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Compelling work, amazing reporters, pathbreaking journalism - Reporting Intern The Capitol Forum Employee Review

5.0
Sep 6, 2019
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Pros

TCF is doing journalism like no one else in the business, and the summer internship program provides a wonderful way to be a part of it! You learn how to report on business, politics and do full-scale investigations in a totally unique way. There are very few jobs or publications where you can come out with experience in all of those areas and very few places who are really covering the deep connections between the three. Definitely a worthwhile experience!

Cons

This is a great place to work. I could not recommend it enough! Their work-life balance and company culture is killer.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Feb 12, 2025
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Pros

The salary is good and colleagues are very generous. Wednesday lunches are fun too.

Cons

If you are good at writing about antitrust - which is a VERY specific niche - then you will excel here. My background is not antitrust but I was often reminded by the higher-ups that I was hired as a storyteller first and an antitrust reporter second. This wasn't especially helpful when my pitches were constantly turned down. Communication at this company is poor at best, and while there are some people who do good work here, it is essentially a vanity publication run by someone who wants to provide a service to antitrust regulators and various business executives but is not himself a journalist. My employment ended abruptly after a six-month power struggle during which I was pitted against a colleague and ultimately the colleague won. I was terminated over the phone and negotiated three weeks severance. It was a poor end to an experience where I'd been repeatedly told I was a welcome addition and by the end was being ignored in group meetings.

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