Markets & Investing Reporter

Dow Jones & Company•New York City, NY

8d•Remote

About The Position

MarketWatch is seeking an ambitious and intellectually curious Markets and Investing Reporter to help readers make sense of increasingly complex financial markets. Retail investing has evolved dramatically over the past several decades, with individual investors influencing markets through various avenues like traditional stock investing, options trading, digital assets, and prediction markets. The ideal candidate will not only understand what investors are doing but also why, translating this into insights for millions of readers and MarketWatch subscribers. This role involves covering fast-moving markets through the lens of individual investors, breaking news, producing sharp analysis, and developing original enterprise stories that uncover investing trends before they become obvious. Whether the story is about a new trading strategy, a regulatory change, or a shift in market structure, the reporter will explain its impact on readers' money and what to watch next. The position requires a deep fascination with how individual investors think, invest, and react, and the ability to translate this curiosity into compelling, unique, and high-caliber journalism that empowers readers to become smarter, more confident investors.

Requirements

3-5 years of experience covering financial markets, investing, or business journalism.
Strong knowledge of financial markets, investing products, market structure, and macroeconomic concepts.
Excellent news judgment and the ability to identify distinctive story angles from market movements, economic data, research, and public reports.
Proven ability to explain sophisticated financial concepts in clear, engaging language for everyday investors and readers.
Experience developing sources across Wall Street, academia, government, financial services, and the investing community.
A habit of connecting seemingly unrelated developments into meaningful and credible stories that help subscribers make smarter decisions.
Excellent writing skills, meticulous attention to detail, and a commitment to rigorous, reader-first journalism.

Nice To Haves

Experience with podcasting or video storytelling.

Responsibilities

Cover breaking developments across financial markets with urgency, accuracy, and context.
Explain market moves, economic data, and geopolitical developments in accessible language for a broad investing audience.
Break news and develop enterprise stories that uncover investing trends before they become widely recognized.
Become deeply embedded in the retail investing community to understand emerging trends, evolving trading behavior, and pressing individual investing questions.
Cultivate relationships with traders, portfolio managers, strategists, economists, academics, regulators, and individual investors to generate original reporting.
Explain how developments in market structure (e.g., options activity, exchange rules, new trading platforms, investing products) affect individual investors.
Track innovations in investing, including digital assets, prediction markets, brokerage platforms, and new investment products, helping readers distinguish meaningful developments from short-lived hype.
Use market data, charts, and public filings to identify trends, support reporting, and communicate complex ideas clearly.
Collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom to produce impactful journalism.
Pitch creative story ideas across multiple timelines, from breaking news to ambitious enterprise reporting.