Bloomberg maintains market share lead over Reuters
Total spending on financial market data, analysis and news rose 7 percent to a record $30.5 billion in 2018, according to a report Tuesday from Burton-Taylor International, a business consulting firm. It’s the first time that such spending has passed the $30 billion mark. And the growth was the fastest since 2008. “All three regions […]
Doyle leaves Reuters to freelance
Alister Doyle, who has worked at Reuters since 1982, is leaving the news organization to freelance. Doyle has been an environment correspondent based in Oslo, Norway. He has worked as the environment correspondent since 2004, mainly covering U.N. negotiations and the science of climate change. He also spent 2011-12 as a Knight Science journalism fellow […]
Tilak, Reuters’ M&A and corporate governance reporter in Canada, leaving to freelance
John Tilak, the Canadian M&A and corporate governance reporter for Reuters based in Toronto, is leaving the news organization to focus on freelancing. His last day is March 11. “In terms of next steps, I will focus on some freelance projects,” said Tilak in an email. “This would include writing, editing and providing media consulting […]
Reuters: 57% of new hires in 2018 were women
Michael Friedenberg, the president of Reuters, sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: Colleagues, There has been a fair amount of discussion about the recently-published Women’s Media Center report on the status of women in U.S. media. That report highlights the continued need for U.S. media to ramp up existing inclusivity efforts. In […]
Reuters seeks senior correspondent in southern Africa
Reuters is seeking a passionate and skilled reporter for the position of Senior Correspondent covering politics and general news in Southern Africa. The position is demanding and rewarding in equal measure, covering everything from the boardrooms and political backrooms of South Africa, the continent’s most industrialized economy, to the turbulent streets of Zimbabwe, a nation […]
FT hires Wong from Reuters to report from China
The Financial Times has hired Sue-Lin Wong, a reporter at Reuters, as its new south China correspondent. She will open an FT bureau in Shenzhen. “I’m sad to leave @Reuters after more than four wonderful years but very excited for all the adventures & stories which lie ahead,” she wrote on Twitter. Wong has been […]
Reuters will cut 25 jobs in Paris bureau amid European consolidation
Reuters plans to cut 25 editorial jobs in its Paris bureau, reports Alexandra Berteau of Le Monde. Berteau writes, “Reuters News, one of the three largest of them alongside the Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the Associated Press (AP), announced Wednesday, February 27, the teams of its Paris office the removal to come 25 posts of journalists, out […]
Cybersecurity editor Finkle leaves Reuters
Jim Finkle, who has been cybsersecurity editor at Reuters, has left the news organization for a job outside of journalism. Finkle is is now director of social media and influencer strategy at cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks. In a farewell email last week to his Reuters colleagues, Finkle wrote: It’s been a privilege to work […]
Reuters seeks an economics editor in DC
Reuters is looking for an ambitious and enterprising editor to direct our coverage of the U.S. economy from our Washington bureau. The Washington Economics Editor will lead the team of journalists covering the world’s most important economic indicators and most powerful central bank, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and now, a Trump administration determined to rewrite the […]
New Reuters president releases 2019 goals, objectives
Michael Friedenberg, the new president of Reuters news and media operations, released goals for 2019 for the organization, including reducing duplication in the editorial structure and increasing page views for Reuters.com visitors by 30 percent. The organization also wants to improve its gender diversity within senior management to 40 percent female. It did not disclose […]
