Politics Reporter

Crain’s New York Business, an award-winning publication that covers power, money and property in New York City, is hiring a politics reporter. We are looking for an ambitious and independent-minded journalist who can develop exclusive leads and leverage established relationships with the major players in New York City and Albany. The politics reporter should be comfortable working with campaign finance and other publicly available data, as well as filing Freedom of Information requests to bring a vigilant eye to public spending and official decision-making. The politics reporter will be comfortable interviewing powerful people, working with sources at City Hall, pursuing news with creative angles that speak to Crain’s audience, and showing why and how policy is relevant to our readers. Because so many beats overlap with politics (real estate, health care, finance, climate, tech, transportation), the politics reporter should be able to work well on a team and be willing to contribute ideas and information to colleagues on the news desk. The ideal candidate will have experience pitching and writing daily stories on the activities of the mayor, City Council, the state Legislature, New York’s congressional representatives, and major agencies at the city and state levels. The candidate will also have experience breaking news, covering elections and writing long-form articles about people and policies that affect how New York does business.