Fortune Newsroom Fellowships
About The Position
Fortune is hiring multiple early-career journalists for six-month newsroom fellowships starting in January 2026. Fellows join the newsroom as integral members, learning by researching, reporting, writing, and producing coverage while gaining insight into the operations of a digital and print business publication. They receive training and direction from newsroom leaders and experienced journalists. Each fellow is assigned to a specific team and focus, such as business and trending news or finance and crypto. Fellows may report and write stories, curate and package coverage, contribute to Fortune’s flagship lists and newsletters, and create formats such as explainers, profiles, trend pieces, evergreen articles, social videos, and newsletter editions. The roles are based in New York City and require working in the office five days per week. The schedule is 35 hours per week, Monday through Friday, excluding company holidays. Pay is $30 per hour. Fortune Media’s mission is to change the world by making business better through trusted information, great storytelling, rigorous benchmarking, and community building. Its stated values are humility, ownership, and transparency. Fortune Media provides equal employment opportunities and values diversity and inclusion.
Requirements
- Must have graduated from undergraduate or graduate school.
- Demonstrated interest, enthusiasm, and willingness and ability to learn about economics and business news.
- Ability to balance speed and stamina with originality, accuracy, and completeness.
- Strong awareness of news from a breadth of sources, important current stories, and topics likely to resonate with Fortune’s audience.
- For writing-based desks, ability to write clean, accurate, insightful copy on deadline.
- For newsletter curation and production, facility in proofreading, packaging, and curating content, and ability to use digital production tools for web and newsletters.
- Ambitious, detail-oriented, deadline-driven, and able to manage time and juggle multiple assignments.
- Quick to learn, curious, and able to generate fresh ideas.
- Growth mindset and ability to take and internalize direction.
- Ability to communicate and work effectively and professionally in the office.
Nice To Haves
- Previous relevant experience, such as internships at publications or work at collegiate publications.
- Experience and keen interest in business, economics, and leadership news.
Responsibilities
- Report and write original stories, including quick-hit and in-depth pieces, and/or curate, produce, and package Fortune coverage.
- Pitch stories, take assignments, and participate in brainstorming sessions.
- Create explainers, profiles, trend pieces, evergreen articles, social videos, and/or newsletter editions to help readers understand topics, companies, prominent figures, and trends.
- Contribute to Fortune’s flagship lists, including the Fortune 500, and to its newsletters.
- Work independently and collaboratively.
- Help ensure coverage includes a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
- Uphold Fortune’s standards of journalistic rigor, accuracy, and fairness.
- Learn the workings of the newsroom and company.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
