What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Reporter position at ACAMS?
Who We Are:
ACAMS is the leading international membership organization dedicated to providing opportunities for anti-financial crime education, best practices, and peer-to-peer networking to AFC professionals globally. With over 120,000 current members across 200 countries and territories, ACAMS is committed to the mission of combatting financial crime through the provision of anti-money laundering/counterterrorism-financing, anti-fraud and sanctions knowledge-sharing, thought leadership, risk-mitigation services, and platforms for public-private dialogue. The association’s CAMS certification is the gold-standard qualification for AFC professionals. It also offers CGSS certification for sanctions professionals, CAFS certification for anti-fraud professionals, and CCAS certification for AFC practitioners in the crypto space. ACAMS’ 65 Chapters globally, further amplify the association’s mission through training and networking initiatives. Visit acams.org for more information.
Opportunity at a Glance
ACAMS moneylaundering.com is seeking an experienced senior reporter in Washington, D.C., to regularly file breaking news and features on federal bills, hearings, rulemakings, judgments and other events that pertain to money laundering and other financial crimes or impact the responsibilities of banks and other companies to identify and combat them.
The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience reporting for daily or trade publications, and an aptitude for learning their beat quickly, developing sources, collaborating with colleagues, and pitching and filing their own stories by deadline. Experience with financial crime-related journalism is a big plus, as is fluency in another language. The successful candidate will also have light editing duties and the possibility of becoming D.C. bureau chief.
Responsibilities
- Observe, interview and research
- Gather and analyze facts that seed accurate, clear, concise, interesting and timely copy
- Develop sources to maintain a flow of current news
- Cover hearings, trials and other events in person
- Attend and cover conferences
- Pursue leads from sources, records and sometimes other news outlets
- Cover breaking news on short notice
- Develop longer, analysis-driven features
- Use smartphones and social media to disseminate news broadly and quickly
- Work with managing editor to plan coverage, graphics, videos and photos
- Perform other related duties assigned by managing editor
Qualifications
- At least five years of experience reporting for a daily or trade publication
- Experience writing about financial crime or anti-financial crime a plus
- Ability to pitch and develop stories through interviews and investigation
- Ability to manage multiple stories concurrently and file by deadline
- Ability to juggle interviews, planning calls and other meetings
- Strong notetaking, news writing and other journalism-related skills
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and online publishing systems
- Good verbal and organizational skills, keen attention to detail
- Potential to edit colleagues' stories if necessary
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EEO
We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. At ACAMS, we welcome everyone and have a strong commitment towards diversity and inclusion. We encourage our Colleagues to be their true authentic selves and support laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.
Salary : $95,000 - $100,000