Fellowship

Forbes Research & Insights

About the Role

The Editorial Fellowship is a twelve-month immersive training program for early-career business journalists. It involves rotating through the newsroom to learn skills specific to a Forbes career. The program is designed for recent college graduates who embody the Forbes entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about learning.

About The Fellowship Program

• Full-time, temporary position.
• Hybrid schedule with a minimum of one in-office collaboration day per week at the Jersey City, NJ headquarters.
• Paid hourly at $26.44.
• Weekly schedule is expected to be 40 hours per week.
• Fellowship duration is 12 months.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop skills in 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.
• Collaborate with veteran reporters to cultivate sources and find scoops.
• Conduct research for list rankings, including contacting sources, gathering documents and data, and writing short profiles.
• Fact-check the Daily Cover Story on Forbes.com and magazine stories.
• Collaborate with Forbes staffers on special projects.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Prior experience in fact-checking, reporting, writing, and editing.
• Experience with publishing platforms, current digital and social media technologies, and SEO best practices.
• Ability to understand and draw conclusions from financial documents.

Qualifications

• Recent college graduates from undergraduate or graduate programs, having graduated within the past 24 months.
• Journalism major, significant roles at a collegiate publication, OR previous journalism internship is required.
• Solid news judgment with an understanding of journalistic standards and editorial ethics.
• Strong interest in business/entrepreneurship and understanding of basic financial terms/figures.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines.

Application Requirements

• Resume
• Cover letter describing yourself, how Forbes or a Forbes story inspired you to be a business journalist, and what you want to learn from this experience.
• Three published clips.