News Reporter:
Job Description: The Reporter will join a recently expanded news organization devoted to comprehensive, timely and relevant coverage of the institutional capital allocation and fundraising space. The reporter will develop sources, cover industry events, and monitor Dakota’s rich, proprietary data and documents for unique story angles relevant to fundraisers, LPs, GPs and other market players. The reporter will report to Dakota’s Editorial Director, working as part of an entrepreneurial, collaborative and aggressive financial news team.
Major Responsibilities
The Reporter will be expected to:
- Produce multiple stories a week, with an emphasis on breaking and/or data-driven news stories offering unique insights to Dakota’s customers.
- Identify specific additional opportunities to leverage Dakota’s unique, proprietary data in compelling new features based on analysis and interpretation of this data.
- Collaborate with a high-performing, globally distributed team of journalists focused on establishing Dakota as the leading news provider in its space.
- Attend conferences and other industry events for stories and source cultivation.
- Develop deep knowledge of Dakota’s customers and industry for the purposes of the most informed and relevant journalism.
- Leverage Dakota’s video, audio and multimedia capabilities to highlight and enhance their reporting.
- Assist the Editorial Director, as needed, in vetting, assignment, and review of stories for the offshore news team.
Skills and Experience
The Reporter at minimum should:
- Have at least one to two years of finance -or business- related journalism experience, with a history of breaking/exclusive reporting.
- Be comfortable with data and data-driven reporting, preferably with some history of leveraging proprietary data to generate or enhance unique story angles.
- Be comfortable with high expectations for productivity and turnaround time.
- Possess strong comfort and familiarity with process and process management.
- Be a proven collaborator and teammate, comfortable working in a globally distributed and remote environment.
About Dakota:
Dakota is an 80-person team dedicated to helping investment firms grow. Since 2006, we’ve raised over $25 billion for six firms and, in 2019, launched Dakota Marketplace - a global database used by over 1,100 investment firms and 5,000 fundraisers to keep sales data updated in real-time and focus on connecting with investors.
Our mission is simple: help others achieve their goals. Rooted in service and kindness, we prioritize our team and partners to drive shared success and growth. We are looking to add a new team member to our team located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
