News interns at Bloomberg

Job Description

Bloomberg News interns will gain hands-on experience reporting and writing for the financial news service.

Working with Bloomberg’s 2,300 print journalists in 146 news bureaus around the world, interns will contribute to coverage of financial markets, companies, economies and government.

Successful applicants will produce breaking news stories under real-time deadline pressure. This is a paid 10-week internship program, starting in September 2012.

Along with a resume and cover letter, please submit three published samples of your work to support your application.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required
• Interest in financial markets, companies and economies
• Prior reporting experience is essential
• Prior experience working in a real-time news environment is desirable
• Ability to work within a team under deadline pressure
• Fluent written and spoken German and English is essential.
• Applicants will be required to work in Frankfurt for the full 10 weeks of the internship.

The Company:

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas.

The company’s strength – delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately – is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally.

Bloomberg’s enterprise solutions build on the company’s core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively.

Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.

How to Apply

Please email your CV and covering letter to Jo.Ferguson.74853.1828@bloomberg.aplitrak.com,

Job Categories: Editor. Job Types: Internship.