Polling Correspondent – Thomson Reuters (India)
Polling Correspondent:
The Reuters Polling team in Bangalore is seeking a Polling Correspondent to help drive the team’s coverage of the world’s largest economies, central bank policy and the price outlook for the most-traded asset classes in financial markets. Working from an existing source list of thousands of professionals, the Polling Correspondent will develop and build new sources across a wider range of industries, looking for new ways to poll leading economists and market professionals on how central bankers are faring, playing a key role in framing and
finalising questions that aim to address some of the biggest economic policy challenges.
About the Role:
As Polling Correspondent you will:
- Identify and keep up with market-moving economic events
- Plan and coordinate polls effectively
- Contribute to and lead regular discussions on subjects covered by the global team.
- Develop strong relations with key sources and help expand our source lists to ensure the participants that matter most are always present on key polls.
- Develop sector specialization through research and networking.
- Be innovative and flexible by suggesting improvements, challenging accepted norms and introducing new ways of storytelling.
- Participate in training programmes for new hires and mentor team members.
About You:
The preferred candidate for Polling Correspondent will be,
- A clear and effective communicator with senior executives at financial institutions.
- Comfortable with handling large quantities of data.
- Keen to collaborate with colleagues on the team and elsewhere in Reuters on stories.
- Strive to add to a file of initiative reporting and analysis based on our exclusive data.
- A clear thinker, able to construct clear questions that generate data and news that are relevant to both our top financial customer and the wider news file.
- Fluent with some and keen to learn more about financial markets, economics and central bank policy.
- Flexible to work on a rotational working shift.
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.
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