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Bloomberg seeks distressed debt reporter in New York

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.

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.