Market Insights Writer

Dow Jones Newswires, the professional investor news service of The Wall Street Journal, is looking for an experienced financial reporter, editor or analyst to write commentary on business, markets and economics. The Market Insights Writer role is critical to the Newswires mission of making news actionable for investors. Every day, the Market Insights Writer will help interpret breaking news in ways that help the world's most influential market participants better understand the emerging opportunities or risks across various investment opportunities. You will bring deep knowledge of companies, investing and finance and be able to quickly analyze important news and identify the positive or negative implications across assets for investors, in line with our mission to make news actionable. We are seeking a writer who is succinct, fast and not afraid to take a point of view.

Knowledge of accounting and corporate finance is important, along with a general understanding of what information investors need to inform their trading strategies. You should be a strong writer with deep data skills who stays on top of industry and financial markets’ trends and is able to defend your commentaries when challenged. You should have the ability to “think outside of the box” and connect specific company and market events to cross-industry and/or macro-trends with clear and brief analysis.