Bleacher Report Training Programs

[Bleacher Report]

Bleacher Report attracts over 35+ million sports fans every month across all digital media screens with its fun, comprehensive, and entertaining content. We are extremely passionate about sports and connecting millions of people to the teams and topics they love.

Bleacher Report currently has two paid training programs for sports media students and aspiring professionals.

Advanced Program in Sports Media: Participants receive thorough schooling in the nuances of 21st-century sports reporting, with stipends paid for the completion of weekly training modules and an option to earn full or partial course credit for their work. Upon completing the program, all graduates are considered for paid positions in B/R's high-profile Featured Columnist Program.

Advanced Program in Editing and Content Management: Participants receive thorough schooling in the first principles and best practices of digital content management via a blend of in-depth training and hands-on learning, with stipends paid for the completion of weekly training modules and an option to earn full or partial course credit for their work. The experience prepares participants to fulfill a range of possible editorial responsibilities—primarily copy editing, but also content moderation, writer evaluation and supervision—in long-term positions at B/R or elsewhere.

All else being equal, administrators give weighted preference to candidates with the most extensive journalism experience.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so there's never a bad time to throw your hat in the ring.

For more information and to apply: Advanced Program in Sports Media | Advanced Program in Editing and Content Management

 

[SnarkShark]

Upon completing the program, all graduates are considered for paid positions in B/R's high-profile Featured Columnist Program.

This doesn't sound shady at all.

From B/r's own description of a "Featured Columnist."

"Standout FCs routinely get paid for their work in covering the biggest events on the sports calendar. Even better, the best of the best earn their livings as full-time B/R staff writers."

Routinely, huh?

 

[steveu]

Okay, how about professional journalists who want to write for BR? Are we disqualified?

 

[Doc Holliday]

who farted?

 

[Mira]

Has anyone gone through the Bleacher Report training program, and could share their experiences?

 

[Jim Luther Davis]

Has anyone gone through the Bleacher Report training program, and could share their experiences?

Been there, done that a couple years ago when I was still in college.

If you're looking for a bunch of reads and reader comments? Absolutely worth it. If you're looking for a serious resume builder and a chance to get paid? Not at all.

I have managed to get a couple contract positions that run about 6-8 months with a pretty legit monthly paycheck. However, that was more due to me constantly hounding every editor whose e-mail I could find rather than my experience through this fancy name for an internship of theirs.

My 2 cents.

 

[Mira]

Thanks for passing on feedback, Jim. How is your contract writing slot going with Bleacher Report?

 

[jsimp]

Are people who have already graduated from college eligible to apply for this position?

 

[Bleacher Report]

Are people who have already graduated from college eligible to apply for this position?

Yes, graduates are eligible to apply to either program.

 

[User 4332]

Yes, graduates are eligible to apply to either program.

But why would they?

 

[EddieM]

I would say ... tread carefully.

 

[Jim Luther Davis]

^I would go further and say avoid...unless you're still in college or high school and just trying to get some experience.

 

[CowboyCasanova]

^I would go further and say avoid...unless you're still in college or high school and just trying to get some experience.

Care to expound on this a little bit more? What was so bad about it? And what type of pay can one expect in this program?

 

[SnarkShark]

Care to expound on this a little bit more? What was so bad about it? And what type of pay can one expect in this program?

The Top 200 Ways Bleacher Report Screwed Me Over

 

[silvercharm]

"When I was credentialed for Twins games, for example, which usually start at 7 p.m., I'd leave my house at 5:30 p.m. and typically arrive back around 1 a.m. after conducting interviews, transcribing them, and then writing a story (when I had one due)."

Baseball writers around the country wonder where the kid was four hours before the game.