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CNBC seeks north Asia editor in Singapore

January 27, 2016

Posted by Chris Roush

CNBC is seeking an editor to cover Japan, Taiwan and North/South Korea stories for all CNBC platforms, with an emphasis on economic policy and top companies.

Responsibilities:

• Presenting live television segments, reporting, writing, gathering video and producing stories for CNBC television
• Creating specialized content, text and video, for CNBC.com and any other digital properties
• Help to set editorial agenda across politics, economics and financial markets, and by spotting trends
• Engaging CNBC’s audience on social media
• Regularly proposing story ideas to news editors and supervising/senior producers, while helping other team members deliver on story ideas
• Adhering to NBC News group policies and guidelines
• Researching and arranging interviews with business leaders, policy makers and others in collaboration with CNBC APAC guest booking team
• You may be assigned to travel to cover news stories in North Asia, as well as to work on CNBC special programming and events, including possibly Nikkei’s Future of Asia conference and Global Management Forum
• Developing sources in financial markets, business and economic circles in North Asia.
• Developing expertise of North Asia financial markets, economics and business.
• Working flexibly to present breaking news within CNBC’s live, real-time format across CNBC’s global programming
• As much as possible, work with CNBC partners Nikkei-CNBC and SBS-CNBC to enhance coverage.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Knowledge of North Asia business, markets and economics
• Experience in business news
• Experience in live tv, breaking news, packages and digital journalism
• Experience interviewing high level business leaders and policymakers
• Knowledge of trends in news business, specifically in digital and social media
• Fluency in at least one Asian language preferred

To apply, go here.

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