2026 Philosophy in Media Fellowship: Workshop Leaders and Fellows
We are delighted to announce our 2026 Media Fellows. Fellows were selected from a pool of 230 applicants this year through a selection committee consisting of academic philosophers and media industry professionals. Generously funded by grants from the Mellon Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and Princeton University's Center for Human Values and the Department of Philosophy, our Philosophy in Media Initiative aims to increase the presence of philosophy in print, audio, and video media by training philosophers to write and produce for the public, and by connecting philosophers to editors and commissioners in the media industry. Media Fellows will receive workshop training at Tarrytown Estates, NY, lodging and meals at the workshops, connections to industry professionals, and a $1500 honorarium.
Learn more about the workshop leaders and the 2026 Philosophy in Media Fellows below!
Workshop Leaders
Barry Lam, Philosophy in Media Director
Director, Philosophy in Media Initiative; Host/Exec. Producer, Hi-Phi Nation
Joshua Rothman, Essay Writing
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
James Ryerson, Essay Writing
Opinion Editor at The New York Times
Margo Beth Fleming, Trade Books
Managing Director of Brockman, Inc.
Agnes Callard, Trade Books
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, the University of Chicago
Emily Wunderlich, Trade Books
Senior Editor at Viking
Andrew Blitzer, Trade Books
Editor, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Alix Spiegel, Podcasting and Production
NPR’s Science Desk, This American Life, and Invisibilia
Mia Lobel, Podcasting and Production
Former head of content at Pushkin Industries and Executive Producer of Revisionist History
CJ the X, Podcasting and Production
YouTube and Patreon creator, CJ the X
Jared Henderson, Podcasting and Production
YouTube and Substack creator of Commonplace Philosophy
