Company News Editor - Johannesburg
Job Requisition Number: 32909
Europe Middle East and Africa
Johannesburg - ZAF
Bloomberg News is seeking an editor in its Johannesburg bureau to edit company news from South Africa and across the continent. The editor must have the skills needed to verify the accuracy of stories being filed, while writing elegantly under deadline pressure. The individual must be accustomed to producing clear and comprehensive breaking news reports as well as feature articles. Experience on a real-time news wire is desirable and he or she must be comfortable in sending headlines and quickly writing short articles, while guiding the reporter or reporters who will write the more definitive version of the story later. He or she should have the ability to quickly make informed decisions on breaking news and be able to guide reporters on what angles to pursue. He or she must be comfortable about mentoring reporters of different abilities and work calmly in a high pressure environment. The ability to cooperate with colleagues across Africa and elsewhere is a requirement.
QUALIFICATIONS:
-Experience of editing or reporting at a major media outlet is required.
- Fluency in English is a must.
THE COMPANY:
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For submissions: visit Bloomberg's career site here
Website: http://www.bloomberg.com