Reuters DC bureau named WaPo's India bureau chief

Simon Denyer, the Washington bureau chief for Reuters, has been named the India bureau chief for the Washington Post.

A memo from Jack Reerink, managing editor of U.S. and Canada, states:

After 18 years at Reuters, Washington bureau chief Simon is leaving to join the Washington Post as its India bureau chief in late January. We’re really sorry to see him go but wish him well. We’ll be  advertising for a successor shortly.

Simon has done a great job in revamping our Washington bureau in the past 1-1/2 years – a time when financial clients have been intensely interested in Washington and policy.

Working with specialist editors, Simon reorganized the way the bureau worked and focused resources and people on the top cross-asset stories. A series of successful Reuters Summits have helped raise our profile in DC and Simon’s Washington Extra newsletter has become a must-read for decision makers.

“I feel like I am leaving the bureau in good shape, with everyone working together to focus on our top stories and explain how politics, policy and business are linked,” Simon said.

Indeed, the bureau is pointed in the right direction, aiming to produce distinctive stories that make those connections. Stories that ask the right questions and set the news agenda.

Simon started with Reuters in 1992 covering financial markets in London. He helped set up Reuters Financial Television, working as a correspondent, producer and anchor in London and New York, before returning to text as deputy bureau chief for East Africa, based in Nairobi.

He spent seven years in South Asia, first as bureau chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan from 2002 to 2004 and then as bureau chief, India from 2004 to 2009. He will be moving back to New Delhi in February for the Washington Post.

“I’ve had a fantastic career at Reuters and great opportunities,” Simon said. “”The job at the Post is a return to writing and a return to a region I love.”