The Associated Press seeks a reporter for its Money & Markets product in its New York headquarters. This position provides a unique opportunity to combine words, data and graphics to explain financial markets to investors in informative and useful ways. Money & Markets is a financial data and content product that appears in hundreds of newspapers and has a growing online presence. The Money & Markets reporter must have a deep knowledge of the financial markets. The candidate must be a critical thinker who can anticipate news that will affect the markets and provide stories and graphics that explore investing themes of broad interest to readers. Tight writing is a must. The successful candidate must generate his or her own ideas and understand how to find good stories in data. He or she must understand graphics and be willing to work side-by-side with designers to develop pieces that pop off newspaper pages and Web sites. Writing with authority and a willingness to draw conclusions is critical. Applicants must have at least five years of reporting experience. For more information, go to http://openings.ap.org or email a resume and clips to kshinkle@ap.org

The Associated Press seeks a reporter for the Business News department’s financial markets team at its New York headquarters. This position has a broad and special mandate: explaining the financial markets to individual investors and consumers. This is a high-profile, enterprise-driven beat. The successful candidate must be a critical thinker and be well-sourced among investors, traders and other Wall Street experts. The candidate must be an idea machine, able to identify market trends and write authoritative stories with flair and clarity. The candidate also will write for the AP’s Personal Finance and Money & Markets products and must be able to work collaboratively with other AP Business News staffers. The right candidate will have a deep knowledge of markets and finance and a demonstrated talent for writing clear and compelling stories with rigorous, thought-provoking analysis. The candidate will have experience delivering stories in a fast-paced world with a proven ability to work under deadline pressure. We’re looking for someone who isn’t satisfied to simply inform; he or she must be able to surprise and delight readers with original story telling. The candidate’s writing must sparkle and appeal to all readers. A minimum five years’ experience in markets writing is required. For more information, go to http://openings.ap.org or email a resume and clips to kshinkle@ap.org