Business Reporters

Corporate power is at its zenith in American society. We’re hiring multiple reporters to help hold ‪those corporations and interests to account.

We’re not interested in you covering the news, at least not in the conventional sense. Instead, at a time when government oversight is in retreat, your job will be to do hard-hitting, revelatory stories about the country’s most powerful companies and industries.

Our interests run the gamut, from corporate malfeasance to consumer flim-flams to employment discrimination to financial skullduggery.

We’re hiring other reporters as well, including ones to focus on technology and the new economy. If you’re interested in those areas, check out the links above.

For these jobs, it helps to have experience covering business and to know your way around a balance sheet and a 10-K. But we love great reporters — including those that haven’t necessarily defined themselves as “investigative reporters” — who can deploy a variety of skills, including data analysis, code and engagement skills to get to the truth.

Reporter

We are looking for reporters to join one of America’s most innovative (and, actually, fun) investigative newsrooms. We’re not interested in you covering the news, at least not in the conventional sense. Your job will be to do enterprising, hard-hitting stories that make news.

We’re also hiring reporters to focus on business and others to cover technology. If you’re interested in those areas, check out the links above. This ad is for applicants who want to cover other subjects.

We love great reporters — of all kinds. Many of our reporters were not previously “investigative reporters.” What they all have common has been a dedication to digging for the truth. Lots of different skills can be used to do that, including data analysis, code, engagement skills and yes, just excellent reporting skills.

Technology Reporter

Technology, algorithms, social media and platforms play central roles in our lives. The giants of technology have come to help decide the news we see, the connections we keep and the shape of our politics. They possess vast amounts of data about their users but often haven’t been transparent or responsible in their handling of it. We want you to help us hold them accountable.

We’re hiring a number of reporters to expand our work into how companies and governments use big data and technology to influence our world. (We’re also hiring reporters to focus on the business world overall.)

In our coverage so far, we’ve shown how Facebook has allowed companies to exclude older workers from job ads, allowed advertisers to exclude users by race and enabled advertisers to reach “Jew haters.” And we’ve shown how opaque and unfair algorithms are affecting everything from criminal sentences to car insurance.

It takes specialized skills to explore these areas, and that’s why we’re putting together a multidisciplinary team. Take a look at the bylines in the stories we’ve done: You see straight-up reporters, coders, engagement reporters, researchers, statisticians and more.

We’re open to reporters with any number of backgrounds and specialized skills, whether in data, engagement or something else we haven’t thought of. (Here’s an ad for a quantitative reporter to join the team.)

You should be able to understand complex subjects and explain them clearly and in a compelling way — whether in text or another medium. You don’t need to be a coder, but you should have a deep understanding of how technology works.

Newsletter Editor

We’re adding to our award-winning engagement team and we’re looking for someone to change up our newsletter game, both in products and strategy. One thing that’s cool about this: We’ve never had anyone in this role before, and we’re excited for someone to bring energy, insight and improvements to our newsletter efforts.

What you’ll do
You’ll start by looking at our current newsletter, identifying what’s working and what we need to change. Then you’ll help put those recommendations into practice.

We also want you to think through and launch new products. Should we have a Trump administration newsletter? Should we do more with health care or technology or specific reporters? You’re going to help us figure that out.

You’ll be focused on knowing our audience, creating newsletter products for them and growing that audience and base of subscribers.

You’ll work with teams across the newsroom as well as members of the business and development team.

Data Reporter

We are seeking a smart, motivated data reporter to join our award-winning data team in New York City.

Working with other reporters, you'll use data to tell stories that hold the powerful accountable.

As a data reporter, you will:

Plan and execute quantitative analyses — and interpret results — in support of investigative stories and visualizations

Make phone calls, conduct interviews and do on-the-ground reporting

Assist fellow reporters with data brainstorming, acquisition, cleaning, integrity-checking and analysis

Bulletproof and spot-check data work done by other journalists on the team and in the newsroom

Wrangle data, including FOIA'ing for it, scraping it, cleaning it, analyzing it and preparing it for publication

Teach and encourage best practices and newsroom data policies

Content Editor

PEI Media (www.thisispei.com) is seeking a talented content editor for its New York office.
The successful candidate will work across the B2B financial publisher’s eight print and digital titles, which cater to global alternative assets-focused professionals.
REQUIREMENTS
A keen eye for detail, a flair for finessing copy and strong headline writing/SEO skills are essential, as is knowledge of data visualization and presentation packages, such as Infogram, Slides and PowerPoint.
Experience editing financial news and/or familiarity with alternative asset classes and institutional investment is a plus, but more important is an enthusiasm for business journalism and a working knowledge of both US and UK grammar and spelling.
The people who thrive at PEI are smart, able to multitask and can handle competing priorities from different continents. They enjoy working in small teams and finding new ways to tell stories, from print to podcasts via video.
Key attributes will be flexibility, creativity and curiosity.

Interested applicants should send their resume and a cover letter.

BENEFITS
We can provide an exciting career opportunity where personal growth and advancement is aligned to the rapid development of an award-winning company. Learn more by visiting www.thisispei.com.

Temporary News/Features Editor

History.com seeks a creative and highly motivated editor to create daily stories to help our readers understand today’s news, and learn about the most fascinating tales of yesterday. Candidates should have the ability to conceive, edit and package story concepts and multi-platform features in a fast-paced environment with enthusiasm and passion. This is a temporary full-time job planned to last 4-6 months.

Responsibilities:

•Run the daily editorial line-up, both planning features ahead for events and reacting to provide context to news.
•Take pitches from, assign to and edit freelance writers.
•Work with social media team to promote stories.
•Help own the editorial calendar.
•Ensure stories are written with an eye toward discoverability for search, social or newsletter audiences.
•Create the twice-weekly newsletter.
•Direct production work, ensuring best practices for video and SEO.

Qualification Requirements:

•Minimum 5 years experience writing or editing for major digital publishers.
•At least 1 year management experience.
•Experience in cross-platform journalism (working online and/or with other digital or print products).
•A fast digital metabolism; entrepreneurial thinking; and a calm, collaborative nature
•An obsession with history, news, and new ideas.
•A sense of humor and a collaborative mentality.
•A love of history.

Investigative Journalist/Reporter

Global pioneer in international real estate news is looking for talented, dedicated interns to become an integral part of its team. Successful candidates will be considered for full-time employment.

Based in Miami, Florida, InternationalRealEstate.News (IRE.News) is a new-generation company that integrates the best of journalism, sharing economy, and blockchain technology.

Join a dynamic team of Real Estate, Finance, and Technology experts and contribute your talent as an emerging journalist in the field. Gain market insight and experience reporting and drafting articles, screen plays and scripts as a published author for a growing base of viewers. The content provided by our select team of interns will be supported by full, in-house SEO and Media teams.

Job Description
· Research global trends in real estate news
· Draft a set amount of short (650 word) investigative articles per day
· Transform articles into screen plays and scripts for studio productions
· Opportunity to become an on-the-ground correspondent in your market

Requirements
· Incoming Junior or Senior
· Working toward a Journalism, Communications, or related degree
· Highly-skilled writer in multiple styles
· Talented researcher and communicator
· Time management skills to optimize remote work

Desired Qualities
· Interest or experience in the international Real Estate market
· Commitment to continue contributing to an innovative and potentially ground-breaking project

 

Senior Editor

The WorldPost seeks a senior editor to help oversee a small team of editors in commissioning and editing op-eds and features on international affairs. Candidates should have at least five years editing experience, preferably of op-eds, and be well versed in international affairs. This is a full-time position, operating Monday-Friday, based in our Brooklyn office, with competitive salary and benefits. The WorldPost is a partnership of The Washington Post and the Berggruen Institute. It publishes op-eds and features from around the world.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/

Responsibilities:
~Working closely with the Editor in Chief and Executive Editor, help lead a team of editors to:
· Create a theme-based package of 3-4 op-eds (and sometimes a feature) each week, based on news hooks and Berggruen Institute topics
· Find varying voices with expertise and experience abroad
· Commission and edit global opinion pieces from contributors. Set deadlines
· Quickly assess ongoing stream of incoming pitches, including reported features by freelance journalists via our features editor
· Backfield — sometimes significantly reworking or asking for rewrites, new lede or additions
· Write sharp heds and deks, highlighting thesis and news hook
· Work with Washington Post editors daily to coordinate coverage and promotion
· Help editors turn certain op-eds and features into short videos by writing or editing scripts

Requirements:
~5 or more years of experience as a news or op-ed editor
~Knowledge of foreign affairs
~Strong writing and communications skills
~Bachelor's degree

Pluses:
~Experience producing videos
~Fluency in foreign languages

Interested?:
Please send a resume and cover letter.

Cannabis reporter

Responsibilities: 3-5 original, reported pieces on the cannabis industry per week; build sources and a beat; report scoops; submit work by deadlines; have a strong sense of curiosity; communicate any and all conflicts of interest.

This is a position where there is room to grow, both on the beat, and professionally at Cannabis Wire. We're especially eager to work with someone who is excited by the position and can cultivate (...no pun intended) their slice of the cannabis beat.