Bloomberg TV taps Jacquez as booking producer
Yahaira Jacquez is now a booking producer at Bloomberg TV. Previously, she was a reporter/producer at Reuters. Jacquez had been with Reuters for over 5 years, joining as a live editor and then serving as a producer. She was also an editorial intern at Reuters. Her work has also been featured in the Daily Mail, […]
Reuters journalist Akwagyiram departs
Alexis Akwagyiram, Nigeria bureau chief at Reuters, has left. Akwagyiram had been with Reuters for over 6 years, joining as a senior Nigeria correspondent. Previously, he has worked as a broadcast journalist and then as a multimedia journalist at BBC News. He also served as news media editor at BBC Media Action. Akwagyiram has also […]
Reuters Legal hires Law360’s Jones to cover legal industry
Reuters Legal has hired Law360 senior reporter Diana Novak Jones to cover the legal industry. She will also help out on the Daily Docket newsletter. Jones has been the senior cannabis reporter based in Denver. She has been with Law360 since October 2015 and previously was a Chicago-based courts reporter. She previously worked for the Chicago Sun-Times, […]
WSJ hires Hiller as an energy reporter
The Wall Street Journal has hired Jennifer Hiller as an energy reporter covering green power. Hiller has been with Reuters for the past three years in Houston covering Exxon Mobil and Chevron in their transition to major U.S. shale producers. She previously was at the San Antonio Express-News, where she was deputy business editor and an award-winning […]
Reuters, Facebook launch free online course for journalists
The Facebook Journalism Project and Reuters have partnered to launch “Reuters Digital Journalism Course,” a free online training program for journalists. Reuters developed the course’s curriculum after its Digital News Report found more people were using social media to access news. The platform will focus on digital newsgathering, verification, reporting, and publishing on social media, […]
The Washington Post adds to its London hub
The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The Washington Post foreign editor Douglas Jehl, deputy foreign editor Eva Rodriguez, director of global live news Josh du Lac, and London hub editor Sara Sorcher: We’re very pleased to announce that Helier Cheung will join The Post to become a breaking-news editor at our hub in […]
Reuters seeks a cybersecurity reporter in London
Reuters News is seeking an experienced journalist to join our global cybersecurity reporting team. This position is likely to be based in London, though other locations in the region may be considered. In recent years hacking has emerged as a major national security and law-enforcement issue affecting governments, businesses and consumers around the globe. Numerous […]
Chua of Reuters: Central to an expanded vision for Reuters
Katie Robertson of The New York Times profiled Reuters executive editor Gina Chua. Robertson writes, “Ms. Galloni and Ms. Chua are at the helm at a time when many news organizations are grappling with how the perspectives of newsroom leadership can shape coverage, and working to improve the diversity in senior editor ranks. Reuters, once seen by […]
Reuters hires Baldassari as a reporter in Gdansk
Valentine Baldassari has joined Reuters as a reporter in Gdańsk. Previously, Baldassari has also served as deputy editor and most recently as editor of Novastan, an online magazine dedicated to Central Asia publishing in French and German. In addition, Baldassari has also served as an editorial intern at The Culture Trip and was also an […]
Chua of Reuters on being happier and a better manager
Jillian Eugenios of NBC News profiles Reuters executive editor Gina Chua, one of the highest ranking transgender people in the media world. Eugenios writes, “She wanted the little things: going downstairs in her apartment building to do laundry and not having to change clothes or think about how she looked. If she was going out as Gina, she […]
