Reuters hires Villegas to be senior correspondent in Chile
Reuters has hired Alexander Villegas to be a senior correspondent in Chile. He has been a freelance multimedia journalist based in Costa Rica. His work has been published in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, BBC, The Miami Herald, Hakai Magazine and The Smithsonian Magazine. He has reported on indigenous land conflicts in Central […]
Reuters hires Robinson as planning editor
Danielle Robinson, head of video at The Telegraph, has left to join Reuters as a planning editor. Robinson has been with the Telegraph for over 3 years, previously serving as video planning editor and deputy head of video. She has also worked at Sky and Network 10 and ABC in Australia. She has also freelanced […]
Reuters taps Alkousaa to cover Germany
Reuters has appointed Riham Alkousaa as a correspondent on the Germany politics and general news team. Previously, she was an editor on the speed desk. Alkousaa joined Reuters in 2017 as an intern reporter. She has previously freelanced for outlets in Germany, including Al-Fanar Media and The Point Magazine. She has also worked freelance for […]
Reuters senior oil and gas correspondent Jaganathan departing
Jessica Jaganathan, a senior oil and gas correspondent for Reuters, is leaving the news organization for a new opportunity. “I’m excited, but at the same time sad to be leaving such amazing colleagues from around the world,” she wrote on Twitter. She has been at Reuters since October 2011. Jaganathan was previously a reporter for […]
Reuters staffer Szekely to depart after 43 years
Reuters correspondent Peter Szekely sent out the following to his colleagues on Thursday: Yesterday, I signed some documents, and with that my time at Reuters is about to end. I’ll stay on the payroll through the end of the December, and technically, it’s not a done deal yet. But given that I marked my 43rd anniversary with the […]
NY Times hires Hernandez from Reuters to be a graphics editor
The New York Times has hired Marco Hernandez from Reuters to be a graphics editor. He will start in January. Hernandez most recently worked as a data visualization developer at Reuters in Singapore, where he covered everything from the Kabul evacuation to wildfires to a Chinese mining rescue to the Beirut explosion. He also visualized the massive number of plastic bottles sold and mapped the epic journey […]
Reuters taps WSJ’s Gauthier-Villars as correspondent
David Gauthier-Villars has joined Reuters as global crime correspondent. He comes from The Wall Street Journal, where he was directing coverage of Turkey as bureau chief. He was also The Journal’s senior correspondent for European business and a bureau chief for the Nordics and the Baltics. He joined Newswires in 1999 and moved to The […]
Reuters hires Dickie to cover climate and the environment
Reuters has hired Gloria Dickie to cover climate and environment news. She will be based in London and will start in January. Dickie has been a freelance journalist for the past five years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Wired magazine, Reuters, Scientific American magazine, Al Jazeera, Public Radio International, The […]
How the pandemic accelerated Reuters’ video production overhaul
Michael Young, chief technology officer at Reuters, writes for Broadcast about how the company moved its video delivery to a future-ready, industry-leading, cloud-native platform. Young writes, “As the pandemic hit in 2020 and the shift to work-from-home began, we were uniquely positioned as our teams were planning and building a solution for remote working before […]
Reuters CFO to take in interim role during CEO search
Reuters chief financial officer Matthew Keen will take on interim responsibilities while the company searches for a new chief executive officer, reports The Baron. The Baron writes, “Steve Hasker, chief executive of Reuters owner Thomson Reuters, said on Wednesday Matthew Keen, the agency’s chief financial officer and head of finance transformation at Thomson Reuters, would take on ‘interim […]
