Bloomberg seeks speed desk reporter in Hong Kong

Bloomberg News is seeking a reporter/editor for the Speed Desk in its Hong Kong bureau.

The successful applicant will be able to meet real-time deadlines and write breaking-news dispatches on business and general-interest topics ranging from company earnings, stock market reports, mergers and acquisitions, and politics, to natural disasters and strikes.

Duties include, but are not limited to, monitoring government statements, company releases and news portals in both English and Chinese; sending original headlines and short stories based on split-second news judgment; monitoring other media and writing news summaries; and translating headlines from Chinese to English in a precise and timely manner.

Qualifications:

– Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
– 2-3 years of journalism experience or at least 1-2 years translation experience required
– Strong news judgment; ability to recognize news that is significant to markets and investors
– Experience working in a real-time news environment is highly desirable
– Fluency in English and Mandarin is essential; other Chinese language skills are a plus
– Ability to read/write in Traditional and Simplified Chinese

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.