News Team Lead - Healthcare
About The Position
This is a high-impact role for an editor and manager who wants to lead coverage at the center of healthcare policy and regulations, where you'll drive the news when it matters most. We're looking for editors with strong news judgment, top editing skills, and a passion for ambitious journalism. You'll direct breaking news and enterprise journalism that’s essential for legal, tax, government, and business audiences. Come help guide a talented team of Bloomberg Industry Group reporters to tell the biggest stories at federal health agencies and the policy battles that surround them in courts, Congress, and elsewhere.
Requirements
- Exceptional curiosity and news judgment to choose the right areas for coverage and set the team’s agenda, from daily coverage to longer term targets.
- Top-notch editing skills and the ability to make a story shine, provide constructive feedback, and help editors communicate in a similar way.
- Ability to know what our readers need and what coverage will resonate.
- Highly collaborative and show the ability to manage change, influence others in the newsroom, and communicate with reporters and editors of various backgrounds and experience levels.
- Ability and courage to make tough decisions in the moment as news breaks, learn from mistakes, and adjust as needed.
- Plan for the future and lay the groundwork for what will be needed weeks, months, or even years down the road.
- Be a self-starter who sets high standards and leads by personal example.
- Think big and challenge your team to do the same.
- A bachelor’s degree is required.
- Seven-or-more years of experience in journalism, with demonstrated success producing excellent and ambitious stories.
Responsibilities
- Be a newsroom leader, strengthening culture and people.
- Ensure reporters and editors are laser-focused on breaking news, moving with intention, and fulfilling their full potential.
- Set goals and targets for reporters and editors.
- Coach reporters and editors.
- Remove barriers for reporters and editors to produce the best stories possible.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
