Finance Reporter
Mumbai
Posted Feb 14, 2011 - Requisition No. 28975
The Company
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.
The Role
Bloomberg News is seeking a reporter to join our growing news team in Mumbai. Knowledge of the economy, financial markets and business is essential and at least three years' business reporting experience at a major newspaper or wire service is preferred. The successful applicant will produce breaking news stories under real-time deadline pressure, ensuring they are clear and comprehensive.
Responsibilities include attending press briefings and evening events, monitoring other media and writing news summaries and feature stories.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience is desirable
- Journalism experience and experience is preferred
- Experience of working in a real-time news environment is desirable
- Ability to write quickly and concisely under deadline pressure
- Fluency in English is essential