Christie joins Reuters Breakingviews as EMEA columnist

Reuters Breakingviews has appointed Rebecca Christie as EMEA columnist, based in Brussels. Christie is a research fellow at think tank Bruegel. She worked freelance and is the lead author of “Safeguarding the Euro in Times of Crisis: The Inside Story of the ESM.” She reported for Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal. She interned […]

Reuters hires Bensinger as a tech correspondent

Reuters global technology editor Kenneth Li sent out the following on Monday: Please join us in welcoming Greg Bensinger to his new role as a tech correspondent based in San Francisco, where he starts on Monday. Greg was previously a member of The New York Times editorial board, focused on the most pressing technology matters of the […]

Reuters’ Roy becomes editor at large for natural resources

Reuters has promoted Mrinalika Roy to the post of editor at large for its North America natural resources team in Bangalore. Recently, Roy served as a health and pharmaceuticals correspondent. Before that, she was a multimedia news producer. She was a junior assistant editor at DNA India, where she was part of a group of […]

Reuters hires Vinn to cover M&A

Anirban Sen, editor in charge of U.S. mergers and acquisitions coverage, sent out the following to the staff: I’m pleased to announce that Milana Vinn has joined us as our new M&A Correspondent, based in New York. In her new role, Milana will focus on breaking news and landing the biggest scoops in the technology, media, […]

Reuters promotes Plucinska to European airlines and travel correspondent

Reuters has tapped Joanna Plucinska to serve as a European airlines and travel correspondent, based in London. Plucinska will cover airlines, the travel market, tourism, aviation, sustainability and travel trends. She will also work with a team of reporters who cover aerospace, the commercialization of space and the broader transport team. Previously, she served as […]

Smalley to join Reuters as a cybersecurity correspondent

Reuters has hired Suzanne Smalley as a cybersecurity correspondent. Smalley will begin on Jan. 3. Recently, Smalley was at CyberScoop, where she covered intelligence and disinformation. She covered technology at Inside Higher Education and was a reporter at Yahoo News. She was a media consultant at nonprofit research and policy institute Opportunity Insights, a senior […]

Spezzati hired as chief Euro investing banking correspondent at Reuters

Stefania Spezzati has been hired as chief investment banking correspondent in Europe for Reuters. She is based in London. Born in Puglia, Italy, Spezzati started working as a financial journalist in Milan for MF-DowJones, a newswire backed by Dow Jones and Milano Finanza, a leading Italian financial publication. Prior to joining Reuters, she spent about […]

Reuters appoints Geddie as lead writer in Tokyo

Reuters has tapped John Geddie to serve as a lead writer in Tokyo, where he will focus on politics and general news in Japan, and the North Asia region. Geddie has been with Reuters for more than eight years, serving as reporter for IFR, correspondent, Singapore deputy bureau chief, Singapore bureau chief and senior correspondent. […]

Dawn Wotapka’s Media Movers: finance freelancer Chris Taylor

You can often find Chris Taylor at one of two places: behind his keyboard or on the run. Literally. I’ve known him for years and have always been impressed by his sage advice that appears in several sterling publications, coupled with his ability to cross the finish line with seeming effortlessness. Taylor wrote about personal […]

Reuters seeks a markets correspondent in Tokyo

Reuters is looking for an experienced, ambitious journalist to help drive coverage of financial markets from Japan, the world’s third-largest economy and a critical market for global investors. The successful candidate will cover Japan’s huge – and hugely important – stock, currency and bond markets, and work as part of an Asia-wide finance and markets […]