ESG & Climate Senior Editor - Hong Kong

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Bloomberg News is looking for a senior editor to help lead its ESG and climate coverage in APAC. The successful candidate will fulfil a variety of roles. You will work closely with our ESG reporters to chronicle the climate finance story in Asia; you will commission and execute big-picture enterprise and investigative stories across the climate file; and you will partner with key teams around the newsroom, most notably our Energy/ Commodities group.
You will also work with regional editors to help channel our best climate work from Asia into our suite of Green newsletters, podcasts and documentaries.

• Work with reporters across teams and bureaus to help them break news and develop ideas into long-form stories
• Show a deep curiosity in the financial implications of climate change, from insurance to catastrophe bonds and green debt
• Bring your own ideas for stories that are relevant to discerning readers in Asia and around the world

• At least 5 years of experience in journalism, preferably covering economics, financial markets or business news
• Experience working in a real-time news environment
• An appetite for scoops
• Experience with story-telling across a range of platforms, including print, digital and graphics
• Collaborative attitude and effective communication skills
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English
• Demonstrated continuous career growth within an organisation

• A track record of working closely with reporters to build their ideas into impactful features and investigations

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