Welcome 2025-26 duPont Fellows

We are pleased to announce our 2025-26 duPont-Columbia Awards Fellows. Thu Le and Zach Jaworski are joining the team while they pursue their graduate studies at Columbia Journalism School. Congratulations to Zach and Thu.

Zach Jaworski, from Western New York, is a full-time student in the M.S. Stabile program at Columbia Journalism School. Prior to Columbia, he edited the student newspaper at St. Lawrence University and worked for the local NPR-affiliate station. He hopes to blend audio, print, and digital media in a career as a local investigative journalist, covering the people, places, and topics that are often underreported.

Thu Le, from Worcester, Massachusetts, is a full-time student in the M.S. Visual Craft track at Columbia Journalism School. She is excited to combine video, photo, and audio to create impactful and accessible community journalism stories. Prior to Columbia, she received a B.A. in Media, Culture, and the Arts from Clark University and has interned at WGBH News, Harvard Business Publishing, and CBS News Boston.

Both Le and Jaworski have a passion for audio and video journalism. In their role, the Fellows will sit in on the duPont Awards jury, correspond with winners and finalists, help produce duPont’s On Assignment podcast, and support the duPont Awards Ceremony in January 2026.