Editorial Fellowship: Business Journalism (Hybrid)

Forbes; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

40 hours per week

12 months fellowship

Job summary

Forbes is seeking recent college graduates for an Editorial Fellowship, a twelve-month immersive program with rotations through the newsroom to learn targeted business journalism skills.

The fellowship begins with a bootcamp, then four 3-month assignments to develop analysis, investigations, source development, and reporting, with a hybrid work schedule and one in-person day per week in Jersey City, NJ.

Qualifications

• Recent college graduates from either undergraduate or graduate programs. Candidates must have graduated within the past 24 months.
• Journalism major, significant roles at a collegiate publication, OR previous journalism internship is required.
• Prior experience in fact-checking, reporting, writing, and editing.
• Solid news judgment with an understanding of journalistic standards and editorial ethics.
• Experience with publishing platforms, current digital and social media technologies and SEO best practices.
• Strong interest in business/entrepreneurship and understanding of basic financial terms/figures.
• Ability to understand and draw conclusions from financial documents.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Develop the skills related to pitching, reporting and writing breaking news, trend pieces, second day takes, and feature length business stories.
• Work on wealth valuations and financial investigations focused on the world’s wealthiest people.
• Work alongside veteran reporters to cultivate sources and find scoops.
• Conduct research related to list rankings (contact sources, gather documents and data, write short profiles).
• Fact-check the Daily Cover Story on Forbes.com and magazine stories.
• Collaborate with Forbes staffers on special projects.

Skills

Journalism

Writing

Editing

Source development

SEO basics

Education

Journalism degree

Job description

Forbes is seeking recent college graduates for an Editorial Fellowship, a twelve-month immersive program with rotations through the newsroom to learn targeted business journalism skills.

The fellowship begins with a bootcamp, then four 3-month assignments to develop analysis, investigations, source development, and reporting, with a hybrid work schedule and one in-person day per week in Jersey City, NJ.