Breaking News Editor
Los Angeles, CA
Posted Jan 11, 2024 - Requisition No. 122555
From Elon Musk's musings on X to geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East to OpenAI's boardroom battle, social media is at the forefront of market-moving news all across the world.
Bloomberg News is looking for a dynamic, versatile, and passionate journalist to join our Breaking News team. You should have a broad interest in all kinds of news from around the world, with the ability to digest surprises quickly and tell the real-time client what they need to know, now. You embrace challenges, can make split-second decisions, thrive in a fast-paced environment and are an effective communicator across a global newsroom.
As the newsroom's first line of defense, you need to be fast to respond to news when it happens, and innovative on anticipating where and how it will break. You must navigate various sources of information -- especially social media -- with an awareness of the advantages and pitfalls of each. You need to be sensitive to the needs of market participants and ensure we're covered on anything that may move asset prices and macro markets. Another important part of this role is to spot social-media trends and viral posts before anyone else, and write them up quickly into short and engaging stories.
You will also take the initiative to discover breaking news wherever it occurs, by leveraging your expertise and the exciting technologies available at Bloomberg.
WE'LL TRUST YOU TO:
- Make fast and decisive judgement calls on stories including M&A, IPOs, government news, general news and other global events
- Stay poised and focused in a fast-paced, demanding environment
- Spot emerging social-media trends and topics
- Unearth news from traditional and new-media sources
- Utilize machine-learning tools to ensure we're first
- Write potentially market-moving first versions of stories, quickly and accurately
- Collaborate with reporters and editors across the world
- Be a constructive, flexible, and dependable team player
YOU NEED TO HAVE:
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Strong familiarity with social media and ability to evaluate the credibility of information from such sources
- Experience covering financial and business news
- Proven skill at collaborating and working across teams to accomplish goals
- Flexibility with hours and assignments
WE’D ALSO LOVE TO SEE:
- Experience working in a real-time news environment
- Fluency in another language is a plus
- Familiarity with automation, machine learning and/or natural language processing is a plus
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/careers/working-here/news-and-research/?tactic-page=588594
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Salary Range: 90,000 - 125,000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus