Full Time Job
Business Writer / Associate Editor
CNN
- Paid
- Full Time
Job Description
What part will you play?
CNN Business is hiring a Writer/Associate Editor, CNN Business to enhance its digital coverage of Asia, with a primary focus on the region's technology companies and their role on the global stage.
Reporting to the Asia Editor, CNN Business, the Writer/Associate Editor will help shape our coverage by finding and developing stories of importance for audiences in Asia-Pacific and around the globe. This is a player-coach role: The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate strong writing and reporting skills, as well as an ability to edit articles.
The ideal candidate will have experience reporting and writing for a global digital publication, with a track record of producing a strong and consistent body of work that is competitive and makes an impact.
He or she will also be able to demonstrate the ability to work across teams inside a global news organization.
What will you be doing?
- Finding important business stories in Asia-Pacific that will appeal to audiences around the world, particularly stories that shed light on Asia's growing importance in technology.
- Reporting and writing stories to ensure that CNN Business provides audiences with rich and diverse content from Asia-Pacific.
- Working closely with a team of reporters to identify and elevate key trends and storylines, and then to prioritize assignments in a way that keeps CNN Business competitive and relevant.
- Editing breaking news, features and enterprise articles for accuracy, context, clarity, fairness and newsworthiness, and providing feedback to reporters as required.
- Working closely with CNN correspondents, writers and editors around the region and further afield on newsgathering.
- Identifying opportunities to contribute content for sponsored series on CNN Business.
What do we need from you?
- On-the-job experience working for a global digital publication.
- Sound understanding of the business impact of events and issues in Asia-Pacific.
- An unwavering dedication to accuracy.
- Excellent news judgment, time management skills and attention to detail. - Sharp, clean writing and well-organized stories.
- Good people skills, drive and ambition and an ability to work across regions.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Competency in a major Asian language would be an advantage.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d9zppm-3-236-145-110-42 in your application.