Reuters seeks transportation technology reporter

Reuters is looking for a reporter to cover one of the hottest stories on two big beats: The convergence of automobiles and digital technology.

This is a job for an aggressive, energetic reporter who’s fascinated by the promise of Google’s self-driving cars, intrigued by Elon Musk’s swashbuckling at Tesla, curious to know whether Apple wants to build a car – but shrewd enough to penetrate the reality distortion fields these companies can throw up.

The beat will also range around transportation technology more broadly, from the advent of commercial drones to the development of “magnetic levitation” trains.   

Success in this job will require the ability to break news while wrestling to the ground abstract concepts that have concrete financial and social implications. Who owns the data generated by “connected” cars? Are the big automakers and their established suppliers making headway with their efforts to infiltrate Silicon Valley? 

How could drones fundamentally alter everything from how companies deliver packages to how farmers monitor crops to how energy  companies inspect oil pipelines. 

You’ll also be responsible for discovering – and vetting – emerging companies in these sectors as well as the global supply chain that’s emerging to serve them, and you will be collaborating with Reuters colleagues in Reuters bureaus around the world.

To apply, go here.