Reuters seeks foreign exchange reporter in London

Reuters is looking for an energetic and ambitious journalist to join our London-based FX and bonds team – to understand and illuminate the world’s largest market in the biggest currency trading center on the planet. An experienced financial reporter will need to write about and for the $5-trillion-a-day foreign currency exchanges – providing insights for […]

Reuters America editor: Most stories need to be no more than 500 words

Reuters America editor Dayan Candappa sent out the following message to the staff on Tuesday: We often get asked two questions about Reuters’ mission. What do you want us to focus on? And what do you want us to do less of so we can make time for it? Here’s an initiative that we believe […]

Reuters seeks Latin American markets reporter

Thomson Reuters’ Project Finance International is seeking a highly motivated and talented journalist to serve as its Latin America correspondent, based in the Times Square New York office. The role requires a genuine and proven ability to source exclusive business news stories, a key to the role, and proven journalistic writing ability. PFI is a […]

ProPublica hires Podkul of Reuters to cover finance

Reuters reporter Cezary Podkul has been hired by ProPublica to cover finance. He will start May 19. Nicole Collins Bronzan of ProPublica writes, “Podkul has been at Reuters since 2011, most recently covering biofuel markets and before that investigating markets ranging from credit default swaps to electricity trading. He teamed up with Carrick Mollenkamp last […]

Reuters parent swings to a profit

Thomson Reuters Corp., the parent company of the Reuters news service, swung to a first-quarter profit, but revenue edged down 1.4 percent as the financial data and news provider’s core financial and risk business reported softer revenue, reports Ben Fox Rubin of The Wall Street Journal. Rubin writes, “Thomson Reuters’s financial and risk division has […]

Reuters seeks credit markets reporter in London

International Financing Review, the world’s leading source of capital markets intelligence for over 30 years, is looking for a knowledgeable and motivated reporter to join the London team to cover credit markets, writing about primary and secondary bond market activity mostly in the EMEA region. Role Overview Covering both primary and secondary credit markets for […]

Reuters, Forbes win business journalism awards from OPC

Steve Stecklow, Babak Dehghanpisheh and Yeganeh Torbati of Reuters won the Malcolm Forbes Award, which honors the best business reporting from abroad by a wire service or newspaper, from the Overseas Press Club on Thursday for their three-part series on the worth of the Ayatollah. The judges were impressed by Reuters’ ability to piece together […]

Reuters seeks energy correspondent in Dubai

Reuters is looking for a top flight reporter with excellent contacts and bags of initiative to lead one of the most enticing stories on the EMEA file. Our Senior Middle East Energy Correspondent will sit at the heart of oil cartel OPEC’s policy and Iran’s re-emergence post-sanctions as a presence on global oil markets, plus […]

Reuters.com names opinion editor

Dan Colarusso, the executive editor of digital at Reuters, sent out the following staff hire announcement on Thursday: I’m happy to announce that Jason Fields is joining Reuters.com as Editor-in-Charge of its Opinion section. A journalist with a broad set of interests, Jason has compelling plans for the section, including the addition of more graphic-rich, […]

Reuters health care reporter Sherman dies of lung cancer

Debra Sherman, a Reuters reporter for more than two decades who covered the health care industry, died Tuesday from lung cancer. Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler writes, “Deb’s signature mix of humor and moxie made her a fierce reporter and wonderful friend to so many of her colleagues around the world. She covered healthcare […]