Forbes Fellowship
Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. The Editorial Fellowship is a twelve-month immersive training program for early career business journalists, focusing on developing skills in financial analysis, investigations, and news reporting through a series of rotations in the newsroom.
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
- 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
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