Senior Reporter

Media Contacts Ltd; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Media Contacts Ltd in New York is seeking an experienced journalist to cover private equity, blending deal reporting with sector analysis. The role offers a hybrid schedule (3 days in the office, 2 at home) and a collaborative newsroom culture that prizes exclusives and fresh angles.

You will build a robust sources network, break off‑diary news from day one, and craft compelling news and analysis for an institutional readership.

Qualifications

• Experience reporting on private equity and a strong source network.
• Proven ability to break off-diary news and manage relationships with sources.
• Ambition to progress as a scoop-led reporter or into editorial leadership.

Responsibilities

• Break off-diary news across the private equity sector with newsroom collaboration.
• Proactively build and maintain a contact book to break stories from day one.
• Write compelling news and analysis for the title's institutional readership across the PE lifecycle.
• Lead on story ideas and help mentor less experienced reporters as you progress.

Skills

Private equity reporting

Source network

Investigative journalism

News writing

Job description

Location: New York, hybrid - 3 days in office, 2 at home

Job Reference number: 35712

Cover private equity for one of the most respected publications in the industry, in a role blending deal reporting and coverage across the breadth of the sector.

You will join a collaborative editorial team which produces fluid coverage across the private equity lifecycle, following both individual deals & fundraising rounds and the links between them.

This role comes with the latitude to work autonomously to generate novel story angles and deliver exclusives.

It’s a position which will give you the option to progress either as as reporter or into an editorial leadership position, but strong experience operating at in a frontline reporting role is expected as is a good contact book of sources within private equity. Reporters with experience of pre-auction coverage are especially well placed to stand out, as role isn't limited to deal reporting.

You will be expected to regularly exclusive news, and later leverage this exclusives into analytical feature pieces. Your writing, multimedia output, and appearances at events will place you as a key voice in the sector, and there will be opportunity to help train less experienced reporters.

Key responsibilities

• Break off-diary news across the private equity sector working collaboratively with the newsroom.
• Proactively build a contact book across private equity funds to support the existing team's network, with the ability to break stories from day one.
• Write compelling news and analysis for the title's institutional readership which connects related trends across the private equity lifecycle.
• Take the lead on generating story ideas and help train and mentor less experienced reporters as you progress.

Key requirements

• Experience reporting on private equity and contacts in the industry.
• A track record of breaking off-diary news through a self-built source network and experience managing those source relationships.
• A clear ambition to progress either continuing as a scoop-led reporter or towards an editorial position.

Please note: this organisation is unable to sponsor a new work visa for this role but can support the transfer of an existing employer-sponsored visa (e.g. H1B) where the candidate is able to cover any associated costs.