Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced reporter to cover economic news in Cairo, assisting both with our bureau's local effort and our overall coverage of the Arab Spring and its effects on regional economies. 

The role requires news-gathering from Middle Eastern government officials and economic institutions, developing sources, breaking news, and writing analysis articles for Bloomberg's global audience. 

The successful candidate will join our team in Cairo and work with colleagues in the Government and Economy across the Middle East. Candidates should be accustomed to producing clear and comprehensive enterprise pieces, have a record of breaking important stories, and be able to write spot news under real-time deadline pressure.

The successful applicant is expected to have the proven ability to make snap decisions about stories that would appear on TOP, Bloomberg's front page. 

This high-profile job involves travel.

Closing date: 6 September 2012

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