Forbes Fellowship

Forbes Media • Jersey City, NJ

277d • $26 - $26 • Remote

About The Position

Forbes believes in the power of entrepreneurial capitalism and uses it on various platforms to ignite the conversations that drive systemic change in business, culture and society. We celebrate success and are committed to using our megaphone to drive diversity, equity and inclusion. Forbes is recruiting for Journalists to join our Editorial Fellowship, a twelve-month immersive training program for early career business journalists who will rotate through our newsroom in order to learn targeted skills specific to a Forbes career. We are looking for recent college graduates who embody the Forbes entrepreneurial spirit to innovate and who are passionate about learning. We strongly encourage people from historically underrepresented communities to apply. The Fellowship will begin with a week-long business journalism bootcamp, a series of classes taught by top editors. Fellows will then rotate through the newsroom during a series of four, 3-month assignments in order to develop financial analysis, investigations, source development, and news reporting.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• This is a full-time, temporary position.
• The role will be paid hourly and the weekly schedule is expected to be 40 hours per week.
• Fellowships begin in Spring and Summer 2025 and will last for 12 months.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Personal and Laundry Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree