Reuters hires WSJ’s Kirkham as consumer enterprise reporter

Wall Street Journal housing, hotels and casinos reporter Chris Kirkham has joined Reuters as its new consumer enterprise correspondent. Based in Los Angeles, Kirkham was part of a team that broke the story of sexual misconduct allegations involving Steve Wynn, which led to Wynn’s resignation as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee and as chairman and chief executive […]

Bryan, airlines reporter at Reuters, is leaving

Victoria Bryan, who covered European airlines for Reuters, is leaving the news service. Her last day is Wednesday. Bryan has been with Reuters since August 2008. She started as a company news reporter, covering engineering, utilities and green tech companies and snapping headlines for all kinds of company news as part of the speed desk […]

Reuters Breakingviews seeks a researcher

This is a challenging position for an aspiring journalist that involves providing across-the-board support for a team of senior columnists and editors based in New York, Washington and Dallas. We’re looking for exceptional organizational skills, an ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously and a the potential to advance as a writer at Reuters. The position […]

Reuters seeks a health care/pharma reporter

Reuters is looking for an exceptional business journalist to help drive ambitious coverage of the U.S. health care and pharmaceutical industries. The reporter will break news and set the agenda in the fast-changing drugs and health care businesses. The beat will be anchored by the Food and Drug Administration but the ideal candidate will break […]

Reuters hires WSJ’s Templin as Americas finance editor

Paritosh Bansal, managing editor for news in the Americas at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I am delighted to report that Neal Templin is joining us as Finance Editor in the Americas. Neal will start on Sept. 4 and report to me. Neal spent 29 years at The Wall Street Journal in a variety […]

Reuters-NABJ scholarship winners named

Reuters announced that the winners of two Reuters-National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) scholarships are Arriana McLymore and Akintunde Ahmad for graduate journalism programs at New York University and Columbia University, respectively. Each student will receive a value of more than $40,000 in tuition and credits for the 2018-2019 academic year funded by Reuters and […]

WSJ’s Spector joining Reuters as corporate crisis reporter

Vanessa O’Connell, global industry editor for retail and consumer at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I am very pleased to announce that Mike Spector will join Reuters as our U.S. Corporate Crisis Correspondent. In this new role, Mike will work with reporters in other bureaus and teams to break news and produce high […]

Reuters launches app for business professionals

Reuters has launched a new app that focuses on “utility” to help business professionals “make better decisions,” reports Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily. Guaglione writes, “The app focuses on topic-based feeds. Reuters believes it will give business professionals fast and relevant information to help inform their decisions across industries, interests, markets and countries. “The emphasis on this […]

WSJ, Reuters and NerdWallet among National Press Club award winners

The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and NerdWallet are among the business and financial journalism outlets that won awards in the 2018 National Press Club contest. The Journal won the breaking news prize for its coverage of the Amazon/Whole Foods merger. The Reuters investigative series, “Legacy of Lead,” won in the consumer journalism/newspapers category for its in-depth reporting […]

Li returns to Reuters as U.S. media and telecoms editor

Reuters regional editor for the Americas Tiffany Wu sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Colleagues, I am very pleased to announce that Ken Li will be joining Reuters next month as U.S. Media & Telecoms Editor. He will drive our coverage of some of the world’s best-known companies as they scramble to respond to […]