Economy Government Editor - Prague Job

Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced Economy and Government Editor in our London, Moscow, Warsaw, Prague or Budapest office to join our team in eastern Europe. The successful candidate will cover the region's economies, governments and central banks. The ideal candidate will have proven experience covering the beat at a major newspaper or news service. Candidates should be accustomed to producing clear and comprehensive enterprise pieces and be able to edit 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. The editor will also be expected to serve as a mentor and coach to reporters and be comfortable working within a team environment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Prior experience editing stories
• Proven experience covering the beat at major newspaper or news service
• Ability to write quickly and concisely under deadline pressure
• Fluency in English is essential, proficiency in an eastern European language is an advantage
  

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.

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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