was a fantastic way to
enter the journalism industry and get job
experience with support and mentorship.
I learned a lot.
Clara Murray
Reach plc
Andre Barbosa Calderolli
IlSole24Ore
It was great to put into practice what I
learned about product and experience
design inside a newsroom. I hope to have
helped build journalism that truly aims to
understand our users (not really just
readers anymore), and to deliver a
relevant product.

11. I thoroughly enjoyed working with the data
journalism team in Prague and would
recommend this experience to anyone
thinking of applying.
Anna Koslerova
Samizdat
Robin Kohrs
Der Standard
Due to all the new impressions and
possibilities, the fellowship was
probably one of the most important
and intense steps in my career. Never
have I learned so much and had as
many ups, and some minor downs, in
such a short time.

12. At the FT, I had the opportunity to move
around and work with a variety of different
teams within the wider Visuals and Data team.
Everyone was very welcoming, extremely
competent and generous with their time and
expertise.
Claire Buchan
Financial Times
Bartlomiej Chlabicz
Dziennika Gazeta Prawna
The Fellowship allowed me to take a
milestone in my journalistic career.
Thanks to my work in the editorial
office of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, I
gained skills that will form the basis of
my professional life in the near future.

13. SJ Zhang
Gal Dem
Sandra Zakrzewska
Wysokie Obcasy
Laura Badura
SPIEGEL
Irene Velicer
Heidi.news/Geneva Solutions

14. Misia Lerska
Guiti News
I am grateful to have been able to
integrate a newsroom that I admire. In
a short time, I felt like I was part of the
team!
Gautam Kishore Shahi
Full Fact
The Fellowship provides an opportunity to
build a bridge between academia and
industry and get a more real-time-based
experience.

15. Cristina Alonso Pascual
Newtral
The GNI Fellowship is a great
experience which allows you to mix
journalism and other fields. Newtral is
perfect for that too, as in the
newsroom you have to deal with not
only writing, but also analysing data
and work with digital narratives.