Meet the Recipients of the 2025-26 Curve Fellowship for Emerging Journalists!

The recipients of the 2025-2026 Curve Fellowship for Emerging Journalists poses for the camera with their awards.

Fellows pictured left-to-right: Savannah Ray Hugueley, Taylor Bruck, Mary Frances McGowan,

Hadley Green, and Laila Annmarie Stevens.

Meet the Future of LGBTQ+ Journalism

The 2025–26 Curve Fellowship for Emerging Journalists is officially underway! This year's talented cohort met for the first time at the start of September during the annual national convention for LGBTQ+ journalists, organized by NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.

The 2025-26 Fellows include:

Taylor Bruck (Anchor and Multimedia Journalist, Spectrum News 1 Ohio)
Hadley Green (Video Journalist, The Washington Post)
Savannah Ray Hugueley (Assistant Managing Editor, Chicago Reader)
Mary Frances McGowan (Political Reporter, The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com)
Laila Annmarie Stevens (Freelance Photojournalist)

Across their diverse range of expertise, the fellows all share a deep commitment to LGBTQ+ representation and storytelling. Learn more about each fellow in our full announcement here.

Stay tuned to Curve Quarterly and Curve's social media as we spotlight and publish the fellows' works throughout the year!

In Pictures: Curve at the NLGJA Association of LGBTQ+

Journalists National Convention (Sept 4-7, 2025)

The new Curve Journalism fellows meet and chat.

The new and former Curve Journalists meet.

The 2025-26 Curve Fellows meet for the first time, and are introduced to former Curve Emerging Journalists, including the 2024-25 cohort's Ashley Dye, strategist at The Marshall Project.

Taylor Bruck speaks on a panel at the convention.

Fellows Hadley Green and Mary Frances McGowan attend Taylor Bruck's panel.

As a panelist on Out & Proud: Living Your Truth as a Journalist, 2025-26 Curve Fellow Taylor Bruck shared her experiences as an out television reporter and public figure.

Katie Barnes and Rachel Pearson sit on stage for an ESPN panel.

Rachel Pearson speaks on stage for an ESPN panel.

Katie Barnes, 2021-22 Curve Emerging Journalist and ESPN reporter, led the ESPN Sports Summit, Beyond the Byline: Elevating LGBTQIA+ Voices, Stories, and Ethics in Sports Journalism. Joining them was Rachel Pearson, lead video editor at ESPN and special guest for Lesbian Visibility Week 2025's Queer Women in Sports Day Panel.

Hannah Schoenbaum speaks to a full room during her panel.

Dana Piccoli presents at a panel with Anna DeShawn.

Hannah Schoenbaum, 2023-24 Curve Emerging Journalist and reporter for The Associated Press, spoke to a full room during the panel Is Gen Z Even Watching the News?

Dana Piccoli, 2023 Winner of the Curve Award for Excellence in Lesbian Coverage and managing director of News Is Out, presented key findings from a new report on LGBTQ+ media. She was joined by Anna DeShawn, founder of E3 Radio and honoree on the 2025 Curve Power List.

Franco Stevens joins a full room listening to a panelist speak.

Fun fact: in 2023, Franco Stevens was inducted into the NLGJA’s LGBTQ+ Journalists Hall of Fame! Pictured here: Franco and her dog, Knox, attend a panel during this year's convention.

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