POLITICO is seeking an ambitious and enterprising reporter to cover the Pentagon for our growing Defense team.
POLITICO’s Defense team digs into consequential issues across a wide range of areas at the intersection of weapons, warfare, politics and policy.
We’re looking for a deeply-sourced reporter with an interest in all things Pentagon who can deliver agenda-setting scoops on leadership, policies, weapons transfers, internal deliberations, intelligence, personnel movements, and relations with the administration, Congress and partners overseas.
The successful candidate will have a track record of delivering scoops and enterprise reporting in a fast-paced daily newsroom.
This position includes ample opportunity to write news and enterprise stories that appear across all of POLITICO’s platforms from newsy dispatches for subscribers to enterprise stories for POLITICO’s home page to other newsletters both in the U.S. and in Europe.
What You’ll Need :
- At least two years of experience working as a reporter in a daily newsroom.
- Excellent news judgment and a deep understanding of how the Defense Department works.
- The desire to work closely and collaboratively with colleagues throughout the company.
- A track record of delivering scoops and enterprise on a beat. (Please submit at least 4-6 clips in your application along with your resume and cover letter.)
We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors of the status quo, collaborators, talent cultivators and DEI stewards.
Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.
We value our people. We offer a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package, including health and wellness benefits, commuter and cell phone reimbursements, retirement plans, as well as work-life balance flexibility and opportunities for career development.
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