FRONTLINE Names 2026-27 Missouri School of Journalism Reporting Fellow

JULY 6, 2026 — This month, the PBS investigative series FRONTLINE, produced at GBH in Boston, welcomes Aminah Jenkins as the 2026-27 reporting fellow from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.

Now in its fourth year, this year-long fellowship aims to expose new and emerging investigative journalists to FRONTLINE’s award-winning approach to documentary storytelling, immersing fellows into all phases of the series’ reporting and production process.

Jenkins joins FRONTLINE’s newsroom after graduating with a master’s degree in data and investigative journalism. Originally from Durham, NC, Jenkins worked at KBIA, Vox Magazine, KMUW and the Columbia Missourian. Her reporting topics have ranged from criminal justice to arts and culture.

Over the next year, Jenkins will have the opportunity to work alongside FRONTLINE’s filmmaking teams to aid in the development of the series’ acclaimed documentaries. This work will include contributing to the research and development of stories, reporting out leads, wrangling and analyzing data, helping set up interviews and shoots, as well as various tasks as documentaries undergo editing, vetting and post-production.

She will also have a chance to contribute to FRONTLINE projects on other platforms — including pursuing and crafting digital stories for FRONTLINE’s website and working with the series’ Local Journalism Initiative partners — local news outlets producing investigative journalism projects.

“Our partnership with FRONTLINE has become something we’re genuinely proud to sustain,” said David Kurpius, dean at the Missouri School of Journalism. “Aminah is exactly the kind of journalist this fellowship was designed for — deeply curious, data-driven, and ready to tell stories that matter.”

“We’re so pleased to welcome Aminah to our newsroom and look forward to seeing how her investigative journalism experience and research skills can support our reporters and filmmakers,” says Raney Aronson-Rath, editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE. “We’re grateful to Jonathan Murray and to the Missouri School of Journalism for their generous, continued support of this fellowship.”

About FRONTLINE FRONTLINE, U.S. television’s longest running investigative documentary series, explores the issues of our times through powerful storytelling. FRONTLINE has won an Academy Award® as well as every major journalism and broadcasting award, including 110 Emmy Awards and 34 Peabody Awards. Visit pbs.org/frontline and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to learn more. FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with major support from Ford Foundation, and The Fialkow Family Foundation. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Trust, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and Corey David Sauer, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen, and Laura DeBonis and Scott Nathan.

About The Missouri School of Journalism The Missouri School of Journalism is an international leader in journalism education. Some of the best journalists in the world have learned their profession through the Missouri Method, which provides practical hands-on training at five professional news outlets and two strategic communication agencies. Students and faculty regularly earn top awards and recognitions from international, national, and other organizations.