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Bloomberg seeks stocks reporter in London

Bloomberg News is one of the biggest financial and business news organizations in the world. We lead the way in breaking news about mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings in covering markets, enabling readers, viewers and listeners to stay a step ahead.

The successful candidate for this position is a news breaker and loves the markets. You will join our Stocks team in London to produce reports on U.K. equities and other markets across Europe. You will also write longer features and enterprise stories.

We’ll trust you to:

  • Break news and write enterprise stories analyzing market trends under deadline pressure
  • Mine the Bloomberg terminal for smart, data-driven stories
  • Quickly build charts that spotlight market trends in the region
  • Participate in live coverage of events such as central-bank decisions and earnings reports, highlighting the stock-market impact
  • Report with speed and accuracy
  • Build contacts within the industry among traders and fund managers
  • Be comfortable talking about markets on TV and radio
  • Be a team player

You need to have:

  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
  • Previous financial markets or business journalism experience
  • An ability to write quickly, concisely and accurately under tight deadline pressure
  • Experience of working in a real-time news environment

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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