Bloomberg Industry Group is hiring: News Team Lead, Deputy (INDG) in Arlington

News Team Lead, Deputy (INDG) at Bloomberg Industry Group

Location: Washington, DC | Salary: $65,000.00-$80,000.00

Overview

You will manage, coach, and train some of the brightest reporters in the business and be a resource and partner when news breaks or we’re pulling together captivating enterprise stories. Your goal each day will be great journalism that drives value across our consumer platforms and delights customers reading our work via channels for legal, government, and financial professionals, i.e. Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Tax, Bloomberg Government, and the Bloomberg terminal. Your job is to drive coverage by working with frontline editors and reporters, editing stories, and building a culture of excellence where your team leads by example when it comes to breaking news, moving fast, owning developments, and driving the news cycle.

Responsibilities

• Be a newsroom leader. Strengthen both our culture and our people to produce great journalism.
• Monitor the daily flow of news, ensure quality standards remain high, coordinate your team of reporters and editors, and understand what’s happening in the rest of the newsroom to cover major developments from all relevant angles.

Qualifications

• Exceptional curiosity and news judgment to make assignments and set the team’s agenda, from daily coverage to longer‑term targets.
• Top‑notch editing skills and the ability to make a story shine, provide constructive feedback, and help editors communicate in a similar way.
• Knowledge of what our readers need and what coverage will resonate.
• Ability to adapt to new technology and tools, and excellent organizational skills to track reporter/editor availability, prioritize resources daily and weekly, and analyze data to inform coverage decisions.
• Courage to make tough decisions when news breaks, learn from mistakes, and adjust as needed; educate reporters and editors about newsroom goals.
• Self‑starter who sets high standards and leads by personal example; thinks big and challenges the team.
• Bachelor’s degree with coursework in journalism or equivalent experience.
• Five or more years of experience in journalism, with demonstrated success producing excellent and ambitious stories.

Equal Opportunity

Bloomberg Industry Group maintains a continuing policy of non‑discrimination in employment. It is Bloomberg Industry Group’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, and the Company is committed to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified individuals without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or maternity/parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law (“Protected Characteristic”). Bloomberg prohibits treating applicants or employees less favorably in connection with the terms and conditions of employment, in all phases of the employment process, because of one or more Protected Characteristics (“Discrimination”).

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