Corporate Energy Reporter Details

Corporate Energy Reporter

Argus Media - Houston, TX

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Title:Corporate Energy Reporter Job Type:Permanent Reporting Relationship:News Editor Location:Houston, Texas
Job purpose
Argus Media is seeking a corporate energy reporter for its Americas news team to write a combination of breaking news for the daily wire and longer analysis for our flagship weekly publications in London. This is a high-profile writing position at Argus, covering topics in the oil and gas business that include mergers and acquisitions, earnings, costs and spending, new projects and crude futures markets. It will also provide company profiles and contribute to front-page editorials. Argus Media is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages people of all backgrounds to apply.
Responsibilities

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  Coverage of the largest US oil and gas companies, and the US operations of international companies.
• Writing real-time news and analysis for online and big-picture trend stories for a weekly publication.
• Developing and maintaining rapport with key contacts and liaising regularly with industry stakeholders.
• Seeking out exclusive interviews with top executives and key stakeholders.
• Coverage of oil futures markets and write other daily news and feature stories.
• Synthesizing complex information quickly.
• Maintaining existing databases and building new databases for designated products.

Education and Experience

• The legal authorization to work in the US for any US employer.
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, economics, business or relevant field.
• A minimum of 5 years of daily journalism experience, a significant portion of which has been spent covering the oil and gas industry.

• Ability to think analytically.
• Strong reporting, writing and math skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks on a tight daily deadline.
• Demonstrated goal-oriented collaboration skills, with strong diplomatic and problem-solving ability.
• A basic understanding of economics.
• A commitment to the highest level of accuracy and professional ethics.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite with particular experience in Excel.
• Ability to travel 5-15% of the time to cover conferences and interview executives.

About Argus Media
Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women’s network.
Argus is an independent media organization with more than 1,000 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 25 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centers. Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences.
Companies in 140 countries around the world use Argus data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets as well as for analysis and planning purposes.
Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic and Hg, the specialist software and technology services investor.
Employee Benefits

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  Competitive salary
• Group medical, dental and vision plans
• Company paid long term disability and life insurance plan
• Group 401(k) safe harbor retirement plan with a 6% company match
• 15 vacation days your first year, which increases up to 25 days
• Subsidized gym membership
• Extensive internal and external training

Apply
If this aligns with your next career move, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply via our website www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions
Argus is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.