AI Reporter
Overview
The Wall Street Journal seeks a nimble hungry reporter to join our tech team covering the race to build superintelligence. We look for candidates who source within influential AI labs such as Anthropic OpenAI Google DeepMind xAI and others to break exclusive agenda-setting news and reveal enterprise projects. This role demands speed creativity and collaboration. You will dominate stories about products personalities and priorities of Silicon Valley’s top AI companies. You will get inside company town halls memos and turning points and help readers make sense of major developments. The ideal candidate produces a steady stream of scoops and strong analysis while working toward ambitious long-form stories. Candidates should have three or more years of experience covering technology and a proven track record of unearthing revelatory exclusive information from within important companies. The reporter sources at all levels knows how to listen for exclusive revelatory details and writes frequently. You will maintain a track record of enviable scoops revealing internal strategy and decision-making inside companies including Anthropic OpenAI DeepMind xAI and beyond develop original enterprise stories and balance advancing them with daily news demands work with colleagues across bureaus to keep readers up to date on the fast-changing world of AI research and product development. You have at least five years of professional journalism and preferably three years of experience covering technology demonstrate ability to write quickly and cleanly to break news and deliver impactful stories. The ambition to separate from the pack and find original angles on stories the entire world is watching. The metabolism to deliver a steady cadence of quick-turn news while advancing enterprise work the persistence and skill required to unearth fresh high-stakes stories through aggressive sourcing and document diving. A collaborative spirit and desire to partner with colleagues across the newsroom. Excellent communication skills to liaise with colleagues in other offices and time zones.
What You'll Do9
- 1Maintain a track record of enviable scoops that reveal internal strategy and decision-making inside companies including Anthropic OpenAI DeepMind xAI and beyond
- 2Be deeply sourced across the ranks and workforce writ large at major AI companies
- 3Develop original enterprise stories and balance advancing them with daily news demands
- 4Work with colleagues across bureaus to keep readers up to date on the fast-changing world of AI research and product development
- 5Produce a steady stream of scoops and strong analysis while working towards ambitious long-form stories
- 6Source at all levels of the company know how to listen for exclusive revelatory details and want to write frequently
- 7Collaborate with colleagues to ensure timely delivery of news and depth
- 8Communicate effectively with teams in other offices and time zones
- 9Meet tight deadlines and deliver high-quality reporting consistently
Requirements7
- 1At least five years of professional journalism and preferably three years of experience covering technology
- 2Demonstrated ability to write quickly and cleanly to break news and deliver impactful stories
- 3Ambition to separate from the pack and find original angles on stories the entire world is watching
- 4Metabolism to deliver a steady cadence of quick-turn news while advancing enterprise work
- 5Persistence and skill required to unearth fresh high-stakes stories through aggressive sourcing and document diving
- 6Collaborative spirit and desire to partner with colleagues across the newsroom
- 7Excellent communication skills to liaise with colleagues in other offices and time zones
Salary Insight
$140 - $175k per year
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