Personal Finance Reporter/Advice Columnist, MarketWatch

Job Description:

Personal Finance Reporter/Advice Columnist, MarketWatch

About our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Team:

MarketWatch provides real-time business news, analysis and stock market data to the general public. Providing insight into what the news of the moment means for your money, empowering you to take control of financial decisions.

About the Role:

MarketWatch is seeking an ambitious and energetic journalist for its Personal Finance team. The Moneyist, a wildly popular MarketWatch series that delivers clear-headed advice on real-world money dilemmas with empathy, tough love, and expertise. We are looking for someone who can focus specifically on the personal finances of Americans who are navigating money-related conundrums as they graduate college, launch households, work through romantic relationships, build community, deal with aging parents and emerge in their places of work.

MarketWatch casts a wide net in its personal finance coverage. We strive to keep readers informed about core personal finance topics such as credit-card debt, student loans, taxes, mortgage rates, careers and travel, but we also strive to enlighten our audience about new trends related to how people manage — or don't manage — their money.

In addition to writing advice columns answering reader questions, the person in this role will write reported stories on how money affects relationships. Money plays a subtle and not-so-subtle role in our relationships with our families, friends, partners, neighbors and coworkers, as well as strangers. One recent survey showed, for example, that for affluent millennials and members of Gen Z, diverging spending habits and judgment about money ends up being a problem in many friendships.This reporter will identify stories that show how money influences, distorts and enhances our dynamics with loved ones and others.

You Will:

• Write engaging advice columns answering reader questions on personal finance topics.
• Anticipate readers' questions about money and address them with insightful, well-researched advice.
• Report on how money influences relationships, including those with family, friends, partners, and coworkers.
• Identify and pitch creative, compelling story ideas that explore the emotional and psychological aspects of money.
• Write polished, clear prose that balances sensitivity with expertise.
• Be a skilled, insightful, and empathetic interviewer and advice giver.
• Work well under pressure and collaborate effectively as part of a team.
• Be meticulous in copy and ambitious in reporting, ensuring accuracy and depth in all coverage.
• Contribute to MarketWatch's existing portfolio of advice columns on money management, investing, taxes, real estate, and retirement.
• Provide thoughtful analysis on how financial habits and attitudes shape interpersonal dynamics.

You Have:

• 3-5 years of reporting experience
• Fluency in consumer finance and economics
• A track record of writing unique, engaging financial stories
• A knack for finding unique angles off the news
• Facility with SEO and audience strategies

Our Benefits:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources
• Education Benefits
• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Wealth & Investing

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Union role

Pay Range: $95,000 - $115,000

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Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..