European Finance Reporter

European Finance Reporter

The Wall Street Journal seeks a reporter to cover the heart of the European financial system from Frankfurt, Germany.

This person will lead our coverage of the European Central Bank, its regulatory arm, and the largest commercial banks around the region. The ECB is both a monetary policy-making arm and a node of information about the ups and downs of the big financial institutions we care about. Our ideal candidate will become our go-to expert in a crisis or market panic and also our eyes and ears in Europe on what global policymakers are talking about.

We want an aggressive reporter who is innately curious about the world of money—who’s making it, who’s losing it, who’s stealing it. You know how monetary policy impacts markets and investors. You can navigate a balance sheet and pick apart a central bank swap line. You can translate financial jargon into plain English. You know how to tell stories through real people and show how the financial system impacts the lives of the rich and poor alike.

A Journal reporter is an all-arounder. We require quick-twitch news muscles to break and react to news. We also need the doggedness to dig deep into investigative stories.

The job is based in Frankfurt and reports to Alex Frangos, Europe Finance Editor.

You will:

1. Be the Journal’s leading voice on matters of central banking and finance across the European continent.

2. Master the inner workings of the ECB. Document the impacts the ECB has on financial markets and the broader economy, especially its relationship with the Federal Reserve and other global central banks.

3. Cover the region’s biggest banks and their competition with U.S. rivals.

You have:

1. A willingness to master the complex financial ecosystem made up of central banks, commercial banks, and financial markets.

2. The ability to produce camera-ready stories with speed, accuracy, and clarity, conforming to the Journal’s house style.

3. The ability both to operate autonomously and to collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom.

4. The skills to frame stories and find ways to use narrative storytelling and real people to illustrate the world of money.

Please submit a cover letter outlining your coverage plan for the job and include no more than five clips that show your skills as a storyteller and scoop artist.