Reporter, Payments Dive

Company DescriptionDo you want to develop your career and make an impact in the fast-growth, fast-moving B2B technology space?At Informa TechTarget, you'll collaborate and grow alongside some of the industry's most respected experts. You'll work with leading brands and be exposed to world-shaping innovations. You'll apply your energy and intellect to helping clients be faster to market and faster to revenue.We're a vibrant community of world-class practitioners - over 2000 colleagues strong - with offices in 19 locations around the world. We're traded on Nasdaq and also part of Informa PLC, a global leader in business-to-business events, digital services, and academic research in the FTSE 100.About Informa TechTargetInforma TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT) informs, influences and connects the world's technology buyers and sellers, to accelerate growth from R&D to ROI.With an unparalleled reach of over 220 highly targeted technology-specific websites and more than 50 million permissioned first-party audience members, Informa TechTarget has a unique understanding of and insight into technology markets.Underpinned by those audiences and their data, we offer expert-led, data-driven, and digitally enabled services that deliver significant impact and measurable outcomes to our clients. We provide our customers with: * Trusted information that shapes the industry and informs investment * Intelligence and advice that guides and influences strategy * Advertising that grows reputation and establishes thought leadership * Custom content that engages and prompts action * Intent and demand generation that more precisely targets and convertsOur organization is committed to sustainability, diversity, wellbeing, and ethical working practices. Visit informatechtarget.com and follow us on LinkedIn.For more information, visit informatechtarget.com and follow us on LinkedInJob DescriptionThis role is based in our New York office.Payments Dive seeks a sharp, experienced Reporter to provide timely, insightful coverage of the payments industry, including its reach into banking and technology. This will include breaking news coverage, enterprise reporting and in-depth features analyzing the trends and issues important to top executives at major payments players. You'll produce daily briefs and articles that follow business, financial and regulatory developments, including corporate strategy changes, national and state agency moves, legislative proposals, earnings reports and press releases. You'll also work with other members of the Payments Dive team to conceive and execute bigger editorial projects.Successful candidates will be prepared to quickly develop beat knowledge and sources, deliver daily stories, track down scoops and work on longer-term deadlines. Underlying those tactical efforts, the best candidate will show potential for understanding the broader context of the industry and how the current economic conditions affect it. Most importantly, a candidate will understand what makes for fresh, original storylines.The job will give you an opportunity to build a beat in the burgeoning payments arena, which is part of the broader financial services sphere. You'll assist in editing stories and the newsletter, attend conferences, meet with sources and collaborate with a team of experienced journalists.This position reports to the Lead Editor.What you'll do: * Play a key role in contributing excellent news stories to the Payments Dive web site and daily newsletter, and work with the rest of the team on assignments and editing in a collaborative fashion. * Help identify key industry storylines we can own. * Pitch and execute standout pieces on breaking news in the industry, as you follow timely payments topics and broader trends. * Track analytics to gauge what stories are resonating with readers. * Work with the Payments team in a growing newsroom that encourages innovative and creative projects.