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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 Wednesday, 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' flagship investigative documentary series, exploring the issues of our time through powerful 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 documentariesto transmedia projects. In an age of 24/7 breaking news, we remain dedicated to thoughtful, incisive accountability journalism.

As a member of public media, it's a core part of our mission to foster a work environment and to produce journalism that values inclusiveness and reflects the broad perspectives of the American public.

JOB OVERVIEW

FRONTLINE is hiring one graduating student or recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY to work as a reporting fellow for a finite period of one year. This position is open exclusively to recent and soon-to-be Newmark graduates from the classes of 2025 and 2026.

The FRONTLINE/Newmark 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 be opportunities to work on digital stories for our website - as well as contribute to interactive projects or FRONTLINE's Local Journalism Initiative, which supports local news outlets producing investigative journalism projects.

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 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 and fact-checking skills

• 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

This position is open exclusively to graduates of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. All 2025 and 2026 master's degree recipients from the J-school are eligible to apply. International students with OPT status for the full duration of the fellowship will be considered.

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 roughly January or February 2027. 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 are 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 Oct. 18, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applications without all of the following will not be considered. Candidates who do not submit an application and materials via the GBH portal cannot be considered.

1) 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 CUNY 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.

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

JOB SPECIFICS

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LOCATION

1 Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135

Thispositionis located in Boston, MA, and requires on-site presence.