West Coast or California Bureau Chief
About The Position
The Real Deal is seeking a West Coast or California Bureau Chief for its rapidly growing business newsroom focused on real estate. This role involves writing original news stories, producing in-depth features for the monthly magazine, editing key market stories, and guiding the coverage of the real estate industry. The ideal candidate will be a 'player-coach' who can report their own stories while also directing coverage and mentoring other reporters. Experience in business journalism, covering business, money, and power, and a desire to uncover the inner workings of the industry and its intersections with politics, finance, law, entertainment, and other business sectors are essential. A sharp news sense, the ability to break news, cultivate sources, pitch stories, and write clean copy under deadline are key. Prior experience in editing news stories, leading news teams, and mentoring 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 make sure the team is in line 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
