Trade Reporter

POLITICO • Arlington, VA

5d

About The Position

POLITICO is seeking an ambitious reporter for a high-profile role authoring Morning Trade, our agenda-setting trade policy newsletter. This job offers a chance to connect with an influential audience on some of the Trump administration’s signature issues — tariffs, foreign investment and industrial policy. Who You Are: We are looking for an enterprising reporter who knows how to blend deep reporting with compelling storytelling to produce scoops and demonstrates a passion for digging into consequential details. The right person for this role has a global mindset that appreciates the way economies around the world intersect and can collaborate effectively with colleagues in London, Brussels, Ottawa and beyond. What You'll Do: The successful candidate will be the primary face and voice of our newsletter, which runs on weekdays, combining original reporting, analysis and aggregation to serve an audience of well-read policy professionals and others eager to understand the world of trade. In addition to helming the newsletter, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to write strong enterprise stories for all of POLITICO's platforms. What You'll Need: Strong beat experience. We’re looking for evidence of dominating a beat through frequent scoops and enterprise. Writing chops. Flair and style are required; readers will be paying to read your writing. The ability to write clearly and with authority — but not opinion — is a must. Initiative. A demonstrated track record of developing a network of sources both inside and outside of Washington is critical. Team spirit. You must be able to work as part of a team and collaborate on beat coverage and in-depth pieces. Please submit a cover letter, resume and 3-5 clips of your writing (as PDFs, if your work is behind a paywall). We value our people. Click here for more on what we offer and what it’s like to work for POLITICO. Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here. We hope to see your application soon! About Us. POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital. Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes. Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist. Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself. These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization. POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles - first articulated as The Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer. POLITICO strives to be the dominant source for politics and policy in power centers across every continent where access to reliable information, nonpartisan journalism and real-time tools creates, informs and engages a global citizenry. POLITICO's mission from the very beginning was to win the audience. We dedicate ourselves to providing accurate, non-partisan, impactful information to the right people at the right time so they can act with confidence and speed. We serve, better understand, and grow our influential audience by creating innovative products and tools that provide limitless value across the globe.

Requirements

• Strong beat experience. We’re looking for evidence of dominating a beat through frequent scoops and enterprise.
• Writing chops. Flair and style are required; readers will be paying to read your writing. The ability to write clearly and with authority — but not opinion — is a must.
• Initiative. A demonstrated track record of developing a network of sources both inside and outside of Washington is critical.
• Team spirit. You must be able to work as part of a team and collaborate on beat coverage and in-depth pieces.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be the primary face and voice of our newsletter, which runs on weekdays, combining original reporting, analysis and aggregation to serve an audience of well-read policy professionals and others eager to understand the world of trade.
• In addition to helming the newsletter, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to write strong enterprise stories for all of POLITICO's platforms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed