Senior Markets Reporter

Job Description:

Dow Jones Newswires seeks a dynamic and experienced journalist to cover markets in the Asia-Pacific region.

This Singapore-based role positions you on the front lines of our real-time operations, putting some of the biggest markets news of the day—from multibillion-dollar swings in equities to coordinated currency intervention—in your hands. An important focus will be cryptocurrencies and growing coverage as it experiences significant investment flows in Asia. This is an opportunity to work with a team of smart and versatile reporters, helping to shepherd their content. A major part of the role is to identify the top stories in markets that can lead all platforms.

The job involves sending rapid-fire headlines and then going behind the news to explain what is driving shifts in asset prices. The successful candidate will be able to break news, quickly contextualize events, distill complex regulation, and reach into trading rooms to understand the forces moving markets.

Accuracy, speed, excellent news judgment and a close eye for detail are essential. You should have broad knowledge of market news and a clear understanding of what investors and traders need and expect from a real-time news service.

You will:

•   Exercise exceptional news judgment to identify news of importance to professionals, with ability to efficiently prioritize and summarize into smart briefs and subsequent analysis of what the news means for investors, extracting from a wealth of available content.

•   Collaborate with reporters and editors from other groups, including Dow Jones Newswires, WSJ and other colleagues and those in other bureaus and regions.

•   Demonstrate proficiency in numeracy, draws on deep financial knowledge, and be confident analyzing the data behind a story in real time.

•   Uphold Dow Jones standards and ethics.

•   Recognize the core audiences for Dow Jones Newswires, and their needs and expectations.

You have:

•   A minimum of five years’ newsroom experience.

•   A well-honed sense of urgency along with a capacity to remain calm under pressure.

•   The ability to prioritize tasks and time while handling multiple responsibilities.

•   Intellectual curiosity and a desire to learn.

•   Flexibility in changing/handing off tasks.

•   General awareness of how a newsroom works.

•   A solid sense of teamwork.

Dow Jones offers an opportunity to work for one of the world's leading financial and business news companies. We invite interested candidates to submit a cover letter, a resume, up to five published clips, current and expected salary.

Deadline for applications is Sept. 30, 2026.

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Non-Union role