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Reuters seeks a reporter in Poland

Reuters is seeking candidates who can speak fluent English and French to join its real-time news operation in Gdansk, Poland.

The reporters will work in fast paced, international environment to produce headlines, write short stories about companies from one of Europe’s biggest economies, produce multimedia packages, translate international news for Reuters’ French-speaking audience, and become part of Reuters’ global network.

Trading desks, hedge funds and asset managers at major multinational banks use subscription-based Eikon terminal to get fast & accurate information to base their investment decision on. Your stories for Reuters will also be seen by our media clients, on Reuters.com and other websites read by the public. Reuters news and information reach one billion people every day.

About the Role

As our French Speaking News Reporter, you will:

Scan press releases from companies and regulators in English and French to quickly identify key information, write headlines and news summaries in both languages
Monitor stock price changes and writing short English-language news summaries explaining the moves
Write short alerts on French, Belgian, and Dutch macroeconomic data, such as GDP and inflation, quickly and accurately
Translate market reports, general, political, economic and company news stories from English to French
Apply news judgment to pick relevant Reuters news and package it with pictures and videos for Reuters News online clients

About You

To be our French Speaking News Reporter, you will have:

Fluency in English and French
Strong translation skills
Strong news judgment and the ability to write with speed, clarity, accuracy and freedom from bias
A sound command of grammar, spelling, punctuation
Comfort with handling financial data and facts accurately and quickly
Knowledge of corporate activity, stock markets and financial vocabulary, or an ability to gain such knowledge quickly
An ability to work under time pressure
Willingness to work in shifts and on weekends

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.