Americas Industry and Budgets Reporter

Janes enables militaries, governments, and defence companies to make critical decisions. Our expert-driven tradecraft, developed over 120 years, combined with human-machine teaming, delivers assured open-source intelligence across military capabilities and order of battle, equipment, events, countries, companies, and markets.

Linking millions of assured data points, Janes data model creates a framework of interconnected open source defence intelligence. This allows our customers to integrate all relevant data and connections into a single intelligence environment to deliver a more complete and accurate answer. Using Janes, our customers can use their scarce resource more effectively, to get to better decisions with higher confidence, more quickly.

Janes is recruiting a Washington, DC-based reporter to generate news, analysis, and features covering defence industry and budgets in the Americas. The successful candidate will have experience delivering high-quality news and exclusive analysis, and an understanding of military-industrial affairs. They will work closely with a local team of regional defence journalists and a global team of subject matter experts.

How You Will Contribute At Janes

Write high-quality news, analysis, and features about defence industry and budgets in the Americas.
Develop, pitch, and execute strong analysis and feature ideas.
Commission and edit news stories from across the Americas region, serving as Janes point of contact for regional freelancers’ industry/budgets content.
Source and develop data-driven news stories and analysis.
Attend defence exhibitions and conferences as a news reporter and Janes ambassador.
Maintain a network of key regional contacts.

Requirements

THE IDEAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE FOR THIS ROLE

Experience as a reporter is essential, and a background in military-industrial and corporate affairs and/or M&A reporting is a distinct advantage.
Excellent written and spoken English are essential, along with the ability to sharply edit and peer review copy (including from freelancers for whom English is a second language).
Strong news sense and judgment, with the ability to independently generate story ideas and deliver them with minimal oversight.
Ability to write accurate and unbiased copy concisely and quickly.
Proven record of meeting newsroom deadlines.
A strong work ethic, team spirit, and organisational skills.