Consumer/Retail Reporter Job Requisition Number: 26525 Asia Pacific Beijing - CHN

The Company

Bloomberg is the world's most trusted source of information for businesses and professionals. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytic, data, news, display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg's media services cover the world with more than 2,200 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® 24-hour network delivers smart television to more than 240 million homes. BLOOMBERG RADIO® services broadcast via SIRIUS XM Radio and 1worldspaceTM satellite radio globally and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. The award-winning monthly BLOOMBERG MARKETS® magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine and the BLOOMBERG.COM® financial news and information Web site provide news and insight to businesses and investors.


The Role

Bloomberg seeks a reporter in the Beijing bureau to join the Consumer News team, covering a beat that includes retailers, food and beverage makers, fast-moving consumer goods, clothiers and shoemakers, theme parks, gambling and the tobacco industry. Knowledge of the industry as well as China's economy and financial markets is essential. A minimum of three years of business reporting at a major media outlet is preferred. Proficiency in Mandarin is required. Proficiency in Chinese dialects, such as Cantonese or Shanghainese is preferred.

The reporter will break news on issues such as acquisitions, company plans and strategies, stock offerings and capital spending. He or she will also write features that will include in-depth articles on broad themes and profiles of newsmakers. Necessary skills include the ability to write clearly and concisely under deadline pressure while being able to step back and see the bigger picture and do same-day analysis of breaking news if needed. The ability to work calmly in a high pressure environment and to cooperate with colleagues in China and abroad is a requirement.


Qualifications

- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Journalism experience is essential
- 3 years or more experience in business reporting at a major media outlet
- Knowledge of the industry as well as China's economy and financial markets
- Experience of working in a real-time news environment is a plus
- Ability to write quickly and concisely under deadline pressure
- Fluency in English and Mandarin is essential
- Proficiency in Chinese dialects, e.g. Cantonese/Shanghainese, is preferred

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