Bloomberg hires Baker from Reuters to be U.S. deals team leader

Elizabeth Fournier, managing editor of U.S. deals coverage at Bloomberg News, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Hi all, I’m very excited to announce that Liana Baker will be joining Bloomberg as our new U.S. Deals Team Leader in New York, starting next week. Liana joins Bloomberg after almost nine years at Reuters where […]

Reuters seeks cybersecurity/tech policy reporter in DC

Reuters is looking for a talented and resourceful reporter to join our team covering cybersecurity and tech policy from Washington. The successful candidate will break news on security breaches of government technology, the nation’s critical infrastructure and that of corporations, investigate intrusions by foreign agents and examine efforts to influence elections. The reporter will also […]

Reuters seeks SEC, financial crimes reporter

Reuters is looking for an exceptional reporter for its Washington DC bureau to break news and pursue enterprise stories on the enforcement activities of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its parallel Department of Justice division. From Elon Musk’s recent spat with the SEC over his tweets to the agency’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies, the […]

Reuters Breakingviews seeks a columnist

Reuters Breakingviews is looking for a talented, original thinker to join our team of columnists covering U.S. companies, economics and financial markets. We’re looking for a journalist with good ideas, a collegial approach, a desire to be the best at what they do – and no fear of tight deadlines. Being a Breakingviews columnist means […]

Reuters seeks finance/M&A reporter in Canada

Reuters Canada is looking for a dynamic  correspondent to cover its financial services sector, which includes some of the world’s top banks as well as prolific dealmakers such as top-ranked global pension funds which are investing in everything from technology to infrastructure and energy project across the world. Canada’s struggling energy sector and mining industry […]

Russian oil giant wants Reuters banned from the country

The Rosneft oil company wants Reuters banned from operating in Russia after the international news agency released a report saying that Venezuela had sold oil to Russia in an attempt to evade U.S. sanctions. A Moscow Times story states, “Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has started passing invoices from its oil sales to Rosneft, Reuters reported Friday, […]

Reuters reporter Cherelus to join NY Times opinion desk

Gina Cherelus, a U.S. general news reporter for Reuters in New York City, has left and is joining the opinion desk of the New York Times as an editorial assistant. She will start her new job on April 22. At Reuters, Cherelus covered breaking news, city crime, natural disasters, giant pandas, and election cycles. She’s […]

Bloomberg hires Hirtzer to cover ag markets in Chicago

Michael Hirtzer has been hired by Bloomberg News to cover agriculture markets from its Chicago bureau. Hirtzer had previously been with Reuters in its Chicago bureau covering agriculture and derivatives. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Scientific American, the Guardian, the Globe and […]

Reuters’ newsroom of the future focusing on five key areas

Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler, along with global news editor Alessandra Galloni and Simon Robinson, regional editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa, sent out the following to the editorial staff on Tuesday: To: All Reuters editorial staff Colleagues – We wanted to update you on the work our Newsroom of the Future teams have been doing to help […]

Reuters taps Hunnicutt to cover the New York Fed

Dan Burns, economics and financial markets editor in the Americas for Reuters, sent out the following staff change to his colleagues: With Jon heading off on his big adventure overseas, I would like to welcome Trevor Hunnicutt into the Fed fold! Trevor will succeed Jon as our lead beat reporter on the New York Fed… […]