Reporter

Summary

Join Bisnow's growing editorial team as a San Francisco Freelance Reporter! This remote position requires covering Bay Area commercial real estate news, writing articles, and attending industry events. You'll need 2+ years of business journalism experience, excellent writing and news judgment skills, and digital proficiency. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a commitment to diverse storytelling and sourcing. Bisnow offers a monthly retainer for consistent income, paid vacation, and a collaborative work environment. Knowledge of commercial real estate and relevant industry contacts is a plus.

Requirements

• Have 2+ years of experience in business journalism
• Possess great writing skills
• Demonstrate excellent news judgment
• Have digital experience
• Be a self-starter
• Be a thoughtful and articulate writer who is interested in building his/her voice and journalistic brand on Bisnow.com
• Have a commitment to seeking diverse stories and sourcing
• Have the ability to travel around the Bay Area, and have availability to attend/cover Bisnow-hosted events

Responsibilities

• Write roughly four articles a week of varying lengths and types, and produce daily morning briefs
• Cover breaking news and deeper enterprise reporting in the Bay Area’s commercial real estate industry
• Work a beat, traveling around the Bay Area covering the latest trends, personalities and news related to the commercial real estate industry
• Infiltrate the CRE industry — turning arcane data into useful and entertaining information while maintaining personal relationships with lots of leads and sources
• Have an intimate knowledge of the Bay Area's CRE business — knowing where the major players are located, what deals they are responsible for and what events they attend
• Work with the global news teams on major projects and national series
• Work with a local team of event producers and sales representatives to assist in the content of events

Preferred Qualifications

• Have knowledge of commercial real estate, urban and community planning and urban design
• Have contacts within the commercial real estate, urban and community planning and urban design scenes

Benefits

• Steady and reliable work. Our freelancers operate under monthly retainer models that provide consistent income
• Paid vacation
• Opportunity to work with incredibly smart, passionate, driven, ambitious, kind, caring and mindful people and will rarely experience an overload of policies, bureaucracy or toxicity (the latter, we do not tolerate)
• $3,000 - $3,000 a month