Job description & requirements
Tech in Asia is hiring a tech journalist to chronicle Vietnam's massive technology industry for an international audience. You'll have an opportunity to focus on a specific niche in the tech industry in order to build your expertise.
Responsibilities
- You'll profile movers and shakers, write trend pieces showing how the industry is changing itself and the world, and analyze the most significant developments in Asian tech.
- You'll chase after scoops and develop a network of people in the industry that you can rely on for your stories.
Requirements
- You have good command of the English language. The post is for Tech in Asia's English site.
- You can write clean, punchy, and entertaining prose with minimal rewrites needed from an editor.
- You can explain in plain language how a development or trend is significant to people in Asia and elsewhere.
- You already possess or can acquire deep knowledge about Asian tech trends, and marry that with global developments.
- You understand what readers want, and how to sell a story to them.
- You value accuracy.
- You value journalistic integrity and would have no trouble following our ethics policy: https://www.techinasia.com/about/ethics
- You possess traits that are described in Tech in Asia's culture code: https://www.techinasia.com/culture
You should ideally be located in Vietnam (HCMC or Hanoi). The salary offer depends on your location and experience.
If you're interested in exploring this opportunity, please apply via the Tech in Asia website.
Required skills
Networking Journalism Analytical Skills
Culture
What’s it like working at Tech in Asia?
Tech in Asia has a rich and tightly knit culture, even though we mostly work together online across five countries. We believe that we have something unique, so we’ve captured the essence of our culture in the deck embedded here. Just so people – be it our readers or future members of the Tech in Asia team – understand who we are.
Our culture code
- We believe in work+life, not work vs. life.
- We are KPI and data-driven - performance matters.
- We communicate transparently.