Reporter, Associate

Bloomberg Industry Group; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg Industry Group seeks a reporter to dig into the Treasury and the IRS to break major tax policy stories. You’ll write daily stories to longer‑form enterprise pieces, and collaborate with reporters across the newsroom to land scoops.

The right candidate has policy-beat experience, a track record of developing sources, and a drive to report on regulatory issues that affect companies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in English or journalism.
• 3–5 years of journalism experience, including reporting on subject areas covered by assigned publications.

Responsibilities

• Report and write news stories and features with minimal editing under deadline.
• Develop and cover a beat, including developing sources and conducting interviews.
• Report on federal and state legislative, regulatory, and judicial processes.
• Attend outside meetings, hearings, and events and report clearly and accurately for deadline.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Bloomberg Industry Group publishing tools.
• Excellent proofreading skills.

Skills

News reporting

Source development

Deadline writing

MS Office

Bloomberg GI tools

Proofreading

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English or journalism

Tools

Bloomberg publishing tools

Job description

We’re looking for a reporter to dig into the Treasury and the IRS to break the biggest tax policy stories. You’ll write daily stories to longer‑term enterprise diving into agency and regulatory changes and what they mean for companies, build sources across government and industry, and collaborate with reporters across the newsroom to land scoops.

The right candidate has experience covering federal agencies or policy, a track record of developing sources and breaking news, and a desire to dig into regulatory issues.

What you will do:

• Demonstrated ability to report and write news stories and features with minimal editing under deadline.
• Working knowledge of journalism principles and techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and cover a beat, including developing sources, developing story ideas, and conducting interviews.
• Knowledge of federal and state legislative, regulatory, and judicial processes.
• Ability to attend outside meetings, hearings, news events, etc., and to report on them clearly and accurately for deadline.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Ability to use Bloomberg Industry Group publishing tools and other technology effectively with Bloomberg Industry Group training.
• Excellent proofreading skills.

You need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree with coursework in English or journalism preferred.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in journalism, including at least one year reporting on subject areas covered by assigned publications.

Compensation Range:

$70,000.00-$88,608.00

Placement in the salary range will be decided upon completion of the interview process. Salary determination will be determined based on factors including but not limited to relevant experience, demonstrated skills related to the requirements of the role, education, certifications, and geographic location.

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”).