Reuters is looking for an ambitious and experienced journalist to help lead its text breaking news team covering the United States and Canada. The breaking news team is at the heart of Reuters’ political and general news coverage of some of world’s biggest stories and events—from Donald Trump’s White House to U.S. elections and national affairs. This fast-paced team sits at the forefront of the daily news file and is the first responder to major stories. The team sends headlines/alerts and handles updates of major stories, working hand-in-hand with reporting teams covering the White House, Congress, national affairs, the economy, and other subjects.

This fast-paced role requires deep knowledge of U.S. political and general news and experience covering stories or managing reporting teams producing stories quickly and accurately. To be successful, you must bring energy and ambition but also a commitment to working with visuals teams to ensure our coverage is holistic across formats. You should thrive in a breaking news environment and be comfortable leveraging artificial intelligence to improve our journalism and drive reporting efficiency.

The editor will help manage a dedicated team of breaking news reporters working in shifts seven days a week. The role, which will liaise closely with Reuters One Newsroom leaders and other U.S.-Canada editors, will report to the Deputy Editor for Breaking and Daily News for North America. 

 

This role will be based in either our Washington DC or New York bureaus.

 

About the Role

As our Duty Editor (Breaking News Team), you will:

• Take charge of major breaking news stories across the political and general file, including coverage of Washington
• Ensure we are delivering fast and accurate headlines/alerts and stories
• Plan breaking news coverage around major events, including speeches by the U.S. president or other top officials
• Manage the breaking news team creatively to ensure growth and development for our journalists alongside the needs of the file
• Work closely and collaboratively with other editors and with video and photography teams

 

About You

You will be a good fit for the role of Duty Editor (Breaking News Team) if you have:

• Deep understanding of U.S. political and general news, including how Washington operates
• Experience as a reporter or editor covering breaking news stories with Reuters or another leading news organization
• A strong work ethic, team spirit and excellent organizational skills
• Excellent journalistic and management skills
• Understanding of Reuters systems, and processes and ideas to improve them – including by using AI

***Please note the job application deadline is December 28th. Early applications are encouraged.

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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.

• Industry Competitive 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.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $146,790 - $272,610. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.

About Thomson Reuters

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