What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regulatory Reporter position at Crain Communications?
Modern Healthcare, the authoritative source for healthcare business news, is seeking a full-time, Washington, D.C.-based correspondent to cover the healthcare policy and regulatory beat.
The reporter will cover developments in programs such as Medicare and Medicaid by tracking regulations and other actions taken by the Health and Human Services Department and other agencies that influence policy. The reporter also will write stories about how federal, state and local policies affect healthcare companies, their employees, their patients and their communities. The regulations reporter will work closely with our Washington-based political reporter and collaborate with our entire Chicago-based team of healthcare business journalists.
This position requires a reporter capable of writing breaking news, analysis and deeper enterprise stories for our digital publication and our biweekly magazine for an audience primarily composed of executives at hospitals, insurance companies, physician groups and more. The regulations reporter will need to build sources inside federal healthcare agencies and lobbying organizations. Modern Healthcare reporters also contribute to our multimedia projects, including videos and podcasts.
Basic Qualifications
In journalism or related field
A minimum of three years of reporting experience
Experience covering healthcare, government or both
Must be a self-starter who wants to break news, is motivated by excellence and enjoys
working with editors and other reporters
Ability to meet deadlines and file clean, concise and comprehensive copy on complex
subjects with a high degree of accuracy, balance and relatability
Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and must be
curious and able to generate enterprise feature ideas
Must have attention to detail, industry knowledge and the ability to interpret data for
trend stories
Must demonstrate an ability to mine legislation and regulatory filings for incisive stories
Ability to work remotely in Washington while keeping editors and colleagues informed
of assignments and developments
Minimum of three recent clips
Preferences
Experience covering regulatory agencies, Congress and/or healthcare policy issues
Experience developing sources in regulatory agencies, trade associations and lobbying
organizations
Web publishing, multimedia and social media experience
Interest and skills in database journalism
This position is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.
Pay Transparency Disclosure:
The estimated salary range for this position is $60,000 to $80,000.
The final salary offering will take into accounta wide range of specific and relevant factors, including experience, accomplishments and location. The salary range provided should not be considered as a salary limit or cap. In addition to base salary, Crain also offers competitive benefits including retirement plan savings contributions and bonus opportunities based on individual and company performance.
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Brand Overview:
Modern Healthcare is the industry's leading source of healthcare business and policy news, research and information. We report on important healthcare events and trends, as they happen, through our weekly print magazine, websites, e-newsletters, mobile products and events. Our readers use that information to make informed business decisions and lead their organizations to success. It's for this reason that Modern Healthcare magazine is ranked No. 1 in readership among healthcare executives.
Crain Overview:
has been at the forefront of the publishing industry for more than a century.As a privately held company, we maintain a personal responsibility for elevating our work to be the best it can be.
Environmental Demands
Where you work matters. The job posting will provide specific information on where and when your amazing work would be performed. Employee work location is determined by the needs of the specific team and may include on-site, hybrid or remote.
- An "in-office" role would require the employee to come into the office most days with occasional flexibility to work remotely if tasks can be performed elsewhere and if the manager approves.
- A "remote" role would allow an employee to work from a home office that is in one of the states Crain does business in. See list accompanying this job posting. We cannot employ a work from home employee unless they reside in one of these states.
- A "hybrid" role would be a mix of in-office and remote work. There may be a specified schedule for coming into the office or it could be at the discretion of the employee with the manager's approval.
Many positions will also include work done in "the field." Depending on the role, this may include conducting in-person interviews, attending work-related events, meeting with sources or clients. Specifics will be noted in the job posting. Employees may be exposed to adverse environmental conditions, specifically during field work. Other typical job functions are performed under conditions such as those found in general office work.
Travel to cover news stories/events, meetings with clients, and to our geographically separated offices may be required. It is the nature of many positions to experience non-standard working hours and be on-call when needed for responding to email, meeting with clients, attending work-related events, story development or breaking news. Most employees perform work Monday through Friday, although early-morning, evening or weekend shifts may be required.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of many Crain jobs.
Physical activities will include frequent in-person or virtual interactions. For most positions, it is essential to be able to remain at a desk/computer workstation for prolonged periods, perform computer-related tasks, and create/maintain documents within filing systems. Must have close visual acuity to perform an activity, such as preparing and analyzing reports and information, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, or extensive reading. The typical physical requirements are light work-exerting up to 25 lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs of force frequently and may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion. Some positions will have additional physical requirements, including exerting up to 50 lbs of force to move and/or carry equipment, supplies, files, or other materials as the role requires.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions and meet the environmental and physical demands of the role.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Salary : $60,000 - $80,000
