News Reporter

Bisnow
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior business journalists who can balance local and national coverage while maintaining a strong network within the commercial real estate industry.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in business journalism and a demonstrated ability to produce high-quality content consistently.
    — “digital experience and at least two years of experience in business journalism”
  • Individuals who can build and maintain relationships with industry sources and have a knack for translating complex data into engaging narratives.
    — “infiltrating the CRE industry — turning arcane data into useful and entertaining information while maintaining personal relationships with lots of leads and sources”
  • Candidates who thrive in a collaborative, values-driven newsroom with a clear separation from sales and events teams.
    — “we hold a hard line between our news team and BISNOW’s sales and events arms”

Things to consider

  • The role requires attending 1-2 events per month in the Bay Area, which may impact travel flexibility.
    — “The San Francisco Reporter must attend all Bay Area based events.”
  • The position demands a high output of content with a focus on both breaking news and in-depth analysis.
    — “Writing roughly eight articles a week of varying lengths and types, and producing daily morning briefs.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to write for both local and national audiences with a strong portfolio of diverse stories.
    — “the personality of a self-starter and must be a thoughtful and articulate writer who is interested in building his or her voice and journalistic brand on Bisnow.com”
  • Emphasize your experience in translating complex data into accessible and engaging content.
    — “turning arcane data into useful and entertaining information”
  • Demonstrate your familiarity with the commercial real estate industry and key players in the Bay Area.
    — “intimate knowledge of the Bay Area's CRE business — knowing where the major players are located”
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What success looks like

  • writing articles and producing morning briefs
  • covering breaking news and enterprise reporting
Typical background
at least two years of experience in business journalism

Skills & requirements

Required

Writing SkillsNews JudgmentDigital Experience

Preferred

Knowledge Of Commercial Real Estate

Stack & domain

Commercial Real Estate ReportingNews JudgmentWritingJournalismCommercial Real Estate

About the role

Original posting from Bisnow via Lever

Bisnow is seeking a seasoned, razor-sharp Editor to help lead, report, and build our growing commercial real estate news operations. We're in the business of delivering intelligence at the intersection of international commercial real estate and politics, sports, entertainment, business, technology, and beyond. We need a thorough editor with a deep passion for the news who can help us continue to expand our ambitions.

Location: This position must sit in San Francisco remotely, no office requirement. The San Francisco Reporter must attend all Bay Area based events. (Typically 1-2 per month.)

BISNOW OVERVIEW

Bisnow is the commercial real estate industry's leading, vertically integrated B2B media platform, covering North America, Canada, the UK and Ireland. We serve the CRE industry through award-winning news and publications, renowned events, wide-ranging marketing services, specialized recruitment solutions, and intelligent sales enablement tools.

With 1.7M+ subscribers and 400+ events annually across 47 markets in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands, we don't just cover the industry, we help move it forward.

We inform. We connect. We create opportunities that turn into deals. Global mindset. Hyper-local execution.

THE BISNOW NEWSROOM

We take the news seriously, blending hard news scoops with analytical enterprise stories and award-winning accountability journalism. Our newsroom is small but ambitious and strives to find creative ways to cover the commercial real estate industry. We hold a hard line between our news team and BISNOW’s sales and events arms, freeing our reporters to write heavy-hitting stories without fear of sponsor influence. Our reporters dive deep on a local beat but also have the opportunity to write stories for a national audience and work on long-term special projects of national or international significance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Writing roughly eight articles a week of varying lengths and types, and producing daily morning briefs.
  • Covering breaking news and deeper enterprise reporting in San Francisco's commercial real estate industry.
  • Working a beat, traveling around the Bay Area covering the latest trends, personalities and news related to the commercial real estate industry.
  • Infiltrating the CRE industry — turning arcane data into useful and entertaining information while maintaining personal relationships with lots of leads and sources.
  • Having an intimate knowledge of the Bay Area's CRE business — knowing where the major players are located, what deals they are responsible for and what events they attend.
  • Working with the global news teams on major projects and national series.
  • Working with a local team of event producers and sales representatives to assist in the content of events and producing coverage of those events.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?:

  • Great writing skills.
  • Excellent news judgment.
  • Digital experience and at least two years of experience in business journalism.
  • The personality of a self-starter and must be a thoughtful and articulate writer who is interested in building his or her voice and journalistic brand on Bisnow.com.
  • A commitment to seeking diverse stories and sourcing.
  • Must have ability to travel around the Bay Area, and must have availability to attend/cover Bisnow-hosted events.
  • Though not required, it would be a plus if the candidate has knowledge of commercial real estate, urban and community planning and urban design, and especially contacts within those industries.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?:

  • Competitive compensation structure!
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - effective the 1st of the month following your start date.
  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance - this includes maternity and paternity leaves as well. 
  • 401K 
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Dependent Care Account
  • Unlimited Vacation Days
  • 7 days paid sick leave
  • 9 paid Holidays
  • Referral Bonus Program
  • You’ll get to work with incredibly smart, passionate, driven, ambitious, kind, caring and mindful people and will rarely experience an overload of policies, bureaucracy or toxicity (the latter, we do not tolerate).

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NEXT STEPS

Before applying, please read our values below. Our values describe and give insight into our culture. If you do not share the same values, this role will not be a mutually beneficial fit. If you do share these values and want to apply, we encourage you to do so. 

Our values demand that we be curious, self-aware, fearless, consistent. We say yes to seemingly insurmountable challenges because we dare ourselves to push further. And we go the distance because we are individually and collectively entrepreneurial, always asking: Why can’t it be done? We find a way because we care more than the competition. We embrace team and disown ego. We are ruthlessly disciplined and unabashedly kind. We unreservedly challenge the status quo and vigorously fight for new levels of excellence. We believe the difference between good and great is exceptional communication. We obsess over creating value for our team and our customers. We push ourselves and our industry to be more inclusive, to champion diversity and to fight racism, gender bias and all forms of inequality. We never peak. We never quit. We never have excuses. We own our failures and we commit to being smarter and stronger because of them. We give our best today and even better tomorrow. We are here to win.

Source: Bisnow careers (Lever)

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