Therealdeal
West Coast or California Bureau Chief
West Coast or California
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- 21 Sept 2026
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This position requires a presence in West Coast or California
About the job
The Real Deal is looking for a West Coast or California Bureau Chief to join a rapidly growing business newsroom focused on real estate.
The Bureau Chief would be responsible for writing original news stories, producing in-depth features for our monthly magazine, editing key market stories, and helping to shape and guide our coverage of the real estate industry.
The ideal candidate is a player-coach who wants to report out their own stories while also working alongside other reporters to direct coverage and sharpen their skills. They will have experience covering business, money and power and a keen desire to reveal the inner workings of a complex industry and mine its intersections with politics, finance, law, entertainment and other areas of the business world.
A sharp news sense is a must, as is experience in business journalism. The ability to break news, cultivate sources, pitch story ideas and write clean copy on deadline are key skills. Past experience editing news stories, guiding news teams and mentoring is a plus.
Job Responsibilities
Contribute two to four original articles per week to The Real Deal’s coverage of the real estate industry, focusing on the West Coast (both Los Angeles and San Francisco).
Lead daily news scrums to direct coverage for a team of three California-based reporters.
Pick up edits on key stories, including both breaking news and web features.
Liaise with the New York headquarters to make sure the team is in line with editorial priorities.
Occasionally contribute longer (~2,000 word) stories for The Real Deal’s monthly, national magazine.
Job Requirements:
Demonstrated writing, interviewing and reporting skills
Ability to produce clean, well-organized and accurate copy on deadline, ranging from breaking news to long-form features and investigations
Ability to write with voice and authority
Ability to quickly learn a complex financial beat, sourcing up in the industry and learning the ins and outs of residential and commercial real estate and real estate development
Ability to lead a team, directing reporters towards the most important stories, identifying the important narratives within them, and providing both conceptual feedback on ideas and practical line edits on filed drafts
Understanding of and adherence to journalistic standards, ethics and protocol
Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple assignments
Ability to do on-camera interviews, host TRD videos and moderate live events is a plus
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