Retail Investing Reporter: Decode Market Moves

News Corp; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

MarketWatch in New York is seeking an ambitious Markets and Investing Reporter to help readers understand complex financial markets. You will cover fast-moving markets through the eyes of individual investors, breaking news, and enterprise reporting that reveals investing trends.

You will build trusted sources across Wall Street, academia, and regulators, translating market activity into clear, actionable insights for millions of readers. Strong storytelling and data skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience covering financial markets, investing or business journalism.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets, investing products, market structure and macroeconomic concepts.
• Excellent news judgment and ability to identify distinctive story angles from data and reports.
• Ability to explain sophisticated financial concepts clearly for everyday readers.
• Experience developing sources across Wall Street, academia, government, and financial services.

Responsibilities

• Cover breaking developments across financial markets with urgency, accuracy and context.
• Explain market moves, economic data and geopolitical developments in accessible language for a broad audience.
• Break news and develop enterprise stories uncovering investing trends.
• Embed with the retail investing community to understand evolving trading behavior.
• Cultivate relationships with traders, strategists, economists and regulators to source original reporting.
• Explain how market structure changes affect individual investors.
• Track innovations in investing, including digital assets and new platforms.
• Use market data and public filings to identify trends and explain them clearly.
• Collaborate with newsroom colleagues to produce impactful journalism.
• Pitch ideas across timelines from breaking news to enterprise reporting.

Skills

Financial markets knowledge

Investing products knowledge

Source development

Job description

MarketWatch in New York is seeking an ambitious Markets and Investing Reporter to help readers understand complex financial markets. You will cover fast-moving markets through the eyes of individual investors, breaking news, and enterprise reporting that reveals investing trends.

You will build trusted sources across Wall Street, academia, and regulators, translating market activity into clear, actionable insights for millions of readers. Strong storytelling and data skills are essential.