Dow Jones

AI Reporter

Dow Jones$140K — $175K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional journalism experience
  • 3+ years of technology reporting
  • Proven ability to write quickly and effectively for news breaks
  • Ambitious mindset to uncover unique angles on popular stories
  • Strong sourcing skills to gather insider information
  • Collaborative attitude for teamwork across the newsroom
  • Excellent communication skills for multi-office collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a record of impactful scoops revealing internal strategies of AI companies
  • Build wide-ranging sources among all staff levels at major AI firms
  • Create original enterprise stories while managing daily news priorities
  • Collaborate with colleagues in different bureaus to report on fast-paced AI developments
  • Produce a consistent volume of news while progressing on more in-depth features

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and retirement benefits
  • Wellbeing support and resources
  • Flexibility in compensation options
  • Optional benefits catering to diverse employee needs
  • Union membership benefits
Full Job Description
Job Description:
AI reporter

Job Description:

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a nimble, hungry reporter to join our ambitious tech team covering the high-stakes race to build superintelligence. We are looking for candidates with sourcing within the most influential AI labs including Anthropic, OpenAI, Googles DeepMind, xAI and beyond to help us break exclusive, agenda-setting news and revelatory enterprise projects.

This job requires speed, creativity and collaboration. You and your colleagues - a mix of enterprise and beat reporters - will dominate stories about the products, personalities and priorities of Silicon Valleys top AI companies. You are excited to get inside the company town halls, memos and turning points and cant wait to help readers make sense of major developments.

The ideal candidate can produce a steady stream of scoops and strong analysis while working towards ambitious, long-form stories.Candidates should have three or more years of experience covering technology and proven track record of unearthing revelatory, exclusive information from within the walls of important companies. The reporter we seek can source at all levels of the company, knows how to listen for exclusive, revelatory details and wants to write frequently.

You will:

  • Maintain a track record of enviable scoops that reveal internal strategy and decision-making inside companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind, xAI and beyond.

  • Be deeply sourced across the ranks and workforce writ large at major AI companies

  • Develop original enterprise stories and balance advancing them with daily news demands

  • Work with colleagues across bureaus to keep our readers up to date on the fast-changing world of AI research and product development.

You have:

  • At least five years of professional journalism and preferably three years of experience covering technology

  • A demonstrated ability to write quickly and cleanly to break news and deliver impactful stories.

  • The ambition to separate from the pack and find original angles on stories the entire world is watching.

  • The metabolism to deliver a steady cadence of quick-turn news while advancing enterprise work

  • The persistence and skill required to unearth fresh, high-stakes stories through aggressive sourcing and document diving.

  • A collaborative spirit and a desire to partner with colleagues across the newsroom

  • Excellent communication skills to liaise with colleagues in other offices and time zones

To apply, please submit a resume and a cover letter explaining how your skills, experience and interests align with the expectations of the role by August 31st. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we encourage early submission as the position may be filled before the deadline.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Union role

Base Pay Range: $140,000 - $175,000

Were committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidates experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

About Dow Jones

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world?s largest news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America?s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron?s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.
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