Reporter

About This Role

This reporter role is for a rapidly growing media company focused on real estate journalism. The reporter will be responsible for writing original web stories and producing in-depth features for the website and monthly magazine, covering money, power, and personalities within the industry and its intersections with politics, finance, law, and entertainment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute three to six original articles per week to The Real Deal’s regular coverage of the real estate industry, typically focused on one of our markets (New York City, South Florida, Chicago, Texas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco), but also occasionally on topics of national interest
• In most months, contribute a longer story (1,000 to 2,000 words) to The Real Deal’s monthly, national print magazine
• Occasionally contribute or collaborate on special reporting projects, typically investigative work or deeply researched features

Requirements

• Demonstrated writing, interviewing, and reporting skills
• Ability to produce clean, well-organized, and accurate copy on deadline, ranging from breaking news to long-form features and investigations
• Ability to write with voice and authority
• Capacity to develop expertise and a robust array of sources in one or more of TRD’s coverage areas, such as residential brokerage and home sales, commercial real estate (office, retail, industrial, development), politics and policy, and technology
• Ability to obtain and analyze information from databases, property records, financial reports, social media, and other sources to identify and enhance stories about the real estate industry
• Understanding of and adherence to journalistic standards, ethics, and protocol
• Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple assignments
• Team player; willingness to collaborate with colleagues
• Familiarity with newsroom culture

Nice to have:

• Business writing experience
• Ability to do on-camera interviews, host TRD videos, and moderate live events

Important Details

• Locations: NY, Miami, LA, Dallas, Chicago, Austin, Houston

About the Company

The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through its media channels. It has received over 60 awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors. Quantcast rates The Real Deal among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest and one of the most educated audiences. As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry.