Politics Reporter
The Real Deal
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $75,000 - $100,000 per year
About the role
- Contribute three to five original articles per week to The Real Deal’s New York-focused political coverage (as well as occasional topics of national interest)
- Extensively source up on the intersection of real estate and politics/policy
- Report and write a longer story (1,000 to 2,000 words) to The Real Deal’s monthly, national print magazine multiple times per year
- Occasionally contribute or collaborate on special reporting projects, typically investigative work or deeply researched features
Requirements
- Political journalism experience (preference given to those with business/trade journalism experience)
- 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
- Capacity to develop expertise and a robust array of sources in one or more of TRD’s coverage areas, such as residential brokerage and home sales, commercial real estate (office, retail, industrial, development), politics and policy, and technology
- Ability to obtain and analyze information from databases, property records, financial reports, social media and other sources to identify and enhance stories about the real estate industry
- Understanding of and adherence to journalistic standards, ethics and protocol
- Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple assignments
- Team player; willingness to collaborate with colleagues; familiarity with newsroom culture
- Ability to do on-camera interviews, host TRD videos and moderate live events is a plus
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
writingreportinginterviewinginvestigative journalismlong-form writingcopy editingdata analysissource developmenton-camera interviewingvideo hosting
Soft Skills
ability to meet deadlinesorganizational skillsteam collaborationprioritizationcommunicationadaptabilityattention to detailauthority in writingcreativitywillingness to collaborate