A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence Fellowship

The A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence fellowship was created in memory of the late New York Times Executive Editor Abe Rosenthal after his death in 2006, to bring professional nonfiction writers to the Shorenstein Center and provide an opportunity for them to do research and work on a specific project, as well as interact with the Kennedy School’s community of scholars and students.

The fellowship was funded by gifts from A.M. Rosenthal’s widow, Shirley Lord Rosenthal, and the Bialkin Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lauren, the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Peter G. Peterson, the Rattner Family Foundation, Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert, Richard E. Snyder, the A. Alfred Taubman Foundation, James D. Wolfensohn and the Wolfensohn Family Foundation.

Nonfiction writers and journalists working on long form book-length projects can apply for a Shorenstein fellowship here. Designation as a Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence fellow is at the discretion of the Shorenstein Center.

Current and Past Rosenthal Writers-in-Residence

Julia Angwin
Julia Angwin, a light skinned woman with short brown hair wearing round black framed glasses and a black jacket in front of a neutral gray background

Julia Angwin

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023

Adam Lashinsky

Adam Lashinsky

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2023, Fall 2022

Tara Westover

Tara Westover

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2020, Fall 2019

Jelani Cobb
Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2018

Ron Suskind
Ron Suskind

Ron Suskind

Shorenstein Fellowship
Spring 2012

Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder

Tracy Kidder

Shorenstein Fellowship
Fall 2010