Real Estate Reporter
About The Position
Curbed, New York Magazine’s pioneering site covering real estate, architecture, design, and urbanism, is looking for an experienced and ambitious real estate reporter to join our team and cover the people, deals, developments and trends shaping the city’s real estate market and neighborhoods. The ideal candidate is a strong reporter and writer with a network of industry sources and an insider’s perspective on the deals and developments shaping the city, and the ability to write compelling stories about complex real estate topics and developments. The reporter should have a deep knowledge of New York City’s residential and commercial real estate markets, housing, neighborhoods, and the business of real estate.
Requirements
- At least 2-5 years of reporting experience, covering real estate, housing, business, and related beats
- A strong track record of original published journalism
- Excellent reporting skills, including outreach, interviewing, research, and fact-checking
- Comfort working with public records, interpreting market data, databases, and other research tools.
- Has extensive sources within the real estate industry and New York City business community and knows how to cultivate new sources and follow-up with contacts
- Understands New York City neighborhoods and their characteristics in terms of housing and building types and neighborhood characteristics
- Is interested in the narrative possibilities of buying/selling real estate, controversies and conflicts
- Has a proven ability to research and analyze real estate databases and records
- Can turn stories around quickly
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet deadlines
- Ability to work well with an editor and a team
Responsibilities
- Cover breaking news and report on tips related to real estate
- Report exclusives based on sourcing and original reporting
- Track real estate transactions, property listings, development proposals, sales records, rental reports, financing, and other market activity
- Analyze public records, real estate databases, government data, company filings, market reports, and other datasets to uncover news and trends.
- Pitch news and feature story ideas that make sense of the real estate headlines and uncovers the real estate angle in national and major stories
- Write a mix of short and longer-lead stories every week
- Collaborate with editors, photo and art teams, and other newsroom colleagues to publish and circulate stories.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
