Reporter – Energy Markets & Industry Coverage

About the role

Hart Energy is seeking an enterprising reporter to cover the energy industry for an audience that expects sharp reporting, deep industry knowledge, and actionable insight. This role sits at the center of our newsroom's mission: delivering exclusive news, meaningful analysis, and authoritative coverage that helps energy professionals make informed decisions.

Responsibilities

• Break news and deliver exclusive reporting on developments across the energy industry.
  • Cover a broad range of topics including oil and gas operations, markets, corporate strategy, M&A, finance, policy, technology, and energy transition trends.
  • Produce quick-turn news stories, feature articles, enterprise reporting, and analytical pieces.
  • Build and maintain relationships with executives, investors, analysts, regulators, and industry stakeholders.
  • Monitor company filings, earnings reports, transactions, commodity markets, regulatory developments, and industry data to identify stories ahead of competitors.
  • Generate original story ideas that align with audience interests and evolving industry priorities.
  • Collaborate with editors, audience teams, and fellow journalists to shape coverage and maximize impact.
  • Contribute to newsletters, social media promotion, and digital publishing initiatives.
  • Participate in Hart Energy conferences, webinars, podcasts, awards programs, and other editorial events as needed.
• Stay informed about technological innovation, market dynamics, policy developments, and forces reshaping the energy sector.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Three or more years of reporting experience, preferably in business, energy, finance, or related industries.
• Demonstrated ability to break news and cultivate reliable industry sources.
• Strong writing, reporting, interviewing, and fact-checking skills.
• Able to produce accurate, engaging copy under deadline pressure.
• Excellent news judgment and the ability to identify meaningful developments within complex industries.
• Ability to work in a digital-first environment and manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Ability to interpret financial statements, regulatory filings, market data, research reports, and industry trends.
• Familiarity with digital publishing platforms, analytics tools, research databases, and AI-enabled reporting tools.
• Proven ability to develop enterprise stories that provide context, analysis, and value beyond breaking news.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience covering oil and gas, energy markets, commodities, finance, infrastructure, or industrial sectors.
• Familiarity with SEC filings, earnings reports, and capital markets activity.
• Understanding of upstream, midstream, and energy transition sectors.
• Experience producing newsletters, multimedia content, podcasts, or event-related journalism.
• A portfolio demonstrating both breaking news capability and in-depth reporting.
• Existing industry contacts within the energy sector are a plus.

Benefits

While modern digital and AI-powered tools are part of our workflow, great journalism at Hart Energy remains rooted in reporting, source development, accuracy, and storytelling.

Pay

The estimated salary range for this position is $54,000 to $85,000. The final salary offering will take into account a wide range of factors, including experience, accomplishments and location.

Schedule

Location: Houston, TX with in-office presence three days a week highly preferred. For the highly qualified person we are open to remote from a state Crain does business in. Will work CT hours.