Three move into key Reuters America jobs

Wu (photo), will take over as desk editor and deputy regional editor, “bringing 16 years of experience across the file, exceptional copy editing skills and deep knowledge of our news-editing operations to the leadership of the Americas Desk” he said in a note to staff. She will partner with Candappa’s other deputy, top news editor Martin Howell, in driving news coverage across the Americas. She takes over from Ciro Scotti. His next move will be announced soon, Candappa said. 

Wu joined Reuters in 1998 as a macro-economics correspondent in Hong Kong. She moved to Shanghai to cover Chinese financial markets and corporate news, and then went on to Taipei where she was bureau chief from 2003 to 2006. She moved to New York eight years ago as tech, media and telecoms editor.

Chance will move to Washington as economics editor for the Americas “to drive coverage of the world’s largest economy and some of its most promising and problematic emerging markets”. He has been with Reuters for 23 years, mostly covering economics and markets. His most recent posting was in Seoul. Previously he was bureau chief Malaysia and Brunei and bureau chief in Hungary.

Abocar returns to Canada as bureau chief after six years in Asia and the Middle East. A Somali Canadian, she joined the company in Toronto as an editorial intern, leading for Dubai in 2008. There she ran the financial team in the Gulf for four years and was appointed deputy bureau chief, Gulf, before moving to Singapore as deputy commodities editor for Asia. ■