Senior Pentagon Reporter, Defense News

Defense News is the leading news outlet covering the business side of national security. Our readers are decision-makers at the Pentagon, Capitol Hill and at military bases throughout the world.

At Defense News, the beat reporters are the core of the organization. They break stories, provide indispensable business intelligence, write best-of-class enterprise stories and develop plugged-in sources who help readers understand the factors influencing military policy and acquisition.

We have an immediate opening for a journalist to cover the Pentagon.

This job requires:

Working as one of the lead enterprise reporters in our newsroom and writing ambitious enterprise stories to include profiles, investigations and explainers. This means collaborating regularly with Defense News and C4ISRNET reporters and shepherding enterprise stories that don’t fall squarely in one beat.
Keeping an eye on the big picture issues at the Pentagon
Offering smart analysis
Helping coordinate coverage
Serving as a public face for Defense News with the Pentagon’s top leaders both for news gathering and to ensure their viewpoints are a presence in our pages and our events via quotes, interviews, and opinion pieces.
Covering government and industry officials who want to shape how hundreds of billions of dollars are spent each year
Making routine announcements sing with clean writing and insight
Moderating panels and leading interviews at our showcase events