Senior Reporter

Summary

Join Axios, a leading media organization, as a Senior Reporter to spearhead our daily Markets newsletter. Reporting to the Managing Editor, you will be responsible for creating insightful content, collaborating on data visualizations, and providing real-time market analysis. This role requires strong writing skills, experience in a fast-paced news environment, and established sourcing across various market disciplines. The ideal candidate will possess an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for Axios's mission. The starting salary is between $155,000 and $180,000, depending on location and experience, and Axios offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with a team of journalists
• Writing experience in a fast-paced, market-driven news environment
• Demonstrated experience conceptualizing big ideas and seeing them through
• Established sourcing across market types and disciplines (traders, technicians, fund managers, sell-side analysts, strategists, etc)
• A belief in Smart Brevity as the core writing style of Axios
• Strong writing skills for both online and newsletter platforms, and the ability to translate stories across them
• Experience working across teams to produce quality content
• Demonstrated knowledge of the digital and social media landscape
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead reporter, writer and producer of the daily Markets newsletter
• Write insightful copy that helps a diverse audience of professional readers understand trends and future developments across stock, bond, currency, commodity and other financial markets
• Generate, and collaborating on the generation of, charts and other data visualizations in the signature Axios style
• Write real-time and breaking market analysis — a subject matter expert who can be called on to explain what’s happening and why it all matters
• Contributing markets-related insights as needed to newsletters throughout our newsroom

Benefits

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
• Virtual company-sponsored social events
• A strong and positive work environment
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture