Business of Tech Reporter

Job Description:

About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats including print digital mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the worlds largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal Americas largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barrons MarketWatch Mansion Global Financial News Investors Business Daily Factiva Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Dow Jones Newswires OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS NWSA; ASX: NWS NWSLV).

About the Team

Youll join a newsroom that helps people understand how money moves the world and how to make smarter decisions about it. Youll write accessible impactful daily stories and craft enterprise features that anticipate or explain major technological and investing trends. You will be part of a small collaborative team of writers and report to MarketWatchs technology editor.

About the Role

MarketWatch is seeking an ambitious reporter to join its burgeoning technology team to cover the business of tech from the numbers that move markets to the strategies shaping the future.

Youll cover some of the buzziest names in the sector through a financial lens translating corporate earnings stock-price moves and C-suite strategy into what it means for an audience of money-curious readers budding traders and investors.

Youll break news and youll break news down into what it all means for the economy and consumers at large. You will deliver smart accessible analysis on AI trends and developments in chips software and fintech with a particular focus on how these companies make money spend it and attempt to grow.

Youll publish articles on earnings and stock performance but youll also report on the ways these companies and the technologies they create are impacting consumers. This reporter will be responsible for talking to investment managers technologists and privacy advocates to unearth the next big trend.

The ideal candidate has a background in financial journalism with a strong understanding of corporate filings capital markets and business strategy.

A curiosity about how tech is reshaping work life and investing and a desire to distill those tectonic shifts for a broader audience is crucial for this role. Youll also be comfortable going beyond the daily news cycle to develop original enterprise work that helps readers understand not just whats happening but why and why it matters.

Candidates should have experience with technology and markets reporting. The role will be based in New York.

You Will:

• Cover breaking technology news with urgency and insight
• Pitch and produce regular enterprise stories that go beyond headlines
• Interview experts and influential C-suite execs in tech to identify trends
• Analyze SEC filings and synthesize corporate earnings in accessible terms
• Collaborate with editors visuals and other teams to produce high-quality journalism
• Thrive in a fast-paced newsroom
• Work well under pressure and with other members of the team
• Be a skilled insightful and compassionate interviewer
• Be meticulous in your copy and ambitious in your reporting
• Pitch creative and compelling story ideas

You Have:

• At least one to three years of experience writing about technology companies through a financial lens
• Fluency in investment terminology and technology concepts
• Adept at finding differentiated angles off the news
• A track record of writing unique engaging stories
• A proven ability to write clearly and accurately under deadline
• Commitment to reporting with accuracy integrity and reader value in mind

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Medical Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
• Education Benefits
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Family Care Benefits
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Wealth & Investing

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Union role

Pay Range: $80000 - $95000

We 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..