Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced reporter for economic and political news in Ankara, also assisting with the wider Turkish business and financial story and our overall coverage of the region.
The role requires breaking news, developing contacts among officials in the Turkish government and writing frequent analysis articles appealing to Bloomberg's global audience.
The successful candidate will join our bureau in Ankara and work with colleagues in the government and economy team across the Middle East and in Europe. Candidates should be accustomed to producing clear and comprehensive enterprise pieces, have a record of breaking important stories, and be able to write spot news under real-time deadline pressure. The successful applicant is expected to have the proven ability to make snap decisions about stories that would appear on TOP, Bloomberg's front page.
Requirements:
- A minimum of bachelor's degree in a relevant subject. A journalism qualification or equivalent work experience is desirable.
- Journalism experience is required.
- Experience of working in a real-time news environment is desirable.
- Understanding of Turkey, its economy, politics, history and institutions is essential. Knowledge of the wider region is preferable.
- Fluency in English and Turkish. Other languages such as Arabic, Hebrew and Persian would be useful.
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 300,000 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 and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bl oomberg 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 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.
Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.
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