An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Staff Writer, Health Payer

At Questex, you can make an impact by helping marketers and buyers connect more efficiently and effectively. Questex is a leading global events, media, and business information company, yet we are still a place where your voice is heard, and your ideas are appreciated. So, you can make an immediate difference in our success while advancing your career.

Questex drives business forward through a rich engagement platform centered on leading events and surrounded by data insights and digital communities.

Check us out here: www.questex.com

The position can be located in our New York or Washington DC office or can be remote.

Fierce Healthcare is seeking a sharp and eager journalist to join our expanding team.

We are looking for a reporter to deliver daily news and a steady flow of features that put the news in context for our readers. This beat focuses on health payers—arguably the most powerful players in healthcare—and the new competitors looking to carve out a place in the industry.

Come join a talented group of writers and editors who enjoy their work—and working together. We think we’re fielding the best team we’ve ever had, and we want you to be part of it.

Questex’s Fierce Healthcare Team

Fierce Healthcare delivers healthcare news at the intersection of business and policy. Our journalists strive to bring our readers breaking industry news, exclusive interviews and thoughtfully-reported stories that offer a deeper insight on how changes in the industry impact their corner of the healthcare world. Our family of publications includes Fierce Healthcare, Fierce Health Payer, Fierce Health IT, Fierce Hospitals, Fierce Practice Management and Fierce Health Finance.

As our Staff Writer, Health Payer, you’ll support Questex’s success by:

Delivering daily news and a steady flow of features that put the news in context for our readers. This beat focuses on health payers—arguably the most powerful players in healthcare—and the new competitors looking to carve out a place in the industry.

The ideal candidate excels not only at building sources and breaking news, but at digging into the why and how behind the daily stories. Our readers are savvy and well-informed, and they look to us for perspective and insights they cannot get elsewhere.

This person will also have a strong commitment to editorial quality and ethics, a passion for diving deep into the subjects they cover, and the desire to have a little fun with what they do.

Responsibilities

• Write daily news stories and longer-form stories.
• Develop the beat and a range of sources at companies and regulatory agencies and among industry experts and analysts.
• Mine government databases, court documents, securities filings and other public sources for hidden stories.
• Brainstorm and bring to life features that help Fierce Healthcare interact with and engage our dedicated community of readers.
• Contribute to our podcast.
• Light travel to cover key events and industry conferences.

What We Will Love About Your Background

• Strong writing skills and knowledge of AP style
• Working knowledge of regulatory matters in healthcare
• Competitive spirit and desire to scoop the competition
• Most importantly, a positive attitude, “Fierce” work ethic, and desire to work on a winning team of journalists who pride themselves on delivering business news in a fresh, relatable way

Your Experience And Education Include

• Minimum 1 year experience in a newsroom, preferably covering healthcare, but other business reporting experience also works.
• Degree in journalism, communications or another writing-intensive major, or industry-relevant field such as business

Who You Are As a Team Member

• You proactively seek to adopt and implement diversity into your work, including valuing diverse backgrounds, experiences and thinking. You also embrace creating and nurturing a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to ‘roll up sleeves and dive deep into tactical work when necessary.
• Good interpersonal skills, willingness to learn and continue to grow professionally.
• Strong team player and ability to work well with others.

Why apply?

• Why we are here: Helping people to live longer and live better by focusing on the Experience Economy.
• What we do: We connect buyers and sellers.
• How we do it: Easy to work with. We deliver superior results. Provide world-class experiences.
• Our DNA is our guiding principles: Collaboration, Honesty & Transparency, Curiosity, Growth, Fun, Purpose Driven

OUR CULTURE

At Questex, we listen to each other and to our customers. And we have fun in a fast-paced, vibrant, and supportive environment. We’re big on ideas, not on rigid processes, rules or org charts. We know that life can be unpredictable, so we’re flexible and adaptable to change.

YOUR INITIATIVE

At Questex, you will join a fast-growing company of bright and ambitious but easygoing people from a diversity of professions, experiences, and backgrounds. We keep it real. Like to take the lead? Go for it! We encourage innovative thinking and action. Whether you like to create things, manage things, or sell things, you can make your mark at Questex.

Our Rewards/What We Offer

Questex celebrates the contributions of every member of our team by providing a dynamic and caring work environment, competitive benefits package designed to ensure our employees physical and mental health are top priority.

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $60K to $65K. Salary offers are based on a broad scope of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. Market, geographic and organizational factors are also considered.

• Vacation - 15-20 days depending on years of service
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Health and Welfare Benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 100% Company paid Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability coverage
• Parental Leave
• A comprehensive wellness offering, including ClassPass and company wide sponsored wellness activities
• Access to Mental Health Resources-Talkspace, & Ginger Virtual Behavioral Health
• 401k, with Matching Contributions to include educational webinars sponsored by our 401K partner
• Mission-driven culture with an enthusiastic, professional team
• Work-life balance
• Discounts through various partnerships

With offices in New York, Washington, D.C., London & Singapore, we are always on the lookout for talented people to join our team.

Questex is an Equal Opportunity Employer –Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Expression/Age/Military or Veteran Status/Citizenship Status, or other protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.

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