Reuters has started blocking AI bots
Reuters has recently started blocking all artificial intelligence bots by default, reports Sara Guaglione from Digiday. Guaglione reports, “Reuters is blocking bots by default using robots.txt files. That method is far from foolproof. It tells web crawlers which URLs they can, but it relies on voluntary compliance — and many AI bots ignore it. A Tollbit report found that 30% […]
Reuters hires Tabrizy as Iran correspondent
Reuters has hired Nilo Tabrizy as an Iran correspondent focusing on open-source reporting and visual investigations. She previously worked at The Washington Post as a visual forensics reporter for three years and at The New York Times as a video journalist for six years. Tabrizy also worked at Vice as a reporter and producer. She holds a […]
Reuters Breakingviews columnist Kwok moves to US to write about tech
Reuters Breakingviews columnist Karen Kwok is now a columnist based in New York focusing on global technology and venture capital sectors, writing stories about artificial intelligence, fintech, and semiconductor companies. She used to cover deals in the Middle East region and global metal mining sector and was based in London. Prior to Breakingviews, she was a European gas […]
Reuters’ documentary aims to reach new audiences
Reuters has released its first documentary as it aims to bridge the gap between its text-based investigations and its wider video journalism, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “The 28-minute documentary Death in Darfur, available on the Reuters website and on Youtube, reconstructs paramilitary violence in the Sudan city of al-Fashir using footage forces recorded of themselves […]
Tattersall named executive editor at Reuters
Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni shared the below note with staff Thursday: Dear colleagues, I am writing to share the news that Simon Robinson, Executive Editor, will leave Reuters to become Director of News and Current Affairs at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. His last day will be August 20. It is sad news for us, but […]
Reuters union files unfair labor complaint against news organization
The NewsGuild of New York has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Reuters, accusing the news organization of cutting ties with a podcast producer who was part of a Teams chat with other workers who expressed concerns about parent company Thomson Reuters’ contracts with ICE and DHS. The charge of retaliation for concerted activity […]
Reuters AI deals are only for archived content
Thomson Reuters president and CEO Steve Hasker explained its artificial intelligence deal strategy, saying they’re only for archived content, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt writes, “By March 2024 Reuters had signed ‘a number’ of undisclosed deals with AI companies, meaning it is unclear whether it has any agreements with the likes of OpenAI and Perplexity. […]
Reuters hires Rosenzweig-Ziff to cover Justice Department
Reuters has hired Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff to cover the Justice Department. Rosenzweig-Ziff has been a reporter on The Washington Post’s Local Education team, where he covers higher education and youth culture in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. He has reported for The Post from Europe and previously covered national and international breaking news. He started at The Post as […]
Reuters seeks a desk editor in Los Angeles
Reuters is looking for an ambitious publishing editor to work on our fast-paced Global News Desk. Expect to work alongside award-winning journalists in a global news organization long recognized for its commitment to accuracy and fairness. Play a role helping us evolve digitally to stand out from the crowd for everything from business to world events. […]
Nelson, who transformed Reuters, dies at 97
Michael Nelson, the executive who oversaw Reuters game-changing transformation from a traditional news agency into a provider of electronic information to the financial markets, died April 30 at the age of 97. The Baron website writes, “By 1962 – at the age of only 33 – he returned to London as global head of economic […]
