Trainee 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 nearly 500 journalists, Bangalore is Reuters’ 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 AstraZeneca to HSBC to Toyota and everything in between, and you've got a bustling 24/7 bureau.

Selected candidates could be placed in any team within the newsroom, based on how they perform in training, including our news curation and data teams.

About the role

• Be 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 don’t report yesterday’s 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, company officials and PR representatives, 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

A trainee 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.

About you

A degree in Journalism or equivalent experience, but it’s not a must.

A fair knowledge of corporate activity and stock markets (or at least the ability to gain such knowledge quickly)

What we absolutely cannot do without is

• 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 shifts

Shifts: The Job involves working in shifts. Shifts could start as early as 6 am or as late as 11 pm.

Working days: Any 5 days a week (could include weekends)

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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.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

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. 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.

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