Bloomberg seeks a distressed credit reporter in London

After more than a decade of easy-money central bank policies, credit markets are set to face their biggest challenge since perhaps the 2008 financial crisis, with an expected wave of corporate defaults and insolvencies. Bloomberg News wants to own the story of what comes next, and we’re seeking a reporter with a passion for breaking news to help us do that.

You’d be part of a team that covers the most financially troubled companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The field includes some of the biggest household names, and a roster that’s likely to grow. The job includes cultivating sources and collaborating with a talented group of journalists to break news on debt restructurings, insolvencies and other developments involving troubled companies.

We’re passionate about breaking news and writing stories that set the agenda, and we want reporters who are just as comfortable taking the lead on a story as they are collaborating with teammates. You’d be based in a London office that is a key hub for one of the smartest and boldest media organizations in the world.

We’ll trust you to:

Break news on the biggest distressed companies in the EMEA region
Lean on existing sources and develop new ones to generate intelligent, high-impact, market-moving scoops
Talk about your stories on Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Radio, podcasts and Bloomberg Quicktake
Analyze industry data
Cover the beat with speed and accuracy
Write insightful, thought-provoking features that add value
Collaborate with colleagues across our more than 120 bureaus globally.

You’ll need to have:

A minimum of three years in journalism with a proven track record for breaking news on beat coverage of a company or industry
Experience with real-time news
Ability to write quickly and clearly under deadline pressure
Ability to generate exclusive, breaking news as well as informative feature stories
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.