Reuters seeks Shanghai bureau chief

Reuters is seeking an experienced journalist and newsroom leader to lead our bureau in Shanghai, China’s financial center. From the bumpy reform process shaping the country’s stock and other financial markets to concerns about capital outflows and bad debts, the Shanghai team is at the heart of many of the top stories facing the world’s second-largest economy today.

We are looking for a bureau chief to guide a talented team of reporters on covering breaking stories in the currency, bond and stock markets, and to tell those stories in a compelling way for an international audience.

The bureau chief needs to be able to pull together reporters from various teams and corporate sectors, conceptualizing and executing stories that cut across markets, business and politics to illustrate China’s transition away from an investment-led “old economy” growth model.

In addition to writing under his/her own byline, the successful candidate will coordinate among various teams, including pictures and television, to ensure that we use our resources to tell multimedia stories, and offer thought leadership to ensure that we are not only fast with breaking news but also provide insightful trend stories and investigative stories that can help us set the agenda.

As part of the senior management of the overall Greater China operation, the successful candidate would also help drive some stories beyond Shanghai itself, working with reporters in other bureaus in greater China to bring our strengths to bear on stories that cross beats and locations.

To apply, go here.