News Reporter

About the Job

The Real Deal is seeking a reporter to join a rapidly growing media company focused on real estate journalism. Based in New York City, this position covers the real estate industry, with a focus on one of their markets (New York City, South Florida, Chicago, Texas, Los Angeles, or San Francisco), and occasionally on national topics.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute three to six original articles per week to The Real Deal’s regular coverage of the real estate industry
• Occasionally contribute or collaborate on special reporting projects, typically investigative work or deeply researched features
• Contribute a longer story (1,000 to 2,000 words) to The Real Deal’s monthly, national print magazine in most months

Job Requirements

• Demonstrated writing, interviewing, and reporting skills
• Ability to produce clean, well-organized, and accurate copy on deadline
• Develop expertise and a robust array of sources in one or more of TRD’s coverage areas, such as residential brokerage and home sales, commercial real estate, politics and policy, and technology
• Understand and adhere to journalistic standards, ethics, and protocol
• Juggle and prioritize multiple assignments
• Willingness to collaborate with colleagues and familiar with newsroom culture
• Preferred: Business writing experience
• Possibly: Ability to do on-camera interviews, host TRD videos, and moderate live events

Who We Are

The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through their media channels. They have received 60+ awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors. Quantcast rates them among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest audience and one of the most educated. As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry.

The Real Deal is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at their company. They do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. They partner with their employees to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace and through higher education programs supporting rising journalists.