Chan joins Reuters as digital producer
Reuters has hired Veta Chan as a digital producer. She joins from Doteasy Technology Inc. in Vancouver, where she was a content specialist. She was formerly an assistant video producer at Fortune and has worked as a freelance local reporter/producer at NBC News. She was also a video assistant at The Associated Press and has […]
Tavener swaps BBC for Reuters
Ben Tavener will be joining Reuters in March. Recently, he was at the BBC, where he has worked as a presenter and multimedia producer in Russia. He was a Brazil correspondent at Anadolu Agency in Sao Paulo. He has also freelanced for the BBC, Vice and Mashable. He was also a senior political/business reporter at […]
Vengattil returned to Reuters to cover India tech news
Munsif Vengattil has returned to Reuters to cover technology news from its New Delhi bureau. He had left Reuters in April 2021 after being the lead technology, media and telecom reporter for the news service in the country. He had also been a general news reporter. Vengattil had been working at The Ken, a pan-Asian business […]
Reuters News parent misses earnings estimate
Thomson Reuters Corp. missed fourth-quarter earnings forecasts on Tuesday as the news and data provider stepped up investments it said would help deliver stronger-than-expected revenue growth this year and next, report Kenneth Li and Nick Zieminski of Reuters. Li and Zieminski report, “The parent company of Reuters News reported adjusted earnings fell to 43 cents per share from […]
J&J tried to get federal judge to block a Reuters story
Johnson & Johnson tried to get a U.S. judge to block Reuters from publishing a story based on what it said were confidential company documents, report Maria Chutchian and Tom Hals of Reuters. Chutchian and Hals report, “‘The First Amendment is not a license to knowingly violate the law,’ said the company in a filing late Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy […]
Sifted reporter Woodford to join Reuters
Isabel Woodford, senior reporter at FT-backed Sifted, will be leaving to join Reuters in Mexico City to cover breaking news across the Latin America region. She has previously reported for The Block, covering the biggest blockchain and crypto firms worldwide. She has also interned at two Reuters global bureaus. Woodford has a B.A. from King’s […]
Reuters names Savage as Africa senior markets correspondent
Reuters has appointed Rachel Savage as its Africa senior markets correspondent covering African markets and finance. She joins from Thomson Reuters Foundation, where she was a deputy editor and reporter. She has also worked freelance. Savage has also worked as East Africa correspondent and then as West Africa correspondent at The Economist. She was also […]
Reuters botches article on ivermectin and omicron
A Japanese company did not find that ivermectin was “effective” against the omicron variant in a clinical trial, as Reuters originally reported on Monday, reports Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple writes, “Reuters says it hustled to set the record straight: ‘The original Reuters story misstated that ivermectin was ‘effective’ against Omicron in Phase III clinical […]
The Information hires Nellis to cover semiconductors and hardware
Tech news site The Information has hired Stephen Nellis to cover semiconductors and hardware. He has been a technology reporter at Reuters since November 2016. Nellis previously worked for The Information, where he covered Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Amazon for two years. Before that, Nellis worked for the Pacific Coast Business Times as a senior editor, technology editor and a tech reporter. He’s a graduate […]
Tech reporter Nellis departs Reuters
Stephen Nellis, a technology reporter at Reuters for the past five years, has left the news organization for a new challenge. He had been at Reuters since November 2016. Nellis previously worked for The Information, where he covered Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Amazon for two years. Before that, Nellis worked for the Pacific Coast Business Times […]
