Acuris, a global publisher of financial news, data and analysis, is seeking a full-time Business News Reporter for its Mergermarket product to cover mergers and acquisitions and other corporate finance news.
The reporter will be part of a growing team in Charlottesville providing coverage of middle market companies in the region.
We are new to Charlottesville, but we are an established brand. Founded in 2000, Mergermarketis present in 67 locations across Europe, North & South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. With approximately 300 reporters globally in 67 international locations, we have the largest team of dedicated M&A journalists and analysts anywhere in the world. With Charlottesville, we are now building our sixth regional office in North America, adding to our New York headquarters and existing hubs in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Ft. Lauderdale.
What would you do? We talk to CEOs, CFOs and industry contacts to report on future M&A opportunities and prospects. We provide information on tomorrow’s M&A targets, today’s buyers, and break down industry trends for the benefit of our subscriber base of investment bankers, lawyers, private equity sponsors and corporates.
We are looking for self-starters, reporters with the ability to independently source story ideas and actively network to build a local source base.
Skills
- An experienced journalist that is also a savvy networker.
- The ideal candidate should possess a natural curiosity about how the world works, and demonstrate an ability to seek out original story ideas.
- An interest in business journalism and the facets of corporate strategy would be an advantage, but not a prerequisite.
- Able to attend investor conferences and other networking events in Charlottesville and surrounding cities. Occasional travel may be required.
- Superior communication skills and ability to collaborate with reporters across the Americas and globally, when required.
- Strong time-management skills to balance hours spent scheduling and conducting phone interviews, on-site interviews, source meetings, conference attendance and writing.
- Ability to produce up to five articles or about 2,500 words per week for the news service.
- Can write concise and clean copy with compelling leads.
- Seeks to understand needs and interests of Mergermarket’s reader base, and write copy that fits those requirements.
Job Requirements
- BA/BS or equivalent
- Two+ years’ experience in journalism or related roles preferred, though ambitious graduates will be considered
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