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Job Description:
The Wall Street Journal seeks an enterprising and ambitious reporter to cover the U.S. healthcare system and the businesses that run it from the pharmaceutical makers and biotech to medical devices hospitals and pharmacy benefit managers.
This is a critical time to be reporting on these powerful companies and nonprofits which account for the lions share of Americas $4.8 trillion in healthcare spending and impact the lives and finances of millions of patients and their families. These industries wield historic control over pricing and access to carecontrol that is now under assault from threatened tariffs funding cuts and a shifting regulatory environment. And they own vast oceans of highly personal data that combined with artificial intelligence are changing the way decisions about individuals care are made.
We are looking for a reporter who will not only write about the businesses and their interconnectedness with payers but also examine them through the lens of the patients and families who rely on them for good health and must deal with their costs and complexity. The reporter should be able to penetrate large organizations identify the biggest themes and deeply report and then elegantly write authoritative enterprise in addition to producing scoops and jumping on spot news.
You will:
Cultivate sources and break news delivering scoops and analysis that separate your work from the pack.
Connect dots conceive ideas and deliver stories that drive the conversation about the U.S. healthcare system among our readers within the industry and with policymakers
Write distinctive revelatory stories about both the hard-nosed business practices of these industries and the deeply human stories at their heart.
Collaborate with colleagues covering other aspects of healthcare including health insurance regulation national affairs and technology.
You have:
A track record of dominating a beat and producing enterprise and scoops ahead of the competition.
Clips that shows your knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system ability to cultivate its players and aptitude for identifying its most compelling themes
A demonstrated ability to report out high-impact stories and write them up stylishly
Preferably 5-10 years experience covering healthcare
The position ideally will be based in New York City and will report to the Health & Science coverage chief.
To apply please submit a resume cover letter and 5 to 7 examples of your work.
The Journals reporters editors developers and audio and visual journalists create important and impactful stories firmly rooted in fact and adhering to the highest ethical standards. We report without fear or bias and we maintain a proper sense of perspective detachment and objectivity in our reporting.
Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Business Area:
Dow Jones - News - WSJJob Category:
Editorial/JournalismUnion Status:
Union rolePay Range: $110000 - $160000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Employment Type
Full-Time
