Bloomberg seeks an Asia credit reporter in Seoul

Bloomberg News is one of the biggest financial and business news organizations in the world. We lead the way in breaking news and providing analysis on financial markets, from daily coverage to in-depth features. We are known for our quality, accuracy and ability to deliver news investors can use. It’s what keeps us inventing and re-inventing, all the time.

We are seeking a reporter to join our Asia credit team in Seoul. You will be at the center of one of the hottest stories in Asia, covering South Korea’s $2 trillion local debt market. Among the biggest in the region, it’s where some of the world’s most important tech and financial conglomerates tap funds, and increasingly a hot spot for private credit. Korea has also been in the spotlight after risks built up in project financing and led to a string of unprecedented defaults and restructurings, prompting authorities to unveil steps to protect some $160 billion of exposure among financial firms.

You are a Korean speaker with a proven record of delivering exclusives on markets, and helping join the dots to explain the news to our global audiences. Collaboration is a passion. You’ll work seamlessly across our global multi-platform newsroom, and within a bureau that covers a broad range of high-impact news on real estate, finance and crypto currencies.

We’ll trust you to:

Build sources to generate market-moving scoops and get right to the heart of the biggest stories
Report with speed and accuracy
Produce longer-term stories about important bond, loan and private credit market trends
Work collaboratively with colleagues across the newsroom in Korea and globally

You’ll need to have:

At least 3 years of business journalism experience
Experience working in a fast-paced environment
The ability to write quickly, concisely and accurately under tight deadline pressure
Fluency in both written and spoken English and Korean
Demonstrated continuous career growth within an organization
Excellent communication skills to work with colleagues around the world

We’d love to see:

Experience covering credit and financial markets

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.