Business Insider editorial fellow, YouTube and influencers
Business Insider is hiring a media fellow to cover YouTube as it relates to creators and influencers, and how online platforms are changing entertainment and media.
The 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 are prepared for the next phase of their journalism careers. For more information on the Insider Fellowship Program, see here.
Fellows spend their time doing meaningful work: researching, writing, pitching, and producing features — even breaking news if the timing is right.
This fellow will cover YouTube and its surrounding businesses with a mixture of industry analysis, people-driven features, trend spotting, and also any wild/fun stories that catch their eye. They will focus on YouTube’s role as a media and entertainment business platform.
All our editorial fellows should have:
- Experience reporting and writing (school publications are great)
- A passion for digital storytelling and voracious reading habits
- Familiarity with digital and social media
- Ability to work quickly and collaboratively with a fast-paced team
- Light HTML and/or Photoshop experience
- Proofreading and copyediting skills
In addition, for the media team, we’re looking for someone with:
- An interest in YouTube and other social media platforms where creators and influencers live: their power players, balance sheets, growth areas, brand safety issues, relationships with top creators, subscription efforts, and so on
- Familiarity with the top YouTube creators and how they are evolving and making money
- Interest in exploring other platforms’ sometimes-rocky relationship with creators and how those creators are using the platforms
- Ability to surface and write original articles on these businesses and platforms in order to provide a perspective on the industry that readers aren’t getting elsewhere
This is an hourly paid fellowship based out of our New York office. Fellows are encouraged to work 40 hours a week, and fellowships run for six months. Start date for this position will be in June.
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