Bloomberg News is looking for a reporter to cover the world of distressed debt, where over-leveraged companies are pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and big-name investment firms fight over the scraps.
With more than $225 billion of distressed-debt in the U.S., it’s a big deal and we want you to help us break the big news and beat our competitors in chronicling the deals, the strategies and the personalities that make these stories compelling. If you get excited about scoops, want to write stories with impact and can collaborate with reporters across a large newsroom, you’ll be a great addition to our New York office, which serves as the headquarters to one of the smartest and boldest media organizations in the world.
We’ll trust you to:
- Break news on companies trading at and near-distressed levels, restructurings and bankruptcies
- Lean on existing sources and develop new ones to generate intelligent, impactful, market-moving news
- Talk about your stories on Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Radio
- Cover breaking news with uncanny speed and accuracy
- Analyze industry trends
- Write insightful, thought-provoking stories that add value
- Collaborate with colleagues across teams and countries
You’ll need to have:
- A minimum of three years in journalism, preferably with a focus on distressed credit markets
- 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.
