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Bloomberg seeks digital journalist in London

Bloomberg.com covers business and financial news for more than 27 million visitors each month. We break news fast and tell agenda-setting original stories to an influential audience. Our site gets more video views than any other business news site in the world.

You’re a digital journalist who can tell compelling stories and find new audiences. You’re fascinated by the world of business and how today’s companies and products affect the way we live and work. You will join our digital team to help drive the growth of our online presence in the EMEA region.

We’ll trust you to:

  • Be versatile, comfortable researching stories online and cultivating sources in the City
  • Write at speed in an authentic, confident voice
  • Craft compelling and accurate headlines and social language
  • Dive into data to understand how and why some stories succeed where others don’t
  • Have a mobile-first outlook, a native understanding of how news finds an audience on social media, and an obsession both with the stories we cover and the ever-evolving tools of our trade
  • Work flexibly across a range of digital services, from breaking news to social output, mobile and homepage curation and original reporting
  • Collaborate with colleagues in Hong Kong, Dubai and New York to ensure a seamless 24-hour operation
  • Work with Bloomberg News journalists to find and produce news and enterprise stories for all Bloomberg Digital channels

You need to have:

  • Proven and relevant experience in digital news
  • A demonstrable interest in and understanding of how the world of business intersects with daily life
  • Experience breaking news online
  • Experience of working with newsroom social media accounts
  • A fascination with mobile and other emerging media platforms
  • Familiarity with news analytics tools
  • Video editing and graphics skills are a bonus

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.

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