Reuters hires Teichert to cover product liability

Tony Lin, editor in charge of professional news at Reuters, sent out the following announcement: We’re pleased to announce the arrival of a new reporter on the legal team. Erica Teichert will be covering product liability law for our Westlaw news service, Practitioner Insights, as well as for the broader Reuters file. She will write […]

How Reuters uses new technology to tell stories

Mădălina Ciobanu of Journalism.co.uk writes about how Reuters is using new technology to tell stories for its clients. Ciobanu writes, “The large availability of raw financial information has changed readers’ demands and expectations from financial reporting, she explained. “Reuters has developed a suite of tools internally, to automate the process of gathering news and data […]

Cox of Reuters Breakingviews named Ottaway visiting professor

Financial journalist Rob Cox has been named the 2017 James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor of Journalism at SUNY-New Paltz. Cox will join the faculty in the spring of 2017 to teach an upper-level journalism seminar called “Financial Journalism and the Business of Media.” Cox is the global editor of Reuters Breakingviews, the financial commentary […]

Gajilan named deputy ME of operations at Reuters

Don Durfee, managing editor of operations at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Dear all, I’m delighted to announce that Arlyn Gajilan is the new Deputy Managing Editor for Operations. In her new role, she’ll report to me and will work across a range of issues from logistics to  special projects, all with […]

Thomasch named top news editor, Tobin named deputy top news editor at Reuters

Tiffany Wu, Americas managing editor at Reuters, sent out the following announcement Wednesday morning: I am pleased to announce that Paul Thomasch has been appointed Americas Top News Editor, effective January 1. Paul joins Top News after a 15-month stint as U.S. Elections Editor, where he led a team of about 15 journalists on one […]

Reuters hires fintech writer Irrera

Reuters financial services editor Carmel Crimmins and deputy financial services editor Lauren Tara LaCapra sent out the following staff hire announcement on Friday: Colleagues, We’re thrilled to announce that Anna Irrera will be joining the finance team in New York to cover the intersection of finance and technology – one of the hottest sectors on […]

Reuters to combine top news and online desks, reporting to MacMillan

Dan Colarusso,, the executive editor of Reuters’ digital operations, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: As we all know, Reuters does great journalism – in text, pictures, video, graphics and in multimedia. But great journalism isn’t just about creating all that great content; it takes fast, smart curation and packaging to make sure readers […]

Reuters correspondent Gould dies at 54

Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler sent the following message to the editorial staff: Dear colleagues, It’s with great sadness that I have to share with you the terrible news that Jonathan Gould, our dear colleague in Frankfurt, passed away on Sunday, a few days after a complicated heart operation. Jonathan would have celebrated his […]

Reuters editor Adler: We’ll remain stable in newsroom

Here is the memo that Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler sent to the newsroom on Tuesday: Colleagues, As you all saw, today Thomson Reuters announced Q3 earnings and news of the reduction of about 2,000 jobs. As Jim noted, there will be no decline in headcount in the Reuters newsroom. Reuters has performed well […]

Thomson Reuters to cut 2,000 jobs — none in newsroom — and take fourth quarter charge

Thomson Reuters Corp. said on Tuesday it would cut about 2,000 jobs worldwide, about 4 percent of its workforce, and take a fourth-quarter charge of $200 million to $250 million to streamline its business, reports Jessica Toonkel of Reuters. Toonkel writes, “The restructuring across 39 countries and 150 locations would mainly affect the Financial & […]