Business and Finance Reporter
About The Position
Semafor is a global news platform that aims to provide rigorous reporting and insights with transparency in an era of information overload. We are looking for an unbeatable reporter to break big stories on the bleeding edge of Wall Street, focusing on areas like private investing, hedge funds, banking, prediction markets, and private equity. This role involves "big-game hunting" for scoops, writing reported columns and views with original takes, conducting high-profile interviews, and contributing to Semafor's various media platforms. The goal is to help readers understand the forces shaping business and finance globally.
Requirements
- Proven, scoop-hungry reporter with at least 5 years of experience
- Demonstrated track record of sourcing up on Wall Street, inside boardrooms, and private Signal chats
- Clear sense of where the next beat of a big story is heading
- Developed a voice and smart takes on the biggest news in finance
- Ability to move fluidly between breaking a story and writing something authoritative and compelling about what it means
- Comprehensive reader of the competitive landscape, always aware of what's been done and what hasn't
- Self-starter with experience in fast-moving, ambitious newsroom environments
- Willingness to jump in wherever the team needs you
- Contagious passion for news in all its forms
Responsibilities
- Help lead the expansion of Semafor business from a twice-weekly business and finance briefing to a daily must-read
- Break significant, agenda-setting stories on the business and finance beat — private credit, hedge funds, private equity, M&A, activism, banking, and the political and geopolitical forces reshaping the world of business and capital markets
- Write reported columns and analytical pieces with real point of view for a sophisticated audience of executives, investors, and decision-makers
- Work closely with Semafor colleagues across the global newsroom
- Develop and maintain deep, senior-level sources across Wall Street, financial institutions, and the regulatory and political ecosystem around capital markets
- Appear on TV, podcasts, and Semafor's marquee live journalism, where you'll host on-the-record interviews with the most senior business and finance leaders
Benefits
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
