West Coast or California Bureau Chief
About The Position
The Real Deal is seeking a West Coast or California Bureau Chief to join its expanding business newsroom, which focuses on real estate. This role involves writing original news stories, creating detailed features for the monthly magazine, editing significant market stories, and guiding the coverage of the real estate industry. The ideal candidate will be a 'player-coach,' capable of reporting their own stories while also mentoring and directing other reporters. Experience in business, finance, and power reporting, with a strong interest in uncovering the complexities of the industry and its connections to politics, finance, law, entertainment, and other business sectors, is essential. A keen news sense and experience in business journalism are required, as are the abilities to break news, develop sources, pitch stories, and write accurately under deadline pressure. Prior experience in editing news stories, leading news teams, and mentoring staff is considered a plus.
Requirements
- Demonstrated writing, interviewing and reporting skills
- Ability to produce clean, well-organized and accurate copy on deadline, ranging from breaking news to long-form features and investigations
- Ability to write with voice and authority
- Ability to quickly learn a complex financial beat, sourcing up in the industry and learning the ins and outs of residential and commercial real estate and real estate development
- Ability to lead a team, directing reporters towards the most important stories, identifying the important narratives within them, and providing both conceptual feedback on ideas and practical line edits on filed drafts
- Understanding of and adherence to journalistic standards, ethics and protocol
- Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple assignments
Nice To Haves
- Past experience editing news stories, guiding news teams and mentoring is a plus.
- Ability to do on-camera interviews, host TRD videos and moderate live events is a plus
Responsibilities
- Contribute two to four original articles per week to The Real Deal’s coverage of the real estate industry, focusing on the West Coast (both Los Angeles and San Francisco).
- Lead daily news scrums to direct coverage for a team of three California-based reporters.
- Pick up edits on key stories, including both breaking news and web features.
- Liaise with the New York headquarters to ensure the team aligns with editorial priorities.
- Occasionally contribute longer (~2,000 word) stories for The Real Deal’s monthly, national magazine.
Benefits
- The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
