Copyediting Fellow (Summer 2024)

Business Insider is hiring a fellow to join our Copy Team to help our team of copyeditors handle edits for a 24-hour newsroom.

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 role requires you to work for 40 hours a week. Fellows are encouraged to come into our New York, LA, or San Francisco offices two times a week.

Applications will close on April 15th.

The Role & Team:

As a copyediting fellow you will edit all kinds of stories — from breaking news to investigative features — as well as headlines, homepages, social-media posts, push alerts, and more.

The copyediting fellow will be responsible for editing for errors of fact, logic, and sense, in addition to grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style. The fellow will work closely with reporters and editors to improve stories. The ideal candidate will be comfortable reading a wide variety of news stories and quickly identifying issues both stylistic and substantive.

Key Responsibilities:

• Become proficient in AP style and demonstrate mastery of the Insider style guide and newsroom-wide editorial standards.
• Edit articles for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style. Check articles for fact errors.
• Query stories that raise red flags in terms of insensitive language, framing of sensitive topics, news judgment, and potential libel.
• Work with the copy chief, deputy copy chief, and other copyeditors to provide feedback to reporters and editors and answer copy-related questions.
• Become familiar with Insider’s corrections policy.
• Attend newsroom, copy desk, and weekly one-on-one meetings with deputy copy chief to hone your skills and incorporate strategies for improvement.

The ideal candidate has:

• General knowledge of principles and standards of journalism
• Experience editing, especially at a news website
• Enthusiasm for learning house style and improving your own work
• Familiarity with content-management system
• A positive, team-first attitude and a sense of humor
• Awareness of language nuances in diverse subject fields
• Effective time management and ability to work independently

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

Salary & 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

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.

Insider is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and, when making employment decisions, does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality or national origin, religion, disability, familial status, and military or veteran status. We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented groups to apply