Business Contributors Fellow

Summary

Join Business Insider's Business Contributors team as an editorial fellow for a six-month program. You will contribute to the creation of human-interest stories focused on business, tech, and innovation. Responsibilities include pitching story ideas, conducting interviews, fact-checking, and editing. The ideal candidate possesses strong writing and storytelling skills, a passion for human-interest stories, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. The fellowship offers a competitive hourly rate, paid time off, and eligibility for benefits after 91 days. Fellows are expected to work 40 hours per week and come into the NYC or San Francisco offices twice a week.

Requirements

• A passion for human-interest stories related to tech, money, innovation, and business news — should be an enthusiastic consumer of news sites, social media, podcasts, and newsletters
• A deep curiosity about people’s lives and voracious reading habits
• An ability to work quickly and collaboratively with a fast-paced team
• Proofreading, copyediting, and fact-checking skills
• Experience reporting and writing (school publications are great)
• An ability to problem solve independently and a willingness to learn and incorporate feedback
• A good sense of what Business Insider readers will find interesting
• The initiative and drive to pitch writers, story ideas, and books for coverage
• Experience writing headlines and social copy
• Experience working and inputting stories into a CMS
• A good eye for photo/visual information
• An ability to file multiple stories per week
• Strong time-management skills
• An excitement for reaching a smart, diverse, ambitious, and motivated audience of people who are actively trying to grow both professionally and personally

Responsibilities

• Pitching new story and source ideas daily
• Sourcing, interviewing, and reporting as-told-to stories
• Fact-checking and editing drafts
• Contributing to daily and weekly brainstorms
• Building stories in a CMS
• Collaborating on cross-team projects

Preferred Qualifications

• A passion for digital storytelling and voracious reading habits
• Familiarity with digital and social media
• The ability to work quickly and collaboratively with a fast-paced team
• A love of Business Insider and our mission to serve readers with the information and inspiration they need in a way that’s accurate, fair, fast, and fun

Benefits

• Fellows are paid $20 per hour (overtime when needed and approved)
• PTO and paid holidays
• Eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits on 91st day of employment