Bloomberg seeks a breaking news late editor for Latin America

Bloomberg News is looking for a dynamic, versatile, and passionate journalist to join the Breaking News team in Sao Paulo or New York to cover the Latin America late shift.

As a Breaking News Editor, you’ll be the first pair of eyes on any market-moving story in Brazil and Latin America.

You’ll watch the constant flow of information from a range of sources including regulatory wires, company websites and social media; use strong news judgement to identify what has potential to move markets; and relay that information in headlines and dispatches as quickly and clearly as possible.

You’ll take the lead in covering the quarterly earnings of corporate heavyweights like Petrobras and Itau, using cutting-edge tools and automation technology to provide instant context. You will be the first to inform readers of surprise announcements in a fast-paced environment, whether it be airline Gol declaring bankruptcy or leadership changes at iron producer Vale. Markets will rise and fall based on the headlines you send in English and Portuguese.

This position is for a late-shift editor who will work until around 8:30 p.m. Brazil time. You must be fluent in English and Portuguese to be eligible for this role. Proficiency in Spanish is a plus.

If this sounds like you, we want you to join the Breaking News Latin America team.

We’ll trust you to:

Make fast and independent judgement calls on breaking news stories, including M&A, IPOs, corporate earnings and government news
Stay poised and focused in a real-time news environment
Unearth news from traditional and new-media sources
Utilize machine-learning tools
Be quick and accurate when writing in both English and Portuguese
Collaborate with Bloomberg reporters and editors across all our Latin America bureaus
Be a constructive, flexible, and dependable team player

You need to have:

Fluency in English and Portuguese; proficiency in Spanish is a plus
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Three to five years of experience covering financial and business news
Familiarity with social media
Proven skill at collaborating and working across teams to accomplish goals
Flexibility with hours and assignments. News is unpredictable!

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.