2025-2026 FRONTLINE/Missouri School of Journalism Reporting Fellow (Biotech)

GBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.

At GBH, we believe in the advantages of coming together to build community, mentor and learn from colleagues, and connect more deeply with our mission. As a result, the majority of our staff are hybrid and work both from home and onsite. Our current hybrid approach requires staff to work onsite a minimum of two days each week, every Tuesday and one other day, to be determined by their business unit. Hybrid staff are also welcome to come in additional days each week or may be asked to come in on other days by their manager.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

FRONTLINE is PBS's flagship investigative documentary series, exploring the issues of our time through powerful reporting and storytelling.

FRONTLINE has won an Academy Award® as well as every major journalism and broadcasting award, including more than 100 Emmy Awards and more than 30 Peabody Awards. Today our dedicated cadre of reporters, producers and digital makers report across platforms — from our documentaries to transmedia projects. In an age of 24/7 breaking news, we remain dedicated to thoughtful, incisive accountability journalism. 

JOB OVERVIEW

FRONTLINE is hiring one graduating student from the master's program at the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri to join our staff as a reporting fellow for a finite period of one year. This position is open exclusively to students graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism's master's program in December 2024 and May 2025.

The FRONTLINE/Missouri School of Journalism reporting fellow will work alongside our filmmaking teams in producing the series' investigative documentaries. Responsibilities will vary depending on projects in production and the skill set of the selected fellow, but may include contributing to the research and development of stories, reporting out leads, wrangling and analyzing data, helping set up interviews and shoots, as well as various tasks as documentaries undergo editing, vetting and post-production. The bulk of the fellow's responsibilities will be to contribute to documentaries for broadcast and/or digital release. There will also be opportunities to work on projects on other platforms as needed — including FRONTLINE's Local Journalism Initiative that supports local news outlets producing investigative journalism projects — as well as pursuing and reporting shorter-turnaround digital stories for our website.

We are looking for a strong reporter and creative storyteller who is committed to pursuing investigative journalism with rigor, thoroughness and fairness. Previous investigative reporting experience is preferred. Experience working on journalistic documentaries is encouraged but not required.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with FRONTLINE's editorial and digital teams, as well as with filmmakers and other editorial partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with research, reporting, producing and fact-checking series' documentary films
• Pitch, report, write and produce original digital stories
• Coordinate with digital video, social media and other teams on future stories

SKILL SET

• Excellent reporting, writing, organizational and communication skills
• Facility in data and investigative journalism tools and techniques
• Strong news judgment
• Strong work ethic
• Comfort with managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
• Do you have skills not listed above that make you uniquely qualified? Let us know.

ELIGIBILITY

All December 2024 and May 2025 graduates from the Missouri School of Journalism M.A. program are eligible to apply. International students with OPT status for the full duration of the fellowship will be considered. This position is open exclusively to graduates of the master's program at the Missouri School of Journalism.

COMPENSATION AND TERMS

This is a full-time position, with a salary of $70,000 and benefits, for a period of one year to begin July 2024. FRONTLINE is located within the office of our parent organization, GBH, in Boston. We strongly prefer this position to be based in Boston, but there is some flexibility if the fit is right. Fellows who relocate to Boston will be responsible for their own housing and transportation. The fellowship is non-renewable and has a finite duration of one year.

TO APPLY

Please submit the following materials via this GBH portal by April 13, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applications without all of the following will not be considered. 

Front page & cover letter (two pages). A front page with your name, full contact information and names and contact information for three references, including at least two Missouri professors. The cover letter on the second page should be addressed to Priyanka Boghani, FRONTLINE Digital Editor. The letter should detail your interest in FRONTLINE; any reporting, writing and investigative experience; and any specializations in specific beats or types of media.

Resume (one page) & work samples. Please limit the resume to one page. In the same document, add links or paste no more than five of your best work samples, including at least three stories with a significant reporting and writing component.

DEADLINE

11:59 p.m. (ET), SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025