West Coast News Fellow (January 2025)

Business Insider is hiring a fellow to join our West Coast/Weekends team to write impactful business, tech, and innovation stories and cover breaking news.

Business Insider is for people who are driven, optimistic and always looking forward. Our mission is to inspire action through thought-provoking stories. We tell our audience what they want and need to know to improve their lives and the world with storytelling that is accessible, smart, sometimes unexpected, and always helpful. 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 paid role requires you to work for 40 hours a week and can be remote. 

Applications will close on October 18th.

The Role & Team:

The West Coast/Weekend Desk’s mission is to cover business, tech, and innovation stories along with big breaking general news that serves our disruptive go-getter audience during off hours (Friday - Tuesday from 4 p.m. ET - 12 a.m. ET).

The fellow will cover everything from off-hours breaking news developments across a range of topics to in-depth reporting explaining the companies, people, and trends at the biggest companies in tech and business. They will spend their time doing meaningful work: researching, writing, pitching, and covering breaking news such as major geopolitical news, earnings reports/calls from the biggest companies shaping the global economy, and writing analysis stories that push the news forward and provide important context for the reader on those topics. We are especially looking for someone who can synthesize the latest news and numbers and write voice-y, informed takes on the issues of the day.

This role reports to our West Coast editor and should be based on the West Coast.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pitch and publish a mix of quick hits and analysis every week 
• Identify trends with the biggest business, retail, and tech companies and analyze how they affect Silicon Valley, the world markets, and Americans’ lives
• Interview sources ranging from experts on the companies we follow to experts on politics and other major events
• Keep an eye on global breaking news, with an emphasis on business, tech, and innovation news that Business Insider would send out a push alert to our readers or would share on our homepage 

The ideal candidate has:

• A keen eye for important and timely business, tech, and innovation developments and how they impact the economy, employees at those companies, and consumers 
• The ability to break down complex topics and explain them clearly and in a conversational tone
• A broad knowledge base spanning the business, tech, and innovation spheres
• A curiosity to dive into any big breaking news
• A go-getter attitude and excitement to call sources, whether it’s for an attempted assassination or a major IPO

Additionally, all of our editorial fellows should have:

• 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
• Proofreading and copyediting skills
• 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 

• 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

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.

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Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to the Insider community.

About Business Insider: 

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