Asia Editor

Location: Southeast Asia (ideally Singapore)

Semafor is seeking an Asia Editor to lead its expansion across Asia and build out an Asia-based reporting team and products. The role reports to the Global Managing Editor and covers trade, technology, capital flows, energy, power, politics and policy. A seasoned leader with a track record of managing teams, the successful candidate will bring a deep understanding of the economic and financial forces transforming Asia — with a focus on how China is reshaping the region and the world.

Key responsibilities

• Work with Semafor’s leaders to shape theirAsia vision and product.
• Help recruit for and build Semafor’s Asia-based reporting team.
• Lead the development of Semafor’s Asia briefings and products that best cater to their readers, viewers, and listeners.
• Anchor Semafor’s coverage across Asia — across all platforms and live journalism.
• Write must-read stories about the region, with a focus on business, economics, technology, and energy for a sophisticated audience who live in, or have interest and connections to Asia.
• Participate in event moderation, as well as media appearances on TV, radio, and podcasts.
• Collaborate closely with other parts of Semafor’s global newsroom and audience teams.
• The ideal candidate will be based in Singapore, but Semafor is open to applicants in other parts of the region.
• 10+ years of journalism experience, including relevant experience covering Asia
• A track record of newsroom leadership.
• Experience and interest in global financial and business journalism.
• A strategic, sophisticated approach to identifying themes and focuses of coverage across sectors and borders.
• Bring speedy insight to big news stories, and flair and personality to writing.
• A passion for world events and issues and a broad interest in a wide range of subjects.
• Broad media consumption habits across conventional and unconventional sources.
• Eagerness to be part of a dynamic work environment demanding initiative, flexibility, and a willingness to jump in wherever needed to help the team succeed.
• Experience working with diverse teams with teammates from many different backgrounds.
• Diligence and reliability to work without hands-on supervision.
• The ability to think constantly about story distribution and audiences, across many forms of media and platforms.