This position requires a presence in South Florida
About the Job:
The Real Deal is looking for a reporter to join a rapidly growing media company focused on real estate journalism and headquartered in New York City. The reporter would be responsible for writing several original web stories per week and produce in-depth features for the website and our monthly magazine.
The ideal candidate will have an interest in covering money power and personalities and a keen desire to learn how the industry intersects with politics finance law entertainment and other areas of the business world. The ability to break news is a must as is the ability to cultivate sources pitch story ideas and write clean copy on in business journalism is a plus.
Job Responsibilities:
Contribute four to six original articles per week to The Real Deals regular coverage of the real estate industry focused on South Florida which includes Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties
In most months contribute a longer story (1000 to 2000 words) to The Real Deals monthly national print magazine
Occasionally contribute or collaborate on special reporting projects typically investigative work or deeply researched features
Job Requirements:
Demonstrated writing interviewing and reporting skills; ability to produce clean well-organized and accurate copy on deadline ranging from breaking news to long-form features and investigations
Ability to write with voice and authority
Capacity to develop expertise and a robust array of sources in one or more of TRDs coverage areas such as residential brokerage and home sales commercial real estate (office retail industrial development) politics and policy and technology
Ability to obtain and analyze information from databases property records financial reports social media and other sources to identify and enhance stories about the real estate industry
Understanding of and adherence to journalistic standards ethics and protocol
Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple assignments
Team player; willingness to collaborate with colleagues; familiarity with newsroom culture
Business writing experience is preferred
Ability to do on-camera interviews host TRD videos and moderate live events is a plus