Crain’s New York seeks a health care reporter

Crain’s New York Business is seeking an experienced, creative, highly motivated reporter to cover health care in New York City.

This candidate will join an experienced, collaborative team devoted to covering all aspects of the health care industry for a highly engaged and sophisticated audience. Our goal is to break every important health care story in New York City through a combination of deep sourcing, relentless reporting, and a continued focus on delivering what our audience wants.

This reporter will focus on all aspects of health care, from hospitals to mental health to Medicaid to digital health, while building strong sources and using data to track and interpret market trends.

This is a role that demands a savvy, curious reporter who can quickly understand and distill complex policies and follow the money in an opaque health care system, as well as identify trends that shape the way New Yorkers receive care.

The ideal candidate will have at least five years’ reporting experience, an eye for compelling stories and the ability to deliver frequent breaking news updates alongside in-depth enterprise reporting.

Applicants should be familiar with, or be willing to learn, how to glean data from assorted industry reports and white papers, financial statements, hospital earnings’ reports and WARN notices. Also required: comfort with social media and a drive to stand out in a competitive news environment.

This is a full-time position in our Midtown office near Grand Central Terminal.

Responsibilities

• Write 1-2 stories daily covering breaking news and enterprise stories
• Participate in Crain’s live and virtual events, and advise on events and projects as needed
• Work in our CMS and newsletter tools to build articles, find appropriate photos, and send out emails

Basic Qualifications

• 5 + years of experience working for a daily news site
• Bachelor’s degree
• Skill at generating story ideas, writing cleanly and coherently, developing sources, breaking news, and working quickly
• Experience writing analytical trend and enterprise pieces as well as breaking news stories
• Understanding of financial and business terminology
• Ability to work out of our Midtown Manhattan office a few times per week
• Portfolio and examples of recent and relevant work that demonstrates business journalism experience as well as the ability to write short and long-form articles

PREFERENCES:

• Experience covering local New York City health care and/or economic development news
• Familiarity with Crain’s New York Business’s coverage and style: what and whom we cover
• A robust list of health care industry and business sources
• Experience and/or interest in developing public speaking skills, as our team occasionally participates in panels and events

This position is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Pay Transparency Disclosure:

The estimated salary range for this position is $65,000 to $75,000.

To apply, go here.