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Forbes Media & Northwestern University

Each year since 2009, one Steamboat Scholar is selected from the junior class at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism to work at Forbes Media. Previous Forbes Scholars were selected from Princeton University. 

Tom Post, Managing Editor at Forbes, is the Medill Steamboat Scholar’s Senior Mentor. He edits cover stories, middle- and front-of-the-book features, the "Heads Up" section and, frequently, Life and Marketing stories. He also oversees Forbes.com’s Europe home page, the Life channel, and the Chief Marketing Officer network. 

Forbes will put the Steamboat Scholar to work, conducting research and interviewing sources, on the phone and in person, on a wide range of topics. The Scholar will have a chance to interact with other reporters, writers and editors at the magazine, and to have a stint at our website, Forbes.com. The goal is for the Scholar to end the summer with bylines in print and online. 

Important Dates

    On-Campus Information Session - October 25, 2011
    Applications Due - December 2, 2011
    Semi-Finalist Interviews - January 10, 2012
    Finalist Interviews - TBD
    Scholar Notification - TBD

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Summer Scholar Program

Program Application

If you are currently a junior and would like to apply to become a Steamboat Scholar at Forbes Media, download the application here:

Deadline: The 2012 application deadline is December 2, 2011.

UNIVERSITY REVIEW COMMITTEE

The University Review Committee is comprised of dedicated members of the administration and faculty.

Michele Bitoun

Assistant Professor
Senior Director, Undergraduate Education

Alec Klein

Professor

Jim O’Brien

Director, Medill Career Services

Michele Weldon

Assistant Professor

Charles Whitaker

Assistant Professor

Past Forbes Media Scholars

Danielle DiPenti
2004

Elyse Graham
2006

James Kuczmarski
2007

Emad Atiq
2008

Joyce Lee
2009

Sara Peck
2010

Caleb Melby
2011

Dan Tham
2012