Overview
In this role you will cover the family office ecosystem, reporting on investment strategies, governance, and operations for single- and multi-family offices. You will help build and shape Crain’s P&I family office product, setting editorial priorities and voice. You’ll develop a strong source network and produce timely news, analysis, and feature coverage for both Pensions & Investments and the new product. This position blends reporting excellence with editorial product development, offering opportunities to shape newsletters, reports, and events while engaging with a sophisticated readership.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive benefits
- retirement plan savings contributions
- bonus opportunities
- location: New York
- in-office presence 3 days/week
Responsibilities
- Cover family offices and related professionals across the private wealth ecosystem
- Break news and craft enterprise stories on investment strategy, governance, and operating models
- Help build and steer the new family office product, including editorial voice and priorities
- Develop and maintain a strong source network within family offices and related institutions
- Write daily news, analysis, explainers, and longer-form features for P&I and the new product
- Frame stories around audience need and relevance
- Collaborate with editors to grow the product through newsletters, alerts, data coverage, and events
- Attend industry conferences and represent Crain with readers and sources
Key requirements
- Reporting experience in financial journalism, institutional investing, private wealth, family offices, asset management, or alternatives
- Strong news judgment and deadline discipline
- Ability to explain complex investment, financial, and regulatory topics clearly
- Proven source-building skills
- Familiarity with family office investing and operations, private markets, wealth management or institutional portfolios preferred
- Experience contributing to newsletters, special reports, events, data coverage or multimedia products is a plus
- Interest in launching and developing an audience-focused editorial product
- Ability to work collaboratively with editors and colleagues while taking ownership of a high-priority coverage area
- curiosity
- source-driven
- clear communication
- experience with newsletters and data-driven coverage
- multimedia product development
- event programming experience
Family Office Reporter employer: Crain Communications
Crain Communications is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in New York where innovation and journalistic integrity thrive. Employees benefit from competitive salaries, comprehensive retirement plans, and opportunities for professional growth while contributing to influential media brands that shape industry narratives. With a strong emphasis on collaboration and audience engagement, this role not only allows for impactful reporting but also the chance to help build a new editorial product from the ground up, making it a truly rewarding career choice.
