Thomson Reuters boosts its digital presence

She will be responsible for online, mobile and digital properties including Reuters.com, reporting to editor-in-chief Stephen Adler. It is his first senior personnel change since he was named the company's top journalist in February. Adler has said his top priorities include focusing more on the Internet and mobile applications as a way to build readership.

“With news users’ habits changing rapidly, and competitors getting better all the time, we have to be distinctive, creative and contemporary as we drive to distinguish ourselves as the world’s leading source for news,” Adler wrote in a memo to staff on Thursday.

Freeland, who starts her new job on Monday, joined Thomson Reuters in March 2010. Previously she was US managing editor of the Financial Times, overseeing editorial for the newspaper's print and online editions. ■