The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program

Job Description

The editorial fellowship is a demanding, research-intensive foray into investigative journalism. Fellows’ primary responsibility is fact-checking our bimonthly print magazine, web stories, videos, and weekly radio show. By reverse-engineering our investigations and other reported pieces, fellows learn what it takes to report, organize, and write a sophisticated magazine or radio story.

Fellows can expect fact-checking duties to take most of their time. There may be additional opportunities to do original writing and reporting, or to become involved in various digital projects—working on our newsletters, helping with multimedia production, and aiding our Climate Desk partnership—depending on time, interest, and organizational needs.

Fellows receive training in many aspects of the editorial process, from research tools and methods to media law. They attend regular skill-building sessions covering topics that span the operations of a media organization.

This is a union position. The terms of this job are covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with Local 2103, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, AFL-CIO.

Job Requirements

We’re looking for candidates with a wide range of backgrounds and skillsets. Some of our current fellows have had previous journalism jobs, while others are working in a newsroom for the first time. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply. Candidates should be curious, hardworking, and committed to learning the practices of independent journalism.

CIR believes that a diverse newsroom strengthens the quality of our workplace and reporting. We strongly encourage applications from members of communities that have been historically underrepresented in the media, including people of color, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities.

Candidates should be prepared to work from our Washington, DC, or San Francisco offices at least once a week. Fellows are required to be able to work in the United States, and CIR is not able to furnish work visas.

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