Bloomberg seeks a Copenhagen bureau chief

Bloomberg News is seeking an energetic journalist with sharp news judgement, strong storytelling abilities and outstanding communication skills to oversee our Copenhagen bureau.

We’re seeking someone who loves chasing scoops and has a demonstrated ability to break news. You should be skilled at delivering deeply reported narrative stories on Denmark and tailoring them for our global readership.

You’ll work closely with our team covering companies to be on top of Denmark’s big shipping companies and retail favorites such as Lego, and make sure we own the coverage of weight-loss drugmaker Novo Nordisk, including its outsized impact on the Danish economy. You’ll collaborate with the energy team on Denmark’s wind industry and jump at the chance to write about banks and the world’s biggest covered bond market. We want someone who also has a keen eye for equality stories.

Importantly, you will also act as ambassador for Bloomberg News, setting up roundtable discussions and other events with key newsmakers in Copenhagen.
Your exceptional people skills mean you’re a mentor and role model to others in the bureau. Your job is also to ensure reporters maintain a steady pipeline of stories from pitch to publication, that they are able to navigate the newsroom and that they develop the writing, data and broader skills required to reach audiences on all our platforms.

We’ll trust you to:

Demonstrate exceptional news judgement
Execute clear and comprehensive narrative stories
Work effectively to manage daily news flow and ensure seamless coverage of Denmark
Attract top newsmakers
Manage the internal personnel needs of the office

You will need:

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Experience working in business journalism and in a real-time news environment
Proven leadership skills and the ability to direct coverage
Interest and skills for story telling
Ability to maintain and develop top-level sources
Strong English and Danish

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.