Data Reporter

Bloomberg Industry Group; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg Industry Group in Arlington, VA, is seeking a Data Reporter to help write and visualize stories with impact. You’ll dig into data to uncover the story and present findings clearly to reporters, editors and readers.

You’ll work with Python or R for data work and collaborate with a creative team and newsroom colleagues to produce data-driven investigations and compelling visuals using JavaScript libraries like D3 and Svelte.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and reporting skills with the ability to make data-driven stories accessible.
• Strong understanding of statistics and statistical analysis.
• Knowledge of federal and state legislative, regulatory, and judicial processes.
• Experience requesting, cleaning, and analyzing multiple datasets.
• Familiarity with Python or R; strong visualization using JavaScript (D3, Svelte).
• Bachelor's degree in journalism or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in journalism, preferably with federal legislative/regulatory coverage.

Responsibilities

• Search for, acquire and analyze data in pursuit of breaking and longer-term stories, with an eye for disruptions in the legal, financial, and government arenas.
• Challenge yourself and others, exploring new technologies and finding new methods for storytelling to produce investigative stories with impact.

Skills

Excellent writing

Statistical analysis

Data storytelling

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism or equivalent experience

Tools

Python

R

JavaScript

D3

Svelte

Job description

Ambitious. Creative. Attention to detail. If that describes you, keep reading. Bloomberg Industry Group, one of Washington's busiest newsrooms, seeks a Data Reporter to help us write and visualize stories with impact.

This is your opportunity to join an innovative team dedicated to deep reporting and compelling investigative journalism.

We tell stories by digging into Bloomberg's extensive data sources, from legal data dives to investigative reporting on the news of the day.

The key skills we are looking for in this position: deep understanding of how to take raw data and find the story, then explain what you've found to fellow reporters, editors and ultimately readers. You know data is the start of the story, not the story itself. Proficiency in R or Python is required. This is a highly collaborative position, and you'll be expected to work well with our creative team as well as reporters and editors across the newsroom.

What you will do:

• Search for, acquire and analyze data in pursuit of breaking and longer-term stories, with an eye for disruptions in the legal, financial, and government arenas.
• Challenge yourself and others, exploring new technologies and finding new methods for storytelling to produce investigative stories with impact.

You need to have:

• Excellent writing and reporting skills, with the ability to make data-driven stories accessible and understandable.
• A demonstrated understanding of statistics and statistical analysis.
• Knowledge of federal and state legislative, regulatory, and judicial processes.
• Experience requesting, cleaning, and analyzing multiple government or private datasets.
• Familiarity with at least one programming language such as Python or R. Strong visualization skills and knowledge of JavaScript, including libraries such as D3 and Svelte.
• Bachelor's degree with coursework in journalism or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in journalism, preferably with experience in writing and reporting on federal legislative and/or regulatory issues.

Compensation Range:

$90,000.00-$115,000.00

Equal Opportunity

Bloomberg Industry Group maintains a continuing policy of non-discrimination in employment. It is Bloomberg Industry Group's policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, and the Company is committed to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified individuals without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or maternity/parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law ("Protected Characteristic"). Bloomberg prohibits treating applicants or employees less favorably in connection with the terms and conditions of employment, in all phases of the employment process, because of one or more Protected Characteristics ("Discrimination").