Bloomberg First Word Asia Equities, Shanghai Job

The Role

Bloomberg News is seeking a reporter for its First Word Asia equities team in Shanghai. The person in this role will be responsible for breaking news on Chinese companies, including earnings, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, as well as other corporate developments. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to provide fast, concise and insightful coverage of companies in a real-time environment. Applicants should have three years' minimum experience either working as a journalist or in equity markets as a trader or analyst. Fluency in Mandarin Chinese and English is required. Knowledge of how use the Bloomberg terminal and mine data to generate story ideas will be a strong advantage.

The Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of the economy, financial markets, and business
- Business reporting and/or writing experience
- Ability to write in English
- Team Player

The Company

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 315,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals at more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

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