Forbes Fellowship

Jersey City, NJ

About the Position

Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world. Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. The Forbes brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature ForbesLive events and 49 licensed local editions in 81 countries.

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.

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.

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.

We Offer

• This is a full-time, temporary position operating on a hybrid schedule one day minimum per week in office.
• The role will be paid hourly and the weekly schedule is expected to be 40 hours per week.
• Fellowships are 12 months long.
• The hourly rate for this role is $26.44 - $26.44.

How to Apply

In your application, please include:

1. Your resume
2. A cover letter describing yourself, telling us how Forbes or a Forbes story inspired you to be a business journalist & sharing what you want to learn from this experience
3. Three published clips.

Candidates that are selected for interviews will be contacted by a member of our team.

Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.

About the Company

Forbes is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and uses our various platforms to help the world build back with equity at its core. As the leading business media brand, we have a responsibility to ensure our content and experiences reflect the diverse audiences we serve. We have the unique ability to do good, leveraging our considerable editorial voice to highlight inequities and challenge systems.

We are holding ourselves accountable and ensuring that all decisions are made with equity top of mind.