FT subsidiary Money-Media seeks reporter/editor in New York

Money-Media, a subsidiary of the Financial Times, is seeking a reporter/editor with a strong interest in written, visual and data-driven journalism to develop exciting new features across its publications.

The reporter/editor will work on two of our successful publications to enhance our infographics, analytical data-driven articles, polling, columns and webcasts.

This is an ideal opportunity for a proven reporter who wants to master a broad range of skills, including interviewing high-level executives, digging deep into data to produce top-notch analytical content, writing about the latest industry trends, commissioning and editing opinion columns, and producing lively, topical webcasts.

Top candidates must be enthusiastic about business journalism, possess strong intellectual curiosity, creativity, time management skills and thrive in a team-based work environment. Applicants must understand complicated topics quickly and then report on these issues in a clear manner, helping us incorporate the voice of our influential readership into our publications. This position combines the best of traditional reporting and editing with new techniques to report on what is driving and motivating our readers.

Contenders should be interested in the growing field of visual journalism, and think creatively about conveying information through graphics and other data-driven mediums. We expect this candidate to help us as a company learn more about these tools and to guide us as we expand their use internally.

Candidates will need to interact with members of the financial community in different ways: as a reporter writing news, as a researcher obtaining data, as a producer helping a webcast participant hone a presentation, and as a coach helping a contributor whose writing tends towards jargon. They should have experience working on multiple tasks under daily deadline pressure. FundFire is the dominant daily publication in the institutional and high-net-worth asset management industry. Agenda is the leading publication for corporate board rooms. Both are highly profitable publications with a large, sophisticated and engaged readership.

Candidates with a background in graphics, research, statistics and/or economics are encouraged to apply.

Duties:

Generate between one and two infographics a week for FundFire, with a possibility to expand that mandate

Report a series of articles based on an in-depth quarterly survey that focuses on industry trends for FundFire

Conduct regular snap polls of the FundFire readership and report the results

Produce one webcast per month for FundFire and one per month for Agenda. That includes defining topics, finding and preparing panelists and moderators, setting up the webcast with an outsourced vendor, editing slides, writing promotional announcement articles and emails, and overseeing the live event from both a technical and editorial standpoint. Must be able to learn new technical processes and have a keen eye for detail.

Commission and edit opinion columns and other contributed content for FundFire and Agenda.

Attend editorial staff meetings and work closely with different publications to conceptualize and then implement the highest quality content.

Qualifications:

A keen interest in community-driven reporting, visual journalism and business news

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university/college

Significant experience, at least five years, working as a journalist, preferably on a daily deadline. We are open to all levels of experience above that point.

A track record of working successfully as part of a team

Strong ability to generate and pitch ideas

A detail-oriented, inquisitive individual who works constantly to improve their skills

Knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point and Adobe applications

It Also Helps If Candidates Have Knowledge of:

Adobe graphics software (Illustrator), HTML, Javascript, and other front-end web tools

Online graphic libraries such as D3 or Raphael

Webcast production

To apply:

Please send a cover letter explaining why you are the right fit for this position, your resume and clips to hr@money-media.com Clips can include articles, graphics, sound files of webcasts, or anything else which showcases your work.