Business News Fellow (January 2025)

Business Insider is hiring a reporting fellow to join our trending business and tech news team from January 2025. The U.K.-based fellow would join a team covering the most compelling and impactful business stories of the day across a variety of industries, including tech, retail, real estate, and transportation. 

**Fellowship applications close October 18, 2024**

Our mission is to inform and inspire the digital generation and become the most influential and loved journalism company. At Business Insider, we aim to cover the people, companies, and ideas changing our world. Our team members embody and uphold Business Insider’s three core values: we are all one team, we are effective, and we strive to get better every day.

The Business Insider Fellowship Program is for early career journalists who want to spend six months learning from a newsroom full of passionate, dedicated journalists. Fellows are assigned to teams and become experts in digital storytelling. They produce real work that is distributed to our audience of millions, and by the end of six months, they are prepared for the next phase of their journalism careers. This role requires you to work for 40 hours a week. Fellowships can be hybrid, and we expect London-based fellows to come into our offices at least twice per week. Business Insider policies, including the hybrid policy, are continually reviewed and may be subject to change

The Role & Team:

The fellow would write about major companies. Fellows may also write about travel, real estate, business personalities, innovations like 3D-printed homes, and the latest trends emerging on TikTok. They will spend their time doing meaningful work: researching, writing, pitching, and interviewing. 

Reporters may also pitch travel assignments, though travel is not required as a condition of employment.

Key Responsibilities

• Pitch daily story ideas and work with the assigning editor to cover the most compelling news from the world’s biggest companies
• Conduct interviews and pitch feature stories, explainers, visual features, and other story formats, as required
• Produce stories that are accurate, properly researched, error-free, and in line with Business Insider reporting standards 
• Hone SEO best practices and become adept at Business Insider’s style of headline writing

The ideal candidate has:

• Experience with business reporting
• A keen eye for impactful and potentially market-moving corporate news
• A broad knowledge base spanning multiple industries and company types
• A fundamental understanding of how corporations conduct business and grow
• A nose for identifying any developments that seem unusual and out-of-the-ordinary
• A background in journalism, writing, and reporting online

All our editorial fellows should have:

• A passion for digital storytelling, voracious reading habits, and familiarity with digital and social media
• Experience reporting and writing (university publications are great!)
• Ability to work quickly and collaboratively with a fast-paced team
• Solid proofreading/copy editing skills 

Additional information:

• Fellows get 10 days annual leave during the 6-month period
• This paid position starts in January 2025 and requires that you work full time for six months.

Business Insider is a flexible workplace when it comes to remote work, but an important part of the fellowship is being a part of the newsroom in person for learning opportunities. Fellows are encouraged to come into our office in London at least two days a week. Business Insider policies, including the hybrid policy, are continually reviewed and may be subject to change

Please apply with a resume and cover letter and specify why you're interested in working on this team. If you’d like some tips, check out our best practices guide.