The US is wrestling with skyrocketing health-care costs in a fractured system. Health has been politicized. Coverage decisions are driven by business interests. From insurance to drug prices to obesity, healthcare is at the forefront of readers’ minds.Bloomberg News is looking for an ambitious news breaker to cover the biggest national health stories at the intersection of health, politics and money: The challenge of getting America’s ever-ballooning healthcare budget under control with a new president in the White House; the economics of big-dollar diseases like obesity and cancer; and the ever-growing list of emerging global outbreaks and threats from bird flu to Mpox to Marburg, to name a few.
You are an experienced and versatile reporter who can break news on dynamic and evolving stories, analyze and translate scientific research and breakthroughs, and keep tabs on the enormous power that pharma, insurance and other health-care lobbies wield in Washington. You are motivated by scoops and the ability to conceive and execute ambitious enterprise and investigative projects that map out healthcare’s future. You can source up and translate what’s coming out of federal agencies, Congressional investigations and presidential orders, while being versatile enough to jump in on breaking stories that cross all beats and coverage areas like threats to abortion access, cyber crime, and the explosion of artificial intelligence.
WE’LL TRUST YOU TO:
– Break news that’s meaningful
– Come up with ideas for stories and projects that are informative, investigative and engaging to read and watch
– Write clearly and quickly in a real-time news environment
– Coordinate and work collaboratively with other news teams across the globe
– Interest in working with our data journalism and visualizations teams, as well as with our magazine and video groups.
YOU’LL NEED TO HAVE:
– First-rate writing and reporting skills
– A drive for scoops and impactful enterprise
– Grace under deadline pressure and openness to feedback
– Experience in cross-team collaboration
– A record of creativity and innovation
– An all-hands-on-deck ethos when the going gets busy
– A background or interest in covering scientific topics
To apply, go here.
