The Philadelphia Business Journal is looking for a reporter to cover commercial real estate.
From new Center City skyscrapers to sprawling mixed-use project in the suburbs, the region’s development sector continues to boom. The real estate beat requires building — and working — strong source networks to dig out deals before the competition and reporting both the dollar value and the broad impact of new projects, new employers and new players. We need someone who is driven to do the hard work of digging up news and intrigued by the challenge of both reporting daily updates and piecing together the larger picture of the forces shaping our community. From expansions, relocations and other deals, to coverage of important real estate events, trends and executives, a good Business Journal reporter owns their coverage, is meticulous with fact-checking and details, and is able to assess what merits a brief story or an in-depth feature.
The ideal candidate will blend traditional journalism skills — source building, sharp news judgment, interviewing prowess and scoop-driven reporting – with an understanding of best digital practices. We expect reporters in our newsroom to consider the presentation of their copy as part of the full assignment, including headlines, photos and other multimedia elements.
Duties
- Define a clear and compelling vision for the look, feel and voice of our products, including a thriving digital news operation, a printed weekly edition, and daily emails.
- Report and write short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition.
- Own the beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives.
- Relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders.
- Scoop competitors on every story of any significance, not only telling them what happened, but why and how.
Skills
- Desire and ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources
- Strong analytical and investigative-interviewing skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person, on the phone and online
- A clear drive to develop sources and build audience
- Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure.
- Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors.
- Multimedia skills, including video, photos, broadcast, on-camera, helpful.
Experience
Minimum five years of journalism experience (business journal is a plus)
Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
To apply: https://bit.ly/3vPvBKo
