Reuters taps Briançon as columnist

Pierre Briançon has joined Reuters Breakingviews as a columnist covering European business and economics. He was recently a senior writer and editor at Barron’s Group. Before that, he worked as a senior correspondent and then as chief economics correspondent at Politico Europe. He has also served as European editor, Reuters Breakingviews, writing and editing stories […]

Reuters launches channel on Amazon News app

Reuters has launched a video news channel on the Amazon news app that will be available for streaming on all Fire TV devices in the U.S. Customers will be able to view Reuters news reports via video segments of two to three minutes, with the global video coverage distributing continuously in 30-minute feeds. Josh London, […]

Distribution of Reuters news is suspended in Russia

London Stock Exchange Group said it will suspend providing Russia of Reuters and other products containing news and commentary. A Reuters story states, “A new Russian law makes it possible to jail journalists who intentionally spread what the Russian authorities describe as ‘fake news’ for up to 15 years. The law makes it illegal to […]

Reuters holding talks on paywall

Eduardo Suarez of the Reuters Institute spoke with Reuters editor in chief Alessandra Galloni about the news wire and its strategy. Here is an excerpt: Q. I would like to ask you briefly about Reuters’ next steps. A paywall was announced and then postponed. But at the same time you’re launching newsletters and taking steps that bring you […]

Somasekhar to cover US crude markets for Reuters

Reuters has moved Arathy Somasekhar to Houston to cover U.S. crude markets. She has previously been in India leading a team of six reporters covering energy, mining and agriculture companies. Before that, Somasekhar was a senior correspondent for Europe, Middle East and Asia companies news for Reuters. Somasekhar also covered U.S. and Canada energy, mining, […]

Craymer joins Reuters as NZ correspondent

Lucy Craymer is now a New Zealand correspondent at Reuters. She was previously a national correspondent at Stuff in New Zealand. She was also with The Wall Street Journal for 11 years, where she worked as a New Zealand correspondent and reported from Hong Kong, covering agricultural commodities, farming and trade across the Asia Pacific. […]

Reuters names Tobin head of global news desk

Reuters global managing editor Simon Robinson sent out the following on Tuesday morning: Colleagues, I’m very pleased to announce that Ed Tobin will become Head of our Global News Desk. This is one of the most crucial roles in our newsroom. The Global News Desk is responsible for editing and publishing our global text file […]

Reuters taps Raitano as breaking news correspondent

Lucy Raitano has joined Reuters as a breaking news correspondent, markets and finance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in London. Before joining Reuters, Raitano was at International Financing Review, where she reported on European, Middle East and African IPOs. She has also worked freelance for LatAM INVESTOR in London and was a markets […]

Reuters seeks two desk editors in Toronto

Reuters is looking for two ambitious Desk Editors for our fast-paced, round-the-clock Global News Desk. Expect to work alongside award-winning journalists in an international 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. The […]

Reuters M&A legal reporter Jackson departs

Sierra Jackson, M&A legal reporter at Reuters, has left. Previously, she was a general assignment reporter at Law360. She has also interned at and held an editorial role at NBCUniversal. She was also a managing editor and then served as news editor at Washington Square News. She was also an entertainment media intern at Glitter […]