Reuters names Wise its airlines/transportation reporter
Reuters transportation editor Joe White sent out the following announcement: All – Fresh from a year on the presidential campaign trail, Alana Wise is moving to the airlines and travel beat, based in New York and starting now. Alana, a graduate of Howard University, joined Reuters in 2015 as an intern on the campaign team […]
Reuters TV streaming service hits 1 million users
The Reuters TV video streaming service now has 1 million monthly users, reports Sahil Patel of Digiday. Patel writes, “Only a fraction of the users still pay $2 for the service, with most preferring the free, ad-supported product, said Reuters TV managing director Isaac Showman. And as much as the change helped get Reuters TV content in […]
Szekely, guild president, returning to Reuters
Peter Szekely, who has been the president of the New York News Guild, writes about leaving the union and returning to work for Reuters. Szekely writes, “If there was a pivotal point in my professional life, it was at the Reuters Washington Bureau in 1989, when I was given two very different opportunities at the same […]
Reuters seeks energy reporter in New York
Reuters is seeking a sharply focused, relentlessly driven journalist who is passionate about breaking news to join the New York energy team and cover a sector emerging from a two-year price war into a new phase shaped by changes in policy in the world’s top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, and the world’s top importer, the […]
Reuters seeks financial regulation reporter in DC
Reuters is seeking an experienced and competitive journalist to help drive and develop distinctive coverage of U.S. financial regulation and enforcement from Washington. The successful candidate will work as a team leader for a group of Reuters reporters aimed at breaking news on the financial rulemaking and corporate investigations that have the potential to shake […]
Barlyn named U.S. insurance reporter for Reuters
Carmel Crimmins, financial services editor for Reuters in the Americas, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: The Amers Finance team has some exciting news to share: ace financial enforcement reporter Suzanne Barlyn is moving to the insurance beat, effective immediately. Suzanne joined Reuters in 2011 to cover the brokerage regulator Finra, and last year […]
Reuters names Robinson regional editor in charge of EMEA coverage
Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler sent out the following announcement on Monday: Colleagues, I’m pleased to share with you today that Simon Robinson has been named regional editor for EMEA, effective January 1. He will report to me. In this role, Simon will provide leadership and editorial direction across the news file for our largest region. […]
Reuters seeks medical news editor
Reuters is seeking a Medical News Editor for Reuters Health professional clients. A leading provider of medical and health care news, Reuters Health delivers well over 150 stories a week to consumers, medical professionals and industry specialists. Reuters Health news stories are internationally recognized as unbiased, authoritative, timely and dependable. The medical news editor must […]
Reuters uses an algorithm to spot breaking news on Twitter
Ricardo Bilton of the Nieman Lab reports that Reuters has created an algorithm to help it spot and verify breaking news on Twitter. Bilton writes, “Once the tool identifies what it thinks are emerging stories, it clusters relevant tweets into events, generating information, and metadata about what that story might be about. Tweets that mention ‘explosions’ […]
How Reuters is using technology to help find stories
Jonathan Stray of the Columbia Journalism Review writes about how Reuters using technology to help it find and write stories. Stray writes, “‘This is a speed game, clearly, because that’s what the financial markets are looking for,’ says Reg Chua, executive editor for data and innovation at Reuters. Reuters produced its first automated stories in 2001, […]
