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Bloomberg seeks economic data reporter in Mexico City

Bloomberg News is seeking to hire an Economic Data Reporter in our Mexico City office to assume current and expand economic data coverage.

The successful candidate will extract economic data from press releases in English, Spanish and Portuguese 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.

The person in this role must have a minimum of one year of experience covering or working with economic indicators. This individual must also be fluent in Spanish and English. Fluency in Portuguese is a plus. The ability to use Excel spreadsheets, including familiarity with VBA and macros, is required. Analytical skills are also a must to be able to tie together the themes and trends of the data being covered.

Qualifications:
– Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
– Minimum of one year of 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 use Excel spreadsheets, including familiarity with VBA and macros, is essential- Experience working in a real-time news environment
– Ability to write introductions and headlines for economic data tables in English and Portuguese is a plus
– Fluency in Spanish and English is essential.

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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