Reuters seeks a legal affairs columnist
Reuters is seeking an exceptional Legal Affairs Columnist to join its U.S. Legal News team. The successful candidate will work as a member of a team of expert legal journalists producing content for the online news platform of Thomson Reuters’ flagship legal product Westlaw. The columnist will provide must-read commentary on the legal profession — from trends and developments in the law to the […]
Reuters seeks a legal data reporter
Reuters is looking for a Legal Data Reporter with a keen interest in producing ambitious, original, high-impact stories about the law. The Legal Data Reporter will join a team of expert legal journalists producing content for the online news platform of Thomson Reuters’ flagship legal platform Westlaw. The reporter will also work closely with Reuters’ award-winning data journalism team. […]
Reuters wins award for exposing Supreme Court protection of police
The Sidney Hillman Foundation announced that Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jackie Botts, and Guillermo Gomez of Reuters have won the June Sidney Award for Shielded: For Cops Who Kill, Special Supreme Court Protection. The investigation includes a groundbreaking data analysis that shows how the Supreme Court has honed the doctrine of qualified immunity to […]
Scott to cover insurance for Reuters
Reuters finance editor Lauren Tara LaCapra sent out the following to the staff: Dear colleagues, I’m delighted to announce that Alwyn Scott has joined the Global Finance & Markets team as an insurance reporter based in New York. Since coming to Reuters as Americas Finance Editor in 2012, Al has served as airlines, aerospace and defense editor […]
Reuters launches channel on Roku
Reuters announced Thursday the launch of a video news channel on the Roku Channel Reuters global news coverage will now be streamed within the Roku Channel for subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, as well as on the platform’s new Election Hub. Video coverage of general news, business, politics, and entertainment will be available in […]
Reuters hires Daigle as climate change editor
Reuters announced Monday that Katy Daigle has joined as climate change editor, based in Washington, DC. In this role, Daigle will drive new coverage, help curate existing content and connect different parts of the newsroom, working with reporters, editors, video journalists, photographers, graphics editors and digital staff. After beginning her career as a feature writer […]
Adler of Reuters talks about what sets the news organization apart
Stephen Adler, the editor in chief of Reuters, spoke with Dean Rotbart for the 2020 Visionary series about what sets the news organization about from Dow Jones or Bloomberg News. Adler noted that Reuters has been covering general news for more than 160 years while its competitors started as a financial data company and a financial news […]
Reuters hires Bloomberg’s Valle to cover energy
Sabrina Valle, a reporter at Bloomberg News, has been hired by Reuters to cover energy. She will start next month. Valle has been at Boomberg since June 2014 based in Rio de Janeiro. At Reuters, she will be based in Rio before moving Houston. She previously was an oil reporter and finance reporter in Estado. […]
How Reuters went all-in with virtual events
John McCarthy of The Drum explores how Reuters quickly converted to virtual events. McCarthy reports, “Reuters Events’ ‘virtualisation project’ was in the works before the pandemic, aiming to add value and international audiences to B2B events across verticals such as energy, pharma, insurance, sustainability and automotive. This side project was accelerated and became the backbone of […]
Reuters News reports flat revenue, expected to lose revenue from cancelled events
Reuters News reported revenues of $155 million in the first quarter, essentially flat compared to a year ago, according to the first-quarter earnings release from parent company Thomson Reuters. Organic revenues decreased 4% due to COVID-19 related cancellations of events in the Reuters Events business — formerly FC Business Intelligence — acquired in October 2019. […]
