Associate Correspondent
Job Description
Job description
Associate 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 dont report yesterdays 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 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