Reporter, Early Career Program (January 2027 Start)

About the Position

Argus is looking for smart, energetic and curious early-career journalists who are interested in the vital and rapidly changing world of commodity markets, the building blocks of commerce and society.

Application Deadline: Friday, October 2, 2026

Please include a cover letter outlining your interest in this role.

We will not advance any application that does not include a cover letter. Please do not use AI to write your cover letter, we would really like to see how you write.

Responsibilities

• Delve deep into spot markets, identifying trends and assessing the prices that ultimately drive the global economy.
• Produce daily or weekly news and analytical content on specific markets.
• Attend meetings, conferences, and industry events to build contacts, gather news, and represent Argus.
• Develop and maintain rapport with key contacts and liaising regularly with industry stakeholders.
• Work with and interview subject matter experts, research industry trends, and assess the worthiness of potential topics.
• Synthesize complex information quickly and write market commentary, analysis pieces, and news stories in clear, concise language while adhering to strict deadlines.
• Maintain existing databases and build new databases for designated products.
• Develop new contacts and relationships within the marketplace.
• Utilize advanced Excel skills.
• Demonstrate self-motivation and initiative to drive projects forward with the ability to meet tight deadlines.

Requirements

• A graduate with a strong degree, preferably in journalism or economics.
• Developing and maintaining rapport with key contacts and liaising regularly with industry stakeholders (buyers, sellers, traders, distributors) to gain market intelligence.
• Working with and interviewing subject matter experts, researching industry trends, and assessing the worthiness of potential topics.
• Synthesizing complex information quickly. Writing market commentary, analysis pieces, and news stories in clear, concise language while adhering to strict deadlines.
• Maintaining existing databases and building new databases for designated products.
• Developing new contacts and relationships within the marketplace.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Self-motivation and initiative to drive projects forward with the ability to meet tight deadlines.

We Offer

• Competitive salary and company bonus scheme.
• Group medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability and life insurance plan.
• Group 401(k) safe harbor retirement plan with a 6% company match.
• 20 vacation days in your first year, up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Subsidized gym membership.
• Extensive internal and external training.

About the Company

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools, and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.

Headquartered in London with 1,500 staff, Argus is an independent media organization with 32 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.

Companies, trading firms, and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyze situations, manage risk, facilitate trading, and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities, and energy.

Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.

For more details about the company and to apply, please visit our website: www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions

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