Deals & Streaming Editorial Fellow (Jan 2024)

Business Insider is hiring a paid U.S.-based editorial fellow in January 2024 to contribute to the growth of our Deals and How to Watch/Streaming verticals on the Reviews team across BusinessInsider.com.

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

The Role & Team:

Business Insider Reviews is dedicated to finding, testing, and reviewing the best products and services available online, including everything from the latest in tech and home goods to essentials for pet owners and beauty product enthusiasts.

The Deals/Streaming Fellow will play a key part in our team, writing new commerce-focused stories, and creating and maintaining a range of evergreen content like buying guides and explainers. You’ll learn how to strategize and plan an editorial calendar, with an emphasis on SEO and using data to make informed decisions. We’ll train you how to write news and grow evergreen content — valuable skills for any modern online journalist.

You will be covering everything from how to watch the latest sporting events, TV shows, and movies on streaming services, comparing cord-cutting live TV apps, and connecting our readers with the best deals on a wide range of items including home, pets, kitchen, gaming, phones, TV, laptops, gadgets, and more.

Note: Candidates must be willing to work East Coast hours. Additionally, some weekend work might be required occasionally, including public holiday weekends.

Key Responsibilities:

Create how-to-watch content, with an emphasis on live sports.
Plan a calendar with upcoming events and releases.
Maintain a selection of evergreen viewing guides.
Write articles on deal news and popular products in multiple categories.
Build rankings in Google for a range of commerce content.
Research new article opportunities.

The ideal candidate:

Has experience writing or editing commerce stories.
Has excellent writing, editing, and researching skills, and is particularly diligent at fact-checking.
Has knowledge of a wide selection of retailers across multiple categories.
Is knowledgeable about a range of mainstream sports/shows and where to watch them.
Understands the wider streaming landscape (not just in the US) and cord-cutting services.
Is familiar with SEO best practices — we’ll help you become a master.
Thrives in a fast-paced environment and can quickly pivot when needed.

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

Salary & Benefits:

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 and can be fully remote.

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. Please also provide three links to published pieces/writing samples below. Application deadline has been extended to Monday, November 27th.