Reuters hires Buzbee as US and Canada news editor

Sally Buzbee will join Reuters as news editor for the United States and Canada.

She will start on Dec. 11.

Buzbee previously served as the executive editor of The Washington Post and as the executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press.

During her three years at The Post, sheexpanded the Post’s international investigations work, oversaw the creation of new consumer-facing election-night features and built out coverage of wellness and climate. She oversaw coverage that won several Pulitzer Prizes, including the 2022 public service award for an examination of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and the 2024 national reporting prize for a visually told investigation of the AR-15’s role in U.S. mass slayings.

During her career at the Associated Press, Sally was a reporter and editor across the United States and ran the AP’s Middle East region from 2005-2010, during which time she oversaw coverage of the U.S-led Iraq war, Israeli conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah and the Iran nuclear and Darfur crises. She returned to the U.S. as Washington Bureau Chief, overseeing the 2012 and 2016 elections; during her tenure, the bureau won an investigative reporting Pulitzer for national security coverage.

As the AP’s top editor from 2017 to 2021, Buzbee expanded the AP’s investigative work and created new journalism and funding partnerships with nonprofit foundations that bolstered AP’s impact. She helped create and lead a global newsroom structure that combines text, photo and video journalists into integrated teams led by common editors across regions, leading to storytelling relevant for digital platforms. During her tenure, the AP won several Pulitzers for international reporting and photography.

In her new role, reporting to Mark Bendeich, global managing editor for politics, economics & world News, Buzbee will oversee all text and visual journalists in North America. Financial journalists will continue to report to Tiffany Wu, global managing editor, business news.

She succeeds Kieran Murray who, after leading the U.S. and Canadian operations, is moving on to a new role focused on planning, creating and executing newsroom conferences and other events at Reuters.

Commenting on this appointment, editor in chief Alessandra Galloni said: “I have admired Sally for years, and I am so excited that she will be joining the Reuters family in this key role. Her journalistic chops, her management experience, her global understanding, and her positive and pragmatic approach are just what we need in this time of upheaval for the world and for the news industry.”