Reuters names new social media editor
Dan Colarusso, executive editor of digital at Reuters, sent out the following staff hire announcement on Tuesday: We’re extremely happy to announce that Cassandra Garrison is joining Reuters.com as our Social Media/Live News Editor. She’ll be reporting to Managing Editor Brian Tracey. Cassandra was previously Digital Managing Editor for Metro New York/Boston/Philadelphia, where she oversaw […]
Reuters hires new M&A reporter
Soyoung Kim, who oversees mergers and acquisitions coverage for Reuters in the Americas, sent out the following staff hire announcement on Tuesday: I’m very excited to announce that Mike Stone has joined the New York M&A team as a reporter focused on energy, financial institutions and real estate. Mike is joining Reuters from M&A focused […]
Reuters editor in chief Adler: We need smarter, deeper, more forward-looking stories
Here is the list from Reuters editor in chief Stephen Adler that was sent out to the troops earlier this week (It was mentioned by Reuters CEO Andrew Rashbass in this email) after his bureau chief meetings: Last week, we completed the last of our three regional bureau chief meetings. I’m sure you and […]
Reuters shifts legal team reporters
Howard Goller, an editor in Washington for Reuters, send out the following staff change announcement on Thursday: After two successful years as our Justice Department correspondent, Dave Ingram is moving to New York effective April 7. He will remain with the Reuters legal team, covering antitrust and collaborating with colleagues on legal affairs coverage for […]
Reuters CEO: Buzzfeed rocks!!
Andrew Rashbass, the chief executive officer of the Reuters news service, sent out the following message to the staff on Wednesday: Getting people to click on stories has become a science. The leading technique is the enticingly-headlined numbered list. Buzzfeed are the masters. At the moment they’re running on their homepage “18 Unexpected Side Effects […]
Reuters seeks deputy editor for Global Markets Forum
Reuters is looking for an experienced, resourceful and well connected deputy editor to join its Global Markets Forum team in New York. The successful candidate will help take Reuters’ most vibrant community for financial professionals to the next level by driving online discussions, landing big name guests through an extensive network and proposing innovative ideas […]
Reuters names new CFO
Reuters chief executive officer Andrew Rashbass sent out the following announcement on Monday: Claudia Palmer starts today as CFO for Reuters based in London, reporting to me. Claudia most recently worked at EMI Music Publishing where she was EVP and chief operating officer for Europe having been SVP, corporate development, for EMI Group plc in […]
Business journalist Gersten has died
Alan Gersten, a longtime business journalist who had been working for Reuters for the past eight years, died March 17 from leukemia. Gersten was also maritime editor of the Journal of Commerce and business editor of the Rocky Mountain News from 1979 to 1985. At Reuters, he was a Latin America correspondent. It was at […]
Reuters seeks emerging markets reporter in London
Reuters is looking for an energetic, sharp and insightful correspondent to work as part of our London-based emerging markets team at a fascinating juncture for developing economies and markets worldwide — from Moscow to Istanbul, Lagos to Jo’burg, Caracas to Bangkok. The four-person emerging markets unit forms a key part of financial markets coverage in […]
Distributor to stop providing econ data only through Reuters
The distributor of a leading manufacturing index is eliminating a trading advantage some investors currently enjoy by ending the selective early release of the data only through Reuters, reports Brody Mullins of The Wall Street Journal. Mullins writes, “Markit’s purchasing managers index, or PMI, was previously distributed by Thomson Reuters Corp., which gave the results […]
