Reuters social media editor headed to Circa

Anthony DeRosa, the social media editor at Reuters, has resigned to become the editor in chief of news start-up Circa, reports Mike Isaac of All Things D.

Isaac writes, “De Rosa has been the social media editor for Thomson Reuters for the past two years, aiming to grow the company’s social presence with his very active Twitter and Facebook presence. Before this, De Rosa also worked on a number of media-related partnership programs inside of Thomson Reuters, and also spent time building out SB Nation’s social presence via Tumblr.

“Circa, like a number of news-focused mobile apps in the tech space recently, aims to bring breaking stories to consumers on smartphones who want to read news quickly, on the fly. To do that, Circa’s editors break down some of the largest news stories of the day into ‘atomic units’— the company’s words, not mine — essentially what Circa considers the meat and potatoes of a news story. From there, it’s easier for readers to get in and out of a news story fast.

“‘There’s a huge opportunity to present news in a way that’s made for mobile,’ De Rosa said in a company blog post on Tuesday. ‘Nobody is thinking about this more than Circa and I’m thrilled to help move that mission forward.'”

Read more here. Talking Biz News reported earlier this month that DeRosa had been reprimanded recently at Reuters for failing to tell superiors that an employee’s home had been searched as part of a hacking investigation.