Business Analyst (MBA Fellowship)

About the MBA Media Fellowship

This MBA Fellowship offers an experience youwon’tfind anywhere else. Created in partnership byThe New York Times, POLITICO, The Atlantic,andThe Guardian, the program gives fellows a front-row seat into how four of the world’s leading news organizations think,operate, and innovate.

Over the summer, fellows work on meaningful strategic projects whileparticipatingin shared workshops, leadership conversations, and cross-company programming. The experience offers exceptional access to senior leaders, exposure to different approaches across the media industry, and a powerful network of peers — all designed to help shape the next generation of media and business leaders.

Project Overview

POLITICO is seeking an Business Analyst, MBAFellow to examine and articulate the value of digital newsletters as a core journalistic product and primary touchpoint for audiences. This project focuses on understandingwhy newsletters matter and how they reinforce POLITICO’s role as a trusted,must readsource of journalism, how they shape reader behavior and loyalty, and how theycompare tosimilar productsacross the industry.

The Fellow will explore newsletters not just as a distribution channel, but as a defining product that delivers context,expertise, andhabit formingengagement in a digital news environment.

WhatYou’llDo:

The Fellow’s assignment will center onanalysis, synthesis, and insight generation, including:

• Identifyhow newsletters fit into POLITICO’s broader journalism and product ecosystem

• Analyze how newsletters support trust, authority, and habit formation compared to other digital formats

• Conduct competitive analysis of peer publishers’ newsletter offerings (format, voice, cadence, audience role)

• Evaluate how emerging tools (includingAIassistedworkflows or insights) could responsibly support newsletter production, personalization, or audience understanding without replacing editorial judgment

• Distill findings into a clear narrative about the role and value of newsletters in modern journalism

WhatYou’llNeed:

• Currently pursuing MBAdegreewith a strong interest in strategy, analytics, media, or digital businessmodels

• Experiencewith or exposure to data analysis, research, or business intelligence tools.Strong analytical skillswiththe ability to translate data into insights

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment balancingcriticalthinking with hands-on execution

We value our people. Clickherefor more on what we offer and whatit’slike to work for POLITICO.

Let’skeep in touch. You can view our list of open positionshere. We hope to see your application soon!

About Us.

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence thatanticipatestomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources othersdon'teven know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand thebusiness of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity inmedia: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.

POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles - first articulated asThe Essentialsby founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today.Learn more about Axel Springer.