Reuters journalist Brumsey departs for MSNBC

Stephanie Brumsey has departed Reuters after four years to join the Kasie DC show with MSNBC, according to her tweet. Previously, Brumsey held the posts of director of social media and field producer at Women Auto Know and Cablevision, respectively. She also served as a freelance video producer at American Media Inc. and as a video […]

How Reuters covered the Aramco IPO

Reuters senior Gulf deals correspondent Hadeel Al Sayegh gave a behind-the-scenes look at how she and the team covered the story. Here is an excerpt: Q: How did the team report the stories from different angles? A: We thought about how best to report the story to our clients. For example, Aramco decided to delay the […]

Reuters Journalism Training Program 2020

Applications are now open for the Reuters 2020 Journalism Training Program that starts in September. The organization is on the lookout for smart, ambitious graduates and early reporters to join the team. The tenure of the program is 9 months. The program will start with intensive training in London, then 8 months in a Reuters […]

Reuters seeks Asia markets correspondent

Reuters is looking for an experienced and ambitious reporter to join our regional markets team in Tokyo. It’s a role in which you will be required to cover Japanese financial markets and also be part of an elite Asian markets team that breaks news and writes agenda-setting global markets features. The Tokyo markets team is […]

Reuters reporter de Carbonnel departs for Crisis Group

Former Reuters senior security correspondent Alissa de Carbonnel has left the company to join Crisis Group as Olya Oliker’s deputy, covering Russia and its neighbors. Previously, de Carbonnel has worked as an intern at Integrity Research and Consultancy and as a correspondent for political and general news at Reuters. She has also served as ISDA […]

Thomson Reuters brushes off suitors for the news wire

Thomson Reuters has rebuffed takeover interest in its Reuters news wire, betting instead on a dealmaking media executive to turn round the 168-year-old business, reports Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Anna Nicolau, James Fontanella-Khan and Alex Barker of the Financial Times. Edgecliffe-Johnson, Nicolau, Fontanella-Khan and Barker report, “Several would-be buyers have approached the company and intermediaries in recent […]

Reuters parent reports higher-than-expected earnings

Thomson Reuters Corp., parent of the Reuters News agency, reported higher-than-expected quarterly operating profit on Thursday and affirmed its 2019 and 2020 estimates. Nick Zieminski of Reuters reports, “The news and information provider posted single-digit sales increases in the third quarter in each of its three largest divisions, Legal Professionals, Corporates and Tax & Accounting […]

Reuters seeks reporter to cover Europe automakers

Reuters is looking for an auto industry reporter who can break news and develop enterprise features on the UK and European auto sectors.  An important part of the job will be to collaborate with French and Italian language reporters on coverage of Renault, Peugeot, Fiat Chrysler and Ferrari as well as major automotive suppliers in […]

Facebook offers millions to Dow Jones, Bloomberg, but nothing to Reuters and AP

Facebook has offered millions to Dow Jones and Bloomberg to put its content on its new news page, but hasn’t offered money to rival wire services Reuters and the Associate Press, reports Anna Nicolau and Alex Barker of the Financial Times. Nicolau and Barker report, “The social media giant has offered no money to Reuters […]

Thomson Reuters begins search for new CEO

Thomson Reuters has begun the search for a chief executive to succeed Jim Smith, who has led the professional information group since 2012, reports the Financial Times. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Anna Nicolau and Alex Barker report, “Four people with knowledge of the succession process said the Canadian company’s board had appointed Spencer Stuart, the search firm, to draw up a […]