Fortune Newsroom Fellowships (Fall 2025) at FORTUNE

New York, New York, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Dec, 25

Salary

25.71

Posted On

30 Sep, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Journalism, Research, Reporting, Writing, Social Media, Audience Development, Business News, Crypto News, Video Production, Story Pitching, Content Curation, Collaboration, Diversity, Accuracy, Time Management, Communication

Industry

Book and Periodical Publishing

Description

Fortune Newsroom Fellowships Fortune is seeking smart and energetic early-career journalists to join our newsroom for six-month fellowships starting in October or January, focused on business and trending news, crypto news, social and other areas in the newsroom. Candidates must have graduated from undergraduate or graduate school. Previous relevant experience like internships at publications and work at collegiate publications as well as experience and keen interest in business, economics, and leadership news are strongly preferred. An integral part of the Fortune newsroom, fellows learn by doing, to research, report, write, and produce coverage. They also learn about the workings of a storied and award-winning digital and print business publication and receive training and direction from newsroom leaders and veterans. As a Fortune fellow, you will: Be assigned to a specific team and focus, including: Audience Development and Social Media Business and Trending News (Monday to Friday or Wednesday to Sunday) Crypto News Social Video Report and write your own stories, likely a mix of quick hits and in-depth pieces, and/or curate, produce, and package Fortune coverage. Both pitch stories and take assignments; participate in brainstorming sessions. Craft explainers, profiles, trend pieces, evergreen articles, social videos, and/or newsletter editions to help readers understand key topics, companies, prominent players, and trends. Contribute to our flagship lists like the Fortune 500 and to our industry-leading newsletters. Work both independently and collaboratively. Ensure our coverage includes a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices. Uphold Fortune’s standards of journalistic rigor, accuracy, and fairness. Learn the inner workings of our newsroom and company. Ideal candidates: Thrive on economics and business news and/or demonstrates interest, enthusiasm, willingness, and ability to learn it. Value and balance speed and stamina with originality, accuracy, and completeness. Consume a lot of news from a breadth of sources and have a pulse on the most important stories and on what would resonate with the Fortune audience. For writing-based desks: Write clean, accurate, and insightful copy on deadline. Are ambitious, detail-oriented, deadline-driven, able to manage time and juggle multiple assignments, quick to learn, curious, and always have fresh ideas. Have a growth mindset; can take and internalize direction to grow in the role. Can communicate and work effectively and professionally in the office. To apply, please submit the following three items: Your resume Three work samples that represent your best work, either as links or pdfs. In lieu of a standard cover letter, a letter or memo responding to the following four questions: Why are you interested in joining Fortune as a fellow, and which desks/verticals (audience development and social media, business and trending news, newsletter curation and production or success) are you most interested in and why? (Do you want to report and write? Curate and repackage? Promote content?) In a nutshell, what do you feel you would bring to the table as a Fortune fellow, and how do you see this opportunity enabling you to learn and grow? What’s one piece of Fortune content — a story, a video, a podcast episode, a ranked list, a newsletter edition, a social post— that you find particularly compelling, and why? What’s one story you would pitch, and for which section or vertical? Are you available to start in October or January? Please let us know your availability. Please submit this information as a PDF, using your name in the file name. These roles will be based in NYC with 5 days/week in the office. Pay Rate: $25.71/hour. Fortune fellows work 35 hours per week, Monday through Friday or Wednesday through Sunday (excluding company holidays). About Fortune: At Fortune Media, our mission is to change the world by making business better. We achieve that by providing trusted information, great storytelling, rigorous benchmarking and world-class community building. And our key values are humility, ownership, and transparency. The policy of Fortune Media is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Fortune Media affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity and values diversity and inclusion. For Residents of California: Our California Resident Applicant and Prospective Applicant Privacy Notice is located at this link: https://fortune.com/california-resident-applicant-and-prospective-applicant-privacy-notice/ For UK, EEA, and Switzerland Residents: Please review Fortune Media Group (UK) Limited's Job Applicant Privacy Notice at https://fortune.com/job-applicant-privacy-notice-uk/ to understand how your personal data will be handled.

Responsibilities

Fellows will research, report, write, and produce coverage in various areas including business and trending news, crypto news, and social media. They will also participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute to flagship lists and newsletters.