Scherer departs Reuters for new opportunity

Steven Scherer, former Ottawa bureau chief at Reuters, has left the news organization and is looking for a new opportunity.

He has a permanent permit to work in Italy and most of the European Union. As a foreign correspondent, he covered general news, politics and economics for a quarter of a century, always for an international audience.

Scherer was a top reporter in Rome for Bloomberg and Reuters for two decades and was promoted to Ottawa bureau chief and chief Canada correspondent by Reuters.

He wants to use his skills as a veteran journalist in media relations for a company or institution, or working on journalism “adjacent” projects like curating content for think tanks or research universities.

Scherer holds a bachelor’s degree from Wabash College and a master’s degree from Northwestern University.

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.