Reuters seeks a US financial regulation correspondent

Reuters is looking for an experienced U.S. Financial Regulation Correspondent to cover the major financial regulators –primarily the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – as part of our broader Global Finance & Markets team. We’re looking for someone with a passion for breaking news and writing quick analytical takes, as well […]

Bloomberg hires Johnson to cover DC bank regulation

Bloomberg News has hired Katanga Johnson to cover bank regulation in its Washington bureau. Johnson had been at Reuters. He had been covering U.S. regulation at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Johnson interned at WAMU and Congressional Quarterly in addition to Reuters. He is an alumnus of Morehouse College and […]

Reuters promotes Cobb to Andean bureau chief

Reuters has appointed Julia Symmes Cobb as its Andean bureau chief. Recently, Cobb was a senior correspondent heading the Bogota bureau. Before that, she was a Reuters stringer and joined the staff as a correspondent in 2017, a role in which she produced stories across Columbia. As an editorial trainee, she contributed to various parts […]

Reuters promotes Chow to senior energy correspondent

Reuters has appointed Emily Chow senior energy correspondent, based in Singapore. Previously, Chow was a commodities correspondent, having worked from both the Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur bureaus. Chow worked at The Edge Communications in Malaysia, where she wrote for its publications Personal Wealth, a weekly personal finance pullout in The Edge Malaysia; Unlisted & Unlimited, […]

Reuters appoints Ross East Africa deputy bureau chief

Reuters has tapped Aaron Ross to serve as East Africa deputy bureau chief. Recently, Ross was a correspondent, West and Central Africa. His tweet reads: “Thanks to dear friends and colleagues in Kinshasa, Dakar and beyond for a wonderful 8 years in West & Central Africa.” Ross was a journalist at The Economist and GloalPost. […]

Reuters Breakingviews hires Guerrera, Dixon and promotes five

Peter Thal Larsen, global editor of Reuters Breakingviews, sent out the following to the staff: Comrades, I’m delighted to share with you some exciting changes to the Breakingviews team: Francesco Guerrera is joining us as Global Economics Editor. Francesco is an experienced journalist with a stellar record of breaking news, writing incisive commentary, and building […]

WSJ’s Derby departs for Reuters

Michael Derby, a senior special writer at The Wall Street Journal, has left to join Reuters to cover the Federal Reserve Board and economy issues. He had been at The Journal since April 2000. Derby had been covering the U.S. Federal Reserve system, reporting on central bank news, speeches, research, conferences, regulatory developments and related […]

Robertson joins Reuters as a breaking news correspondent

Reuters has hired Harry Robertson as a breaking news correspondent for finance and markets. Robertson will cover stocks, bonds, currencies and crypto. Recently, he was a senior markets reporter at Insider, where he also worked as a markets reporter. He was an economics and markets reporter at City A.M. and interned at the Financial Times, […]

Bloomberg hires Afanasieva as a reporter in London

Dasha Afanasieva has been hired by Bloomberg News as a reporter covering consumer goods in London. She has been a columnist in London for Reuters Breakingviews writing about the consumer goods sector, as well as Russia and Turkey. She has been at Reuters since 2012 as deals reporter in London and Turkey correspondent, covering the […]

Bloomberg Law hires Mintzer as deputy team lead for labor and employment

Bloomberg Law has hired Rebekah Mintzer to be deputy team leader for labor and employment coverage. She has been at Reuters for the past year as a legal news editor. She previously was at Bloomberg Industry Group as an assistant managing editor. She also served as American Lawyer Media’s In-House Desk and was a staff reporter at […]