Politics Reporter

This position requires a presence in New York

About the Job

:
The Real Deal is looking for a politics reporter to join a rapidly growing media company focused on real estate journalism and headquartered in New York City. The reporter would be responsible for writing several original web stories per week and producing in-depth features for the website and our monthly magazin

e.
The ideal candidate will have experience covering local and national politics and policy and has an interest in covering money, power and personalities and a keen desire to learn how the industry intersects with politics, finance, law, entertainment and other areas of the business world. The ability to break news is a must, as is the ability to cultivate sources, pitch story ideas and write clean copy on deadline. Experience in business journalism is a pl

us.
Senior-level candidates are being conside

red.
Job Responsibili

• ties:
  Contribute three to five original articles per week to The Real Deal’s New York-focused political coverage (as well as occasional topics of national int
• erest)Extensively source up on the intersection of real estate and politics/
• policyReport and write a longer story (1,000 to 2,000 words) to The Real Deal’s monthly, national print magazine multiple times pe
• r yearOccasionally contribute or collaborate on special reporting projects, typically investigative work or deeply researched fe

atures
Job Requir

• ements:
  Political journalism experience (preference given to those with business/trade journalism exp
• erience)Demonstrated writing, interviewing and reporting skills; ability to produce clean, well-organized and accurate copy on deadline, ranging from breaking news to long-form features and invest
• igationsAbility to write with voice and a
• uthorityCapacity to develop expertise and a robust array of sources in one or more of TRD’s coverage areas, such as residential brokerage and home sales, commercial real estate (office, retail, industrial, development), politics and policy, and te
• chnologyAbility to obtain and analyze information from databases, property records, financial reports, social media and other sources to identify and enhance stories about the real estate
• industryUnderstanding of and adherence to journalistic standards, ethics and
• protocolAbility to juggle and prioritize multiple ass
• ignmentsTeam player; willingness to collaborate with colleagues; familiarity with newsroom
• cultureAbility to do on-camera interviews, host TRD videos and moderate live events i

s a plus
Compensation &

Benefits:The salary will depend upon qualifications and other operational consid

erations.
W

ho We Are:
The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through our media channels. We have received 60+ awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers a

nd Editors.
Quantcast rates us among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest audience and one of the mo

st educated.As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the enti

re industry.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We partner with our employees to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace and through higher education programs supporting rising

journalists.