Correspondent – Thomson Reuters (India)

Correspondent

We’re looking for a talented, well-organized news hound to be a part of Reuters’ Bangalore newsroom. The successful candidate will be a people person, a great communicator and, above all, should have a passion for news.
With around 400 journalists, Bangalore is Reuters’ 3rd largest newsroom. It is at the centre of covering real-time news on companies, commodities, and economics. Bangalore is the seat of Reuters’ company news headlines team for North America, UK, and the Asia Pacific region.
It is also the global Publishing hub for Reuters – where we curate news stories, pictures, graphics and video for financial readers. Add the fact that we cover stories on the Apple iPhone to Goldman Sachs to Pepsi to Boeing and everything in between, and you’ve got a bustling 24/5 bureau.

About the Role:
As a Reuters journalist you should:

Be fairly comfortable with numbers to be able to cut through the corporate jargon to flesh out a top- notch readable story
Write stories that are accurate, fast (we don’t report yesterday’s news), and are fair (every story has two sides)
Have the news judgment to differentiate between news that can make or break a company and PR speak – and be able to prioritize news, analysis and views for an investment audience
Have the ability to network and develop sources and contacts– you will be talking to CEOs, PR folks, analysts at top broker houses
Spot trends that can be written into big picture stories like features or analysis
Be able to rewrite headlines, news leads and captions to suit audience requirements
Have a strong interest and expertise in monitoring international news wires and other outlets, including social media

About You:

A journalist will be required to gradually develop an expertise in a sector or an asset class (Company news, commodities news, or economics). Over time, you will be required to write/package unique, analytical and forward-looking pieces for a global audience. And fight boring stories — every day.
We would prefer that you have: (Qualification) A degree in Journalism or equivalent experience, but it’s not a must.
A fair knowledge of corporate activity and stock markets (or at least the ability to gain such knowledge quickly)
The ability to think clearly and write quickly
Good grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills
A level of comfort with handling figures and facts accurately and capability to digest financial data
The willingness and ability to work under tight deadlines and in various shift.
The Job involves working in shifts. Shifts could start as early as 6 am or as late as 11 pm

What’s in it for you

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities
Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists
Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days
Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world’s media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

Reuters: The Real World in Real TimeDo you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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