Venture Capital and Startups Fellow (Summer 2024)

Business Insider is hiring a fellow to join our VC/Startups team.

Our mission is to inform and inspire the digital generation and become the most influential and loved journalism brand in the world. At Insider, we aim to cover the people, companies, and ideas changing our world. At Insider, we strive to uphold three main 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, Los Angeles, or San Francisco offices twice a week.

Applications will close on April 15th.

The Role & Team:

As a Venture Capital and Startups Fellow you will cover startups and venture capital, develop industry contacts, and gain knowledge of the sector. 

The startups/VC reporting fellow will spend their time doing meaningful work: researching, writing, pitching, and producing features, lists, profiles — even possibly breaking news. They’ll work on stories like:

How Carra Wu, a 23-year-old crypto investor, went from intern to Andreessen Horowitz partner in a year

Inside the Center SF, one of the hottest spots to mingle and dance with San Francisco's tech workers

A 'magic' new AI tech has become the hottest thing in Silicon Valley, VCs said. Here's why everyone's watching 'generative artificial intelligence.'

Fellows are strongly encouraged to come into one of our offices — located in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. We have a full calendar of in-person events that will focus on learning from our award-winning staff, expanding your network, and building your skills as a journalist

This role reports directly to the senior VC/Startups editor.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pitch daily story ideas and work with your editor to cover compelling startup and VC stories
• Conduct interviews with sources and pitch features, lists, and other story formats
• Produce stories that are accurate, properly researched, error-free, and in line with Insider reporting standards and guidelines
• Learn and become adept at Insider’s style of headline writing and Insider SEO practices

The ideal candidate has:

• Experience reporting and writing
• A curiosity about, if not interest in, the technology, startups and venture capital industry 
• A willingness and confidence to take the initiative to make calls and chase down interviews
• A passion for digital storytelling, voracious reading habits, and familiarity with digital and social media
• Ability to work quickly and collaboratively with a fast-paced global team
• A self-starter attitude and excellent organizational skills
• Solid proofreading/copy editing skills and light HTML/Photoshop experience

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 Insider and our mission to serve readers with the information and inspiration they need in a way that’s accurate, fair, fast, and fun