Fired editor praises colleagues and Trust Principles

Managing editor Paul Ingrassia announced on 1 July that Stott was leaving immediately. Editorial sources said there was “open disagreement” between them. Stott has not spoken publicly about the circumstances of his departure.

Closing a 27-year career with Reuters, Stott, pictured, thanked “all the reporters, editors, video journalists and photographers around the world who make Reuters the remarkable place it is – particularly those who risk daily hardship and danger to report the news quickly, accurately and without bias.”

He counted his assignments in Bonn, London, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Mexico City and Moscow a privilege.

Stott thanked “those visionaries in 1941 who set down the timeless Reuters Trust Principles that guide our work and attract our readers”.

And he offered a bouquet to colleagues in Thomson Reuters’ Finance and Risk division and media sales “who turn our news into the money that pays our salaries”.

“And finally, very special thanks to my own two personal Reuters greats, who inspired me and taught me so much: Bernd Debusmann and Nick Moore.” Debusmann, former correspondent and editor, and Moore, former correspondent and training editor, are now retired. ■