News Editor, Video – Thomson Reuters (London)

Reuters is looking for an experienced News Editor to work in our global news hub in London. They will be primarily focused on our output but will have the ability to jump into a number of the senior newsroom functions as required.

Curation of our agency video output plays an increasingly important role in our product offering and the successful candidate will help set strategy for elements of the file that contain an archive element, such as Timelines and Profiles.

About the Role

As a trusted News Editor at Reuters, you will:

Work closely with Reuters Planning and Output Editors to shape the priorities of our coverage, including assessing how to leverage the Reuters archive and ensuring our storytelling is distinctive.
Step into the Output and Intake Editor roles as required to drive our daily coverage.
Cover the Sub Editor role, ensuring our scripts are accurate, impartial and move quickly.
Be across style changes and work with editors to evolve our style as client needs and products change.
Join our team of trainers in London training our staff and freelance teams in Reuters standards and storytelling.
Develop a strategy and guidelines around leveraging the extensive Reuters archive to serve our clients better.
Line-manage members of the team working on the global production desk.
Respond confidently and quickly to major breaking news events.
Coordinate with colleagues from text and pictures to deliver multimedia content that is strongly customer focused.
Feedback to bureaus, regional hubs and staff on issues of quality and story structure.
Champion high performers and hold staff accountable on performance.

About You

To be a News Editor at Reuters, you will likely have:

Senior editorial experience in agency and/or broadcast television, digital newsgathering and production.
Proven leadership skills and the ability to motivate teams.
A deep understanding of the digital landscape and the needs of Reuters customers.
Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships quickly.
Ability to drive speed and accuracy.
An unwavering commitment to accurate, impartial reporting.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Please note, the deadline for applications is Friday 2nd August 2024.

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.