Longtime Reuters journalist Croft leaving after 36 years
Adrian Croft, a Reuters journalist for 36 years, including stints in the United States, Latin America and Europe, is leaving the news wire. In a farewell message to his colleagues, Croft wrote: Dear Colleagues, I have decided to leave Reuters after 36 years and Friday is my last day. It will be with some regret […]
Bohan, executive director of Reuters America, leaves after 35 years
Peter Bohan, executive director of the Reuters America news service, has left the company after 35 years. Here is his farewell email: Friends and comrades Thirty-five years is a nice round number — so off I go from January 1. There are far too many of you to thank individually for your work, lessons and […]
Ulmer moving to India for Reuters
Alexandra Ulmer, a reporter for Reuters in Venezuela, is leaving South America and moving to India to cover that country for the wire service. Ulmer has covered the opaque state oil company, often violent protests, and also frequently writes about health and social issues in Venezuela. She has also reported for Reuters in Argentina and […]
Reuters seeks a senior producer in Los Angeles
Reuters Video News is seeking a versatile, multi-skilled Senior Producer for its busy Los Angeles bureau with a proven track record of leading a team and driving news and Showbiz coverage that sets Reuters apart from the competition. The successful candidate will have a reputation for leading from the front and for producing innovative and […]
Reuters sees revenue rise from video views on Twitter
Reuters is generating revenue from putting some of its editorial video content on Twitter, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “According to Dan Colarusso, executive editor at Reuters TV and Reuters.com, Twitter now brings in ‘significant revenue,’ in line with what his company gets from Google AMP. ‘In terms of one product on one […]
Why the Reuters Breakingviews editor will be in Paris for 2019
Rob Cox, the global editor of Reuters Breakingviews, will run the operation from Paris, instead of New York, for the next year. Cox writes, “There are other, more practical, reasons to choose Paris as a base. The time zone is suited to a global operation that stretches across Asia, Europe and the United States. From […]
Former Reuters DC bureau chief dies at 86
Maurice Quaintance, the Reuters Washington bureau chief during the latter part of the 1970s when Jimmy Carter was in the White House, has died at the age of 86. A story on The Baron states, “As bureau chief, Quaintance helped supervise coverage of the 1976 presidential election which resulted in Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer, […]
Reuters parent plans to cut 12% of its jobs
Thomson Reuters Corp. said on Tuesday that it will cut its workforce by 12 percent in the next two years, axing 3,200 jobs, as part of a plan to streamline the business and reduce costs. Matt Scuffham of Reuters writes, “The news and information provider, which completed the sale of a 55-percent stake in its Financial & […]
Reuters makes changes to Americas finance team
Neal Templin, finance editor in the Americas for Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Monday: Dear colleagues, After a review of the Americas finance team, we’ve decided to make some changes to amplify coverage of major institutions and sector-wide themes. In doing so, we hope to give reporters a platform to break more news […]
Reuters public finance editor Bases says goodbye
Daniel Bases, the U.S. public finance editor at Reuters who was laid off, sent out the following email to his colleagues: Folks, Before this email goes silent, I wanted to say thank you for the camaraderie and support over the last 21+ years. It has been a privilege to work in the trenches with you. Rather […]
