Bloomberg

Breaking News Editor

Bloomberg$90K — $125K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Curiosity and initiative in applying AI or automation to news workflows
  • Comfort with data, analytics, and emerging newsroom technologies
  • Proven experience in fast-paced financial or business news environments
  • Strong editorial judgment for writing and editing sharp headlines
  • Ability to remain calm and decisive under pressure

Responsibilities

  • Lead with urgency and accuracy in making editorial decisions during breaking news
  • Craft concise and impactful headlines capturing complex financial developments
  • Champion innovation through exploring AI and automation enhancements
  • Collaborate with global editors, reporters, and product teams
  • Stay ahead by tracking market events, regulatory filings, and earnings reports
  • Balance speed with sound judgment under intense deadlines

Benefits

  • Comprehensive and generous benefits plan
  • Merit increases and incentive compensation for exempt roles
  • Paid holidays and time off
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • 401(k) with match
  • Life insurance and wellness programs
Full Job Description
Description & Requirements

As a Breaking News Editor, you'll be at the heart of Bloomberg's real-time coverage, scanning a constant flow of corporate news to identify what matters most. You'll make swift, confident editorial decisions and craft clear, impactful headlines that move at lightning speed to inform global readers.

We're looking for someone who not only thrives in the high-speed environment of breaking financial news but also understands how AI can transform journalism -- from smarter news monitoring to optimizing how we deliver headlines. You'll help explore and implement ways to infuse AI into our newsroom workflow, ensuring we stay ahead of the competition.

Whether it's tracking regulatory filing or parsing corporate earnings, you'll ensure Bloomberg delivers accurate, timely, and insightful updates. Collaboration is key: you'll work closely with reporters and editors across bureaus and newsrooms worldwide to uphold Bloomberg's reputation for speed, accuracy, and clarity.
We'll expect you to:

  • Lead with urgency and accuracy - make fast, sound editorial calls as news breaks, ensuring Bloomberg's coverage stays first and flawless.
  • Craft headlines that matter - write and edit clear, impactful copy that captures the essence of complex financial developments in seconds.
  • Champion innovation - explore and implement ways AI and automation can enhance our newsroom workflow, from monitoring to publishing.
  • Collaborate across the globe - work closely with editors, reporters, and product teams to deliver seamless, high-impact news coverage.
  • Stay ahead of the curve - continuously track market-moving events, regulatory filings, and earnings reports to surface what truly matters.
  • Balance speed with judgment - remain calm, analytical, and precise even under intense deadline pressure.


You'll need:

  • Curiosity and initiative in applying AI or automation to news workflows
  • Comfort with data, analytics, and emerging newsroom technologies
  • Proven experience working in a fast-paced financial or business news environment
  • Strong editorial judgment and the ability to write and edit sharp, concise headlines
  • The ability to remain calm and decisive under pressure


Salary Range = 90000 - 125000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.

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About Bloomberg

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with the help of Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, and a 12% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch. Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools and enterprise applications such as analytics and equity trading platform, data services, and news to financial companies and organizations through the Bloomberg Terminal (via its Bloomberg Professional Service), its core revenue-generating product. Bloomberg L.P. also includes a wire service (Bloomberg News), a global television network (Bloomberg Television), digital websites, a radio station (WBBR), subscription-only newsletters, and three magazines: Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, and Bloomberg Pursuits.
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