Position Summary
We are seeking a Research Journalist / Analyst to support high-level investigative, legal, regulatory, and public-records research projects.
This role is ideal for someone with strong legal instincts, outstanding writing ability, deep research discipline, and the persistence to uncover facts in complex, document-heavy matters. The right candidate will be able to analyze court filings, regulatory records, corporate documents, public-company disclosures, deposition materials, FOIA responses, and source interviews to develop clear, accurate, evidence-backed narratives.
This is not a routine communications role. We are looking for someone who is highly intelligent, discreet, ethical, relentless in fact development, and comfortable working on sensitive matters involving litigation, regulatory agencies, public companies, reputational issues, and complex financial or energy‑industry disputes.
Key Responsibilities
Investigative Research & Document Analysis: Review and analyze court dockets, lawsuits, regulatory filings, depositions, public‑company disclosures, agency records, corporate filings, land records, press reports, and other public records to identify key facts, timelines, inconsistencies, and investigative leads.
Public Records & FOIA Work: Draft, file, track, and manage federal, state, and local public‑records requests, including FOIA requests, state open‑records requests, agency requests, and administrative appeals when appropriate.
Legal and Regulatory Research: Evaluate civil litigation records, regulatory actions, agency communications, enforcement records, permitting materials, compliance documents, and other legal or regulatory materials.
Source Development: Identify, contact, interview, and maintain relationships with knowledgeable sources, including industry participants, subject‑matter experts, legal experts, former employees, regulators, consultants, whistleblowers, and community stakeholders.
Fact Verification: Build timelines, fact memos, source files, document databases, claim‑support matrices, and evidence‑backed summaries. Every major claim must be tied to a reliable document, filing, transcript, interview, or verifiable public record.
Risk Management: Assist in reviewing investigative findings and proposed public statements for factual accuracy, defamation risk, privacy concerns, source reliability, and reputational exposure prior to external distribution.
Writing and Narrative Development: Translate complex legal, financial, operational, and regulatory facts into clear written materials for internal briefings, executive memoranda, communications strategy, public statements, investor materials, or investigative reports.
Required Qualifications
JD, master’s degree in journalism, investigative reporting background, legal research background, or equivalent high-level investigative experience
Strong understanding of civil litigation, regulatory processes, court procedures, public‑records law, and legal document analysis
Advanced research skills using tools such as PACER, LexisNexis, Westlaw, Factiva, SEC EDGAR, state court systems, state corporation records, property records, bankruptcy records, lobbying records, and regulatory databases
Excellent writing ability, with experience producing clear, concise, fact‑heavy memos and investigative reports
Ability to organize large volumes of information and distinguish between proven facts, allegations, assumptions, and open questions
Strong ethics, discretion, confidentiality, and sound judgment
Ability to work independently on complex, long‑term projects
High attention to detail and a conservative approach to factual claims
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in one or more of the following areas is strongly preferred:
Energy, oil and gas, natural resources, or environmental regulation
Public‑company disputes, securities litigation, or corporate governance
Regulatory investigations or agency proceedings
Litigation‑support research or law‑firm investigative work
Forensic accounting, financial investigations, or corporate intelligence
Investigative journalism involving legal, financial, or government accountability matters
Public affairs, crisis communications, or reputation management research
Ideal Candidate Profile
Intellectually curious and highly skeptical
Persistent, organized, and fact‑driven
Comfortable challenging incomplete or misleading narratives
Strong at connecting facts across legal, financial, regulatory, and media records
Aggressive in research but conservative in conclusions
Capable of working around sensitive litigation and public‑company issues
Able to build trusted sources while protecting confidentiality and minimizing risk
Application Instructions
Candidates should submit:
Resume
Writing sample, preferably involving legal, financial, investigative, regulatory, or public‑records research
Short note explaining relevant investigative, legal journalism, or research experience
Finalists may be asked to complete a paid research exercise involving a public‑records, litigation, or regulatory matter.
Work Environment
Full‑time, in‑office role
Fast‑paced, team‑oriented environment
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In Summary: Position is ideal for someone with strong legal instincts, outstanding writing ability, deep research discipline, and the persistence to uncover facts in complex, document-heavy matters . The right candidate will be able to analyze court filings, regulatory records, corporate documents, public-company disclosures, deposition materials, and FOIA responses to develop clear, accurate, evidence-backed narratives .
En Español:
Estamos buscando un periodista / analista de investigación para apoyar proyectos de investigación de alto nivel de investigación, legal, regulatorio y de registros públicos. Este papel es ideal para alguien con instintos legales fuertes, excelente capacidad de escritura, profunda disciplina de investigación y la persistencia para descubrir hechos en asuntos complejos y pesados en documentos. El candidato adecuado será capaz de analizar archivos judiciales, registros regulatorios, documentos corporativos, revelaciones de empresas públicas, materiales de deposición, respuestas FOIA y entrevistas de fuentes para desarrollar narrativas claras, precisas y basadas en pruebas. Buscamos a alguien que sea altamente inteligente, discreto, ético, implacable en el desarrollo de hechos, y se sienta cómodo trabajando en asuntos delicados que involucren litigios, agencias reguladoras, empresas públicas, cuestiones de reputación y complejas disputas de la industria financiera o energética. Responsabilidades clave Investigación Investigativa y Análisis de Documentos: Revisión y análisis de los expedientes judiciales, demandas, archivos regulatorios, depósitos, declaraciones, divulgaciones de compañías públicas, registros de la agencia, documentos corporativos, expedientes de tierras, informes de prensa y otros registros públicos para identificar hechos clave, cronogramas, inconsistencias y pistas de investigación. Public Records & FOIA Work: Draft, archivo, seguimiento y gestión de las solicitudes de datos públicos federales, estatales y locales, incluidas las peticiones de registro público de la FOIA, solicitudes públicas de las partes interesadas, y apelaciones de la comunidad. Fuentes legales y jurídicas: Documentos de investigación, documentos de control, documentación de datos y otros documentos de verificación de datos, así como documentos de apoyo a las agencias administrativas, conocimientos personales, etc. Cada reclamación importante debe estar vinculada a un documento confiable, presentación, transcripción, entrevista o registro público verificable. Gestión de riesgos: Asistir en la revisión de los hallazgos de investigación y las declaraciones públicas propuestas para la exactitud de los hechos, el riesgo de difamación, las preocupaciones de privacidad, la fiabilidad de las fuentes de inteligencia y la exposición a la reputación antes de la distribución externa. Escritura y desarrollo narrativo: traducir hechos legales, financieros, operativos y regulatorios complejos en materiales escritos claros para discusiones internas, memorandos ejecutivos, estrategias de comunicaciones, declaraciones publicas, materiales de inversionistas o informes de investigación. Calificaciones requeridas JD, maestría en periodismo, informes de investigaciones, conocimiento de fondo de investigación, conocimientos jurídicos o de alto nivel de investigación ambientales, y una comprensión de los antecedentes de litigios, registros judiciales, expedientes judiciales y procedimientos de gestión de datos públicos, y análisis de datos legales avanzados, como la ley PAC, la ley de WestGAR, la estrategia de comunicación pública, documentos de inversión, información de inversión o de investigación de negocios.