Reuters, Bloomberg Businessweek win Overseas Press Club awards

Stephen Grey and a team at Reuters have won the Malcolm Forbes Award from the Overseas Press Club. The award honors the best international business news reporting in newspapers, news services or online. Grey and his team’s series was “Comrade Capitalism,” which examined how Russia does business in the Putin era. Cam Simpson and Jesse Westbrook […]

Examining the Reuters mobile strategy

Ricardo Bilton of Digiday writes about Reuters’ digital strategy. Bilton writes, “‘We’re thinking about what happens from the time our customers wake up to the time they go to bed,’ said Thomson Reuters head of advanced product innovation Robert Schukai, who joined in 2011 to lead Reuter’s mobile efforts. ‘There’s a host of opportunities to present […]

Thomson Reuters CEO: News is vital to the company

James Smith, the chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters, talked about the company’s Reuters news service on its first quarter earnings conference call in the wake of the departure of the head of that business, Andrew Rashbass. Smith said: Sure. Let me take that one. We think that our news offerings are a vital part […]

Reuters seeks enterprise editor in Washington

Reuters is looking for an outstanding reporter/editor to drive enterprising coverage of the United States. By creating this position, Reuters is filling an important gap between fast-paced spot news coverage provided by the U.S. General News team, inside-the-beltway stories from the Washington Bureau and deep specialist business coverage from centers such as Houston, Detroit and […]

Union: Reuters muddying distinction between reporters and managers

The Newspaper Guild of New York, which represents business journalists at Reuters, is upset with the appointment of Boston bureau chief Rich Valdmanis to the energy reporting team while maintaining his bureau chief duties. In an email to members on Tuesday, the union wrote: Even considering Valdmanis’ impressive journalistic experience – and discounting Leff’s hyperbolic […]

Boston bureau chief for Reuters joins energy team

Jonathan Leff, global editor for commodities at Reuters, sent out the following announcement: We are pleased to announce that Richard Valdmanis will be expanding his responsibilities to become part of the greater U.S. energy team, bringing his deep knowledge and enterprise reporting skills to bear on the enormous and evolving energy story. While retaining his […]

Reuters seeks global tech editor in San Francisco

Reuters is seeking a global technology editor to oversee worldwide coverage of a powerful and dynamic industry that plays an ever-growing role in the international economy and in the lives of everyday people. From behemoths like Microsoft and Apple that shape how we work and play, to the disruptors shaking up everything from transportation to […]

Reuters seeks deputy bureau chief in Moscow

Reuters is looking for a first-rate journalist with bags of energy to help lead our coverage of Russia and its near neighbors. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to prove they have what it takes to cover one of the world’s biggest stories.The deputy bureau chief’s job will be all about the […]

Reuters seeks financial regulator and compliance reporter

The North American correspondent for financial regulation and compliance will provide news coverage of the key developments in financial services regulation and compliance for Thomson Reuters Accelus editorial services, including Accelus Regulatory Intelligence. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES – Write articles ranging from brief spot news alerts to feature reports based on extensive research and insights […]

Reuters seeks video producer in New York

Reuters digital video is looking for a multimedia video reporter/producer to present daily financial news shows. The position requires a strong video journalist who would also report on separate enterprise and feature business video packages with Reuters reporters, producers, and editors. Responsibilities: – Reporting/presenting for daily live financial news video shows – Working with Reuters […]