Job Vacancy: Correspondent at Thomson Reuters (Bangalore, India)

Join the Reuters real-time news operation producing headlines and stories based on companies from around the world, with a strong focus on U.S., UK, and Canadian coverage.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (Specific day-to-day responsibilities and milestones needed to achieve the objectives):

• Write headlines and stories accurately, quickly and with high standards of credibility, in accordance with Reuters principles and operating standards.
• Identify market-moving figures and comments to prepare news stories from sources including electronic news releases, conference calls, Webcasts and press conferences.
• Build and maintains contacts and sources to develop deep subject expertise. Coordinate coverage with equities reporters in North America, Asia and Europe.

EDUCATION: Journalism degree (or equivalent experience)

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• An ability to write clearly and quickly to meet Reuters reporting standards and principles.
• A sound command of grammar, spelling, punctuation.
• Comfort with handling financial data and facts accurately and quickly.
• An ability to work under time pressure and undertake shift work

DESIRED SKILLS (Nice to have in addition to the Required Skills), necessary industry experience and associated number of years of experience:

• Typically 0-8 years experience writing and reporting business news.
• Knowledge of corporate activity and stock markets, or an ability to gain such knowledge quickly.

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

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, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For submissions: apply via the Thomson Reuters jobs site

Website: http://thomsonreuters.com/