based in our Hong Kong office. Successful applicants will have an in-depth
knowledge of Asian government, political and economic current affairs, from
Greater China to Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Fluency in English and in editing is required. The manager will run a team of 12
reporters and editors, in locations ranging from Islamabad to Canberra, and
work with local bureau chiefs to break news on government policymaking and
underlying social-political themes.
Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
-Fluency in English
-Prior experience editing spot news under real-time deadline pressure, along
with feature writing or editing
-Minimum of seven years of experience at a major newspaper or news service
-Prior team leadership experience would be a big advantage
-Familiarity with the Bloomberg Terminal is a plus.
The Company:
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives
influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic
network of information, people and ideas. The company’s strength – delivering
data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately
– is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real
time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally.
Bloomberg’s enterprise solutions build on the company’s core strength,
leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and
manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and
effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy
Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to
decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered
through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the
Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets,
covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146
bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than
15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.
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