Heard Writer

The Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column is hiring a numerate writer to join its global team. This role is based in San Francisco or New York and reports to the Heard Editor.

About the role

Heard is the Journal's home for financial analysis and commentary. The columnist will produce insightful, sophisticated, and sharp financial analysis about the biggest issues involving the technology community, covering influential companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Nvidia. The role involves questioning conventional wisdom and digging deeply into the numbers to provide professional investors and engaged readers with deep insights into business, markets, and investing.

Responsibilities

• Generate original ideas for columns and take a sharp, authoritative view based on rigorous financial analysis.
• Interrogate corporate disclosures, financial statements, and valuation models to uncover hidden narratives behind major tech companies.
• Produce quick, sophisticated commentary under tight daily deadlines in response to breaking news, earnings releases, and market shifts.
• Break down the financial realities of the artificial-intelligence revolution, the commercialization of space, and the transformation of the media landscape.
• Analyze the global transition to electric vehicles, self-driving tech, and related supply-chain bottlenecks like battery technology and rare-earth scarcity.
• Collaborate with colleagues globally and amplify Heard's output across multiple platforms, including the Markets P.M. newsletter, the AI & Business newsletter, vertical-video series, and podcasts.

Requirements

• Proven track record as an experienced journalist with a strong analytical bent and a high comfort level with corporate finance, accounting, and market dynamics.
• Deep industry knowledge of the global technology sector, particularly the intersection of semiconductor chips, AI infrastructure, and enterprise software.
• Excellent, engaging writing skills with the ability to distill complex financial concepts into a compelling, conversational voice.
• Familiarity with the emerging nexus between Silicon Valley and the defense-industrial complex, automation, robotics, and aerospace.
• Capacity to remain calm under pressure while handling multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative mindset and versatility to adapt work for print, newsletters, audio, and video platforms.

Pay

Base pay range: $140,000 – $180,000. This range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

Benefits

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.