Remote Senior Energy & M&A Reporter

Crain Communications; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hart Energy in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced journalist to cover the U.S. shale industry, mergers and capital markets activity shaping North America's upstream sector.

The reporter will break news, cultivate senior sources, analyze financial and operational data, and produce enterprise stories that illuminate where the industry is headed next. This is a hybrid, on-site role with remote options for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, business, economics, energy studies, or related field.
• Five or more years of reporting experience, preferably covering energy, business, finance, or M&A.
• Demonstrated ability to break news, cultivate sources, and produce exclusive journalism.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, corporate transactions, capital markets, and business strategy.
• Ability to interpret and report on SEC filings, investor presentations, earnings reports, and operational data.
• Excellent writing, interviewing, and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stories and deadlines in a fast-moving digital newsroom.
• Experience using analytics, research databases, and AI-assisted reporting tools to support enterprise journalism.
• A track record of producing reporting that combines speed, accuracy, context, and originality.

Responsibilities

• Break news and develop exclusive reporting on upstream oil and gas companies, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and capital markets activity.
• Cover major shale basins and the operators, investors, and service providers active within them.
• Track E&P company strategies, drilling programs, production trends, reserve growth, and operational performance.
• Monitor SEC filings, investor presentations, earnings calls, regulatory filings, and transaction announcements for story opportunities.
• Develop and maintain a robust network of sources among executives, dealmakers, investors, analysts, private equity firms, bankers, attorneys, and industry consultants.
• Produce timely breaking news, analytical features, and data-driven enterprise reporting.
• Identify emerging trends in consolidation, private capital deployment, infrastructure investment, and technological innovation.
• Collaborate with editors, newsletter teams, podcast producers, and event staff to extend coverage across platforms.
• Represent Hart Energy at conferences, industry events, panels, webinars, and executive forums.
• Use audience analytics and digital publishing tools to optimize story performance and reader engagement.

Skills

Reporting

News synthesis

Source development

Analytical skills

Writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism

Tools

Analytics tools

AI-assisted reporting tools

Job description

Hart Energy in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced journalist to cover the U.S. shale industry, mergers and capital markets activity shaping North America's upstream sector.

The reporter will break news, cultivate senior sources, analyze financial and operational data, and produce enterprise stories that illuminate where the industry is headed next. This is a hybrid, on-site role with remote options for qualified candidates.