Bloomberg seeks economic data reporter in Istanbul

Bloomberg News is seeking to hire an economic data reporter in our Istanbul office to assume and expand economic data coverage.

The successful candidate will extract economic data from press releases in Turkish and English under real-time deadline pressure and survey economists ahead of indicators. The candidate will need to be fast and accurate in taking data and turning it into table-based stories for our clients, working closely with other reporters and editors to help with our news coverage.

It is also important to be able to connect the dots between seemingly disparate data points to be able to draw conclusions about the economy.

Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
-Experience covering or working with economic indicators
-Understanding of economics to determine what data releases are important enough to cover and what data within those releases should be emphasized
-Ability to write introductions and headlines for economic data tables in English
-Ability to use Excel spread sheets, including familiarity with VBA and macros, is essential
-Experience working in a real-time news environment preferred
-Fluency in Turkish and English is essential

To apply, go here.