Agence France-Presse is seeking a dynamic English-language journalist to cover macro-economic news in its busy Washington, DC office, AFP’s main hub for North America.  
  
Working under the direction of the North America editorial management, you will write and edit stories at ground zero for the US economy, where trade and economic policy developments can have dramatic implications for the world.

While the eco team reports on a huge range of financial and business news from the stock market to company earnings and labor disputes, your focus as a macroeconomic journalist will primarily be on Federal Reserve policy and international financial institutions like the IMF and the World Bank. You will also work in close coordination with the other DC-based anglo macroeconomic journalist who specializes in Treasury news and trade relations.

The brief extends much further though to explore how economic issues and interests intersect with everything from tech & AI to climate change and high-stakes diplomacy.

Excellent writing skills, accuracy and attention to detail are required, along with strong news judgement. You must be able to react quickly to breaking developments, synthesize complex economic issues, and put them in a broader global context for an international audience.

A premium is placed on concise and snappy articles. You also will translate stories from French, albeit with the help of translation tools.

In the gaps in the breaking news, you will get out of the office as much as possible to build up a strong contacts portfolio and to look for original angles to explain the American economy to the world, especially with strong visual stories that lend themselves to video, photos and graphics.

The hours can be long — and include occasional weekends — as we cover the world’s biggest economy, where government policy can change on a dime. Grace under pressure is essential: we regularly juggle multiple story lines simultaneously and have to jump onto breaking stories at a moment’s notice.

You must be a team player, flexible and able to maintain a sense of humor while multitasking.

You must ensure the reliability of our news coverage and respect for the agency’s editorial policy.

It is important to stress that all AFP journalists contribute to AFP’s newsgathering process in all formats, working for the common goal of reacting and producing high quality multimedia journalism. Text journalists may write for the wire, but their journalism is vital for video dopesheets, picture captions and graphics. Our visual journalists also play a significant role in the gathering of information for the text wires.

You must respect guidelines for using social networks as an AFP journalist (available on Inside). You may contribute to AFP’s efforts to tackle disinformation led by the digital verification team and a dedicated disinformation correspondent. You will support new tools and practices in a fast-evolving media landscape

You will ensure that events on AFP’s integrated calendar system Iris360 are up to date to enable our clients and our bureaux to plan for upcoming news events and their coverage.

In an ever-changing media environment, the nature of the job could evolve in line with coverage demands and the requirements of an increasingly diverse client base.

This is a local-hire position and eligible candidates should ideally have authorization to live and work in the United States.

• At least three years of reporting experience, including coverage of business and economic news.

• Excellent writing and editing skills, able to translate jargon and numbers into elegant prose.

• An ability to generate original story ideas, including compelling focus/analysis pieces and lively features.

• An eagle eye for inaccuracies or mistakes.

• An instinct to react quickly to breaking news.

• Familiarity with social media, in particular as a news source.

• Mother tongue is English, but a good level of French is helpful for translating the output of Francophone colleagues

• Existing authorization to work in the United States is a big plus

If you are interested in applying, please send a cover letter, resume/CV and clips to:

North America Regional Director Marc Lavine Marc.Lavine@afp.com

North America Editor in Chief Giles Hewitt Giles.Hewitt@afp.com 

International Economis Editor-in-Chief sophie.estienne@afp.com

North America Deputy Editor in Chief Patrice Novotny Patrice.Novotny@afp.com

North America Human Ressources Manager Marion Berger Marion.Berger@afp.com