Full-Time Reporter II, Personal Finance

The Reporter II, Personal Finance covers one of the most essential public-service beats at NPR because it has the capacity to affect all decisions in a person’s life. It encompasses housing, living with debt, retirement and investments, taxes, and how banks treat — or mistreat — customers.

• Report audio stories for broadcast and written stories for npr.org
• Turn around stories quickly on breaking news
• Develop diverse news sources to get scoops
• Work on enterprise stories with impact
• Meticulously check facts
• Provide live information and analysis on NPR shows
• Collaborate with other reporters across NPR’s newsroom
• Travel occasionally

• Experience reporting and producing audio journalism
• At least 4 years’ experience covering personal finance or an adjacent beat
• Demonstrated ability to pivot from breaking news to analysis
• Ability to connect news events with impact on real people’s experiences
• Ability to explain dry business topics to a wide audience
• Ability to meet deadlines in a daily news environment
• Commitment to learn and enact the best journalism practices

• Experience with data-driven journalism
• Knowledge of public radio and the public radio system
• Knowledge of AP style guidelines
• Ability to do interviews in a language other than English

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