Reuters names Williams global managing editor
Reuters editor in chief Alessandra Galloni sent out the following on Friday: Colleagues, I am excited to announce that Mike Williams will take on the Publishing role vacated by Simon Robinson. He will become Global Managing Editor, Publishing on August 3, reporting to me. The Publishing role oversees how we edit, produce, curate, and distribute […]
WSJ, Reuters and FT see increase in trust
The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and The Financial Times saw an increase in reader trust, while Bloomberg, Forbes and The Economist saw a decline in the annual Trust in Media survey by YouGov. The Journal’s trust factor increased to 22 from 20 while Reuters increased to 19 from 17 and The Financial Times increased to […]
Reuters hires Johnson as correspondent
Reuters has hired Lizzie Johnson as chief Ukraine correspondent. She previously worked for The Washington Post on the investigative and international desks Prior to that, Johnson was on the investigative team at The San Francisco Chronicle, mainly focused on climate and wildfires. Her first book, “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire,” is […]
Conchie departs Reuters for City AM
City AM has hired Charlie Conchie as deputy editor. He has been at Reuters for the past year as mergers and acquisitions correspondent in London. He has been focused on financial services deal making, as well as other sectors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and equity capital markets. Conchie had been at CityAM for the […]
Washington Post hires Hesson from Reuters
Washington Post Kimi Yoshino sent out the following on Monday: We’re thrilled to announce that Ted Hesson is joining National as an immigration reporter, focusing on the leadership, policies and enforcement efforts of the Department of Homeland Security. Ted comes to us from Reuters, where he has spent the past several years covering the politics and policy […]
Union files complaint against Reuters
The News Guild of New York filed an unfair labor practices charge against Reuters on Tuesday after management at the news organization threatened journalists and interfered with union actions, reports Jacob Bryant of The Wrap. Bryant writes, “The Reuters Guild represents over 300 media workers and has been bargaining for a new contract since their […]
Barrett named head of product for Reuters
Reuters president Paul Bascobert shared the below note with staff Wednesday: After an extensive external and internal search, I’m delighted to announce that Jane Barrett has been appointed Head of Product, Reuters. Jane will take up her new role with immediate effect, reporting to me. She will continue to serve on the Reuters Executive Committee. […]
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 […]
