Reuters seeks chief company correspondent in Tokyo

Reuters is seeking an experienced journalist to drive its Japanese company-news coverage and help lead news coverage in Japan, bringing top-notch writing and editing skills, broad leadership, planning and organizational experience, a global perspective and plenty of energy to tell stories with depth and insight from the world’s third-largest economy.

Key challenges will include winning hard-fought timings against the competition, working closely with companies reporters to produce compelling exclusive and enterprise stories and ensuring smooth, smart coverage of major developing news.

The successful candidate will be part of the team of editors that run coverage from Japan with a focus on setting the agenda with enterprise scoops and investigations, then winning the stories of the day from the moment news breaks. The News Editor will also take a lead role in planning the logistics of coverage and ensuring that we have the plans and technology in place to cover the biggest stories while ensuring staff safety.

Responsibilities:
– Coordinate news planning with company news and other reporting teams, Top News team, Asia Desk and Asia EICs, ensuring smart coverage of the top stories.
– Work with reporting teams and regional editors to produce exclusive and enterprise stories.
– Collaborate with domestic language and visuals teams on coverage and planning.
– Ensure story telling is enhanced by cooperation with visuals and graphics
– Ensure Reuters news standards are rigorously upheld at all times

To apply, go here.