Ishwar departs the Economic Times for Reuters
Sai Ishwar has joined Reuters as India company news correspondent. He wrote on X/Twitter: “I’ll be based out of Bengaluru covering IT sector, other MNCs who have a large India presence. Reach me at saiishwarbharath.b@thomsonreuters.com.” Recently, Ishwar was a principal correspondent at The Economic Times in India, and was a correspondent at the Business Standard, […]
Reuters hires Suresh as India company news correspondent
Haripriya Suresh has joined Reuters as India company news correspondent. She wrote on X/Twitter: “I’ll be covering India’s IT sector, GCCs, as well as other companies based out of Bengaluru. I can be reached at haripriya.suresh@thomsonreuters.com.” Recently, she was a senior correspondent at Moneycontrol.com in India, where she was part of the tech and startups […]
How the financial crisis affected Thal Larsen’s career
Russell Sherman of the “Press Profiles” podcast spoke with Reuters Breakingviews global editor Peter Thal Larsen about his career in financial journalism. Thal Larsen said what happened earlier in the 21st century has impacted how he covers companies and stories. “For many people, it was a defining period,” said Thal Larsen about covering the 2008 financial […]
Reuters Breakingviews starts new daily column
Reuters Breakingviews has launched a new daily column, “The Big View,” to focus on some of the most important global issues. Building on Breakingviews’ more than two decades of providing agenda-setting insight into big financial stories, “The Big View” will provide an original and well-argued take on an important global topic. It will draw on […]
Reuters EIC Galloni on killing of journalist Abdallah
Here is a statement from Reuters editor in chief Alessandra Galloni on Monday: Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah was killed on Friday, October 13th, when a shell hit him while he was filming cross-border fire between Israel and Lebanon. Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh, two other Reuters journalists, and colleagues from AFP and Al Jazeera, were […]
Reuters calls for assurances journos won’t be targeted after Abdullah killing
Reuters president Paul Bascobert and Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni issued the following statement: We acknowledge the news that the IDF will investigate the 13th October incident in southern Lebanon that led to the killing of Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah and the injury of Reuters journalists Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh, as well as journalists […]
Chu to cover China agriculture for Reuters
Reuters correspondent Mei Fong Chu has moved to Beijing to cover China agriculture. She previously has been in Kuala Lumpur, covering Malaysia’s biggest export commodities, namely palm oil and oil and gas. She reported on markets and trends, followed the movements of major companies, and investigated the industry’s environmental, labor and human rights impact. Chu was previously […]
LA Times, Washington Post win Loeb Awards
The Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and Reuters each won two Gerald Loeb Awards at an award ceremony in New York on Thursday. The Times won in the local reporting category. The coverage was titled “Legal Weed, Broken Promises” and the staffers were Adam Elmahrek, Paige St. John, Robert J. Lopez, Ruben Vives, Marisa Gerber, Kiera Feldman and Brian van der […]
Reuters hires Labaran as editor
Bilkisu Labaran has joined Reuters as an editor. Recently, she was at the BBC, where she worked for three decades. There, she held the posts of international multimedia journalist, output editor for Newsday, news editor for Africa English and senior news editor for BBC World Service. Labaran also worked as a senior journalist at BBC […]
Reuters renews deal with BBC
Reuters announced the renewal of its long-term partnership with BBC News. Terms were not disclosed. Reuters will provide the British broadcaster with news and enhanced Reuters products across text, video and pictures, including the Reuters Live video service and access to the Reuters Video and Pictures archives. Reuters will continue to supply the BBC’s UK […]
