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Sir Christopher Hogg: a resolute director

Tuesday 21 December 2021

Ex-Reuters executive denies 'unconscionable' eBay allegations

Monday 15 June 2020

A former executive who led the integration of Reuters following its takeover by the Thomson organisation in 2008 on Monday denied "unconscionable" allegations in a "cyberstalking campaign".

How AI will change our concept of journalism-and in a very short time

Tuesday 19 March 2024

Manfred Pagel - a quiet human touch

Friday 2 February 2024

Be rude, and they will leave you alone

Tuesday 26 January 2021

Mandela and the Spice Girls - all in a day's work

Friday 11 December 2020

New York's finest: Jules Stewart's new history

Thursday 2 September 2021

Editor wanted for researchers' London office

Friday 8 March 2019

The Tokyo Olympics before the time of corona

Thursday 16 April 2020

Manfred Pagel - Mischievous and not always politically correct

Sunday 4 February 2024

Crossing paths with Colin McSeveny

Friday 31 July 2020

Alister Doyle bows out after 36 years to freelance

Friday 22 March 2019

Hugh Lunn: already an icon, now officially famous

Friday 15 March 2019

Journalism: the long and the short of it

Monday 27 May 2013

The US once again has two international news agencies; the UK now has none

Saturday 30 April 2011

Barry May - a brilliant editor

Wednesday 5 June 2024

Jim Brumm: a kind and generous soul

Thursday 2 September 2021

Toiling in the Afghan vineyard

My Reuters journey - in words and pictures

Friday 4 December 2020

Building on The Baron's success

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Looking forward, glancing back

Thursday 15 January 2009

Meg Bortin changes the names 'to protect the guilty'

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Media and ethics - challenges in the 21st century

Friday 4 March 2022

The Reuter Society salutes a bird of a feather

Tuesday 20 May 2014

Google News: Europe's newest BFF*

Tuesday 5 May 2015

Leaving Reuters, keeping in touch

Wednesday 26 April 2017

The Reuter Society takes wing in America

Thursday 8 May 2014

Reuters' last Saigon office; how it began - and ended

Wednesday 24 April 2024

No room at the inn for the Diggerati

Monday 8 February 2016

Enrique Shore reflects on the early days of Reuters News Pictures

Friday 3 January 2014

Loss of knowledge, loss of trust

Monday 28 October 2013

The unicorn that could help slay Bloomberg

Wednesday 14 June 2017

New Year resolutions for Foundation's media development arm

Thursday 1 January 2015

Greg McCune retires to the Little Apple

Sunday 25 August 2019

A tale of three barons and the empire they built

Tuesday 6 February 2018

Stockmaster - the service that revolutionised Reuters

Friday 13 June 2014

How Reuters News Graphics began 25 years ago

Thursday 14 May 2015

How an episode in Africa set back the promotion of women for years

Thursday 22 May 2014

Hot dogs and gourmet cuisine: life at the top of Reuters

Journalism in the age of Trump

Friday 3 February 2017

Career change for Reuters TV's Tara Joseph

Tuesday 20 December 2016

Reuters, the communications revolution and the foundations of the Internet

Tuesday 15 September 2015

The Long view and the Nelson touch

Clár Ní Chonghaile forgets word limits and deadlines in search of literary perfection

Wednesday 6 January 2016

Notes on the art of being apart

Tuesday 28 April 2015

My Concorde inaugural flight - kind of

Saturday 6 December 2014

News - the core element that gives Reuters an edge

DONALD READ - The Power of News: The History of Reuters 1849-1989 - Oxford University Press - 1992, revised Second Edition 1999

Dave Graves, a true visionary and futurist

Friday 9 August 2024

Reuters man played piano for troops on D-Day ship

DAVID HALTON - Dispatches from the Front - McClelland & Stewart - 2014

'Topher' Wurts launches fund-raising campaign for autism network

Thursday 12 March 2015

Wanted: stringers in Paris in Frankfurt

Friday 13 February 2015

Facts and opinions about facts - an ancient lesson

Saturday 23 November 2013

How a photographer dealt with war zone trauma

Monday 4 September 2017

David Laulicht, 'the professor'

Monday 6 August 2018

Reuters author Brian Mooney walks home to London from Madrid

Friday 18 July 2014

Making the best of it - Anthony Grey's China ordeal in the 'raw'

ANTHONY GREY - The Hostage Handbook: The Secret Diary of a Two-Year Ordeal in China - Tagman Press - 2009

Expat tales and family ties as told by ex-HR head

Thursday 23 August 2018

Post-traumatic growth, the little-known upside of reporting on trauma

Thursday 4 January 2018

John Morrison: solid news judgment, incisive writing and sharp wit

Monday 28 August 2017

J'Accuse: Thomson cuts imperil Reuter news

Wednesday 10 August 2016

How Jim discovered treasure in Macau

Tuesday 26 January 2016

Reuters 'the acme of foreign corresponding'

Wednesday 18 January 2012

How to make it as a female war correspondent

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Fake news, democracy and the search for truth

Monday 12 December 2016

Fall of the Berlin Wall: Correspondents remember what it was like

Wednesday 4 November 2009

A trainee's view of Reuters in the 1970s

Thursday 9 August 2018

On 60th anniversary, Peter Jackson remembers his Everest scoop

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Reuters technical development: Glossary

Monday 10 August 2015

Fake News and how reporters risk falling into Trump's trap

Thursday 7 December 2017

Back in Washington: Chrystia Freeland, Canadian whirlwind and Trump critic

Friday 31 August 2018

Reuters technical development chronology 1985-1989

Monday 27 July 2015

Reuters technical development chronology 1980-1984

Monday 20 July 2015

Between the lines with Andrew Waller

Thursday 7 February 2019

Barry May - bravery, integrity and determination

Wednesday 5 June 2024

Suing for Silence: Thiel v. Gawker

Thursday 2 June 2016

Roy Gutman collects another honour

Tuesday 7 August 2018

Remembering Bill Stringer and other members of the 'Greatest Generation'

Tuesday 7 August 2018

Computer theft threatens Nancy McGirr's children's project

Friday 23 April 2010

Rudi Saks - a newsman's newsman

Wednesday 23 January 2019

Michael Sheridan revives memories of Edmond Khleif, legendary Damascus bureau chief

Wednesday 28 January 2015

Reuters technical development chronology 1995-1998

Wednesday 26 April 2017

Lionel Walsh - Always a journalist

Monday 14 October 2019

Mohsin Ali - warm, generous and forever interesting

Friday 18 December 2015

Reuters technical development chronology 1991-1994

Wednesday 26 April 2017

Maggie Fox, Hero of the Philippine Revolution with a medal to show for it

Monday 3 August 2009

Poor footballers, a world away from today's rich and famous

Thursday 31 May 2018

Andrew Waller - a tough and quiet operator

Thursday 7 February 2019

Ron 'Nobby' Clarke - a Hollywood icon

Monday 7 July 2014

Memorial plaque honours Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk

Friday 19 January 2018

Pensioners and former employees

Thursday 20 May 2010

Christiane Cowell: Always calm and cheerful

Friday 19 January 2018

The story I couldn't quite let go

Sunday 7 April 2019

Brian Williams: impactful, gutsy, gracious

Wednesday 3 February 2016

John Morrison: I'll miss his personal friendship

Tuesday 29 August 2017

At David Betts' funeral: Mrs Moon's, Jaws and 'brownies'

Wednesday 29 October 2014

Will the real Brian Williams please stand up?

Tuesday 22 December 2009

Jim Jelter provided market-moving scoops time after time

Thursday 17 December 2015

Saigon office nameplate survives in Hong Kong, thanks to Dinh

Sunday 28 April 2024

The fall of Saigon - defining image earned US$100

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Reassured I'm fit, I'm running again

Thursday 14 August 2014

Dave Betts - a real leader in somewhat fraught times

Tuesday 28 October 2014

A dangerous invitation declined

Thursday 4 July 2024

Old book rises from the ashes in new edition

Thursday 9 May 2019

Origin of Reuters stock identification codes

Wednesday 19 August 2015

George Vine wore his knowledge and experience lightly

Monday 2 January 2017

Terry Blunsum just got on with the job in a professional manner

Monday 28 August 2017

Rick Norsworthy - The trek from New Jersey to London

Tuesday 3 December 2019

Bloomberg Media CEO: Video traffic up, Bloomberg Business site in Europe and Apple Watch app coming

Ali Mehravari and I were contemporaries in Tehran

Wednesday 4 March 2015

Reuters content now available on the Apple News app

Cost cutting, another purge or dumb leadership?

Friday 12 December 2014

Apple taps Bloomberg for first news app

How Google has downgraded importance of news websites in search results

You can now search through more than 400 media ethics codes

Reuters blows it. Apple PR springs in action

Reuters steps up search for the next generation of photojournalists with latest round of its grant program

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Layoffs at Thomson Reuters largely designated, staff told

Friday 15 February 2013

Layoffs at Thomson Reuters " 2,500 or four per cent of the 60,000 workforce this year " disclosed in a presentation to analysts on the latest financial results this week have largely already been designated, according to a discussion on the company's internal communications system.

Thomson Reuters launches new iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry apps

Saturday 11 April 2009

Thomson Reuters launched new applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry mobile devices and plans to charge for its content on smartphones.

Fool asks: Have we seen the worst at Thomson Reuters?

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Thomson Reuters shares are still not cheap but the attractive dividend yield, solid cash flow and ongoing share buybacks should support the stock price, the Motley Fool said in an analysis of last week's 2013 Q4 results.

Thomson Reuters adds tweets to Eikon for traders

Monday 3 February 2014

Thomson Reuters on Monday added news sentiment data, including analysis of Twitter feeds, to its flagship financial markets desktop Eikon. Traders can now identify trends and potential signals in huge amounts of unstructured data.

Eikon upgrade rolls out in bid to win back market share

Wednesday 30 January 2013

In an attempt to win back lost market share, Thomson Reuters has begun rolling out a big upgrade to Eikon, the flagship data and trading platform that struggled at its 2010 launch.

Reuters deals aim at 'best-in-class' content

Sunday 24 November 2013

Reuters has struck deals with The New York Times and global political polling and market researcher Ipsos aimed at delivering best-in-class content on two big stories in 2014 " the winter Olympics and US elections respectively.

Eikon sales improve, but still sluggish in the Americas

Friday 1 March 2013

Thomson Reuters' flagship desktop terminal Eikon, upgraded in January after disappointing sales since its launch in September 2010, has reached 50,000 installations ready for billing " but take-up in the Americas remains sluggish.

Reuters raps three editors over FBI visit

Monday 13 May 2013

Reuters has reprimanded three editors for failing to tell their superiors that the home of a colleague had been raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Talking Biz News said on Monday it had confirmed the reprimands from multiple sources.

Thomson Reuters named 'best sell side data provider'

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Thomson Reuters said on Wednesday it has been recognised as Best Data Provider to the Sell Side at the Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014. The awards are designed to highlight leading technologies and third party providers to the sell side and are voted on by a panel of judges made up of senior sell-side professionals and Waters magazine staff.

Thomson Reuters signs key Eikon deal with EU banks

Friday 8 March 2013

Thomson Reuters has scored a key win for its Eikon sales campaign " the company's flagship desktop terminal will roll out to the European Central Bank and 18 participating national central banks across Europe.

Rebuked Reuters.com editor leaves for second time

Friday 13 December 2013

Kenneth Li, pictured, global editor of Reuters.com until he received a sharp management rebuke earlier this year, leaves the organisation today, the latest in a long line of Reuters people to go in its current round of five per cent headcount reduction. Many have been offered buyouts.

Obituary: Gerald Ratzin

Sunday 13 January 2013

Gerald Ratzin, who as a correspondent scored what he remembered as a bittersweet scoop on the death of a United Nations secretary-general in Africa half a century ago, died at home in London on Sunday after a long illness. He was 79.

Reuters climate change coverage 'worsened' - study

Thursday 27 February 2014

Reuters coverage of climate change issues has worsened in the past six months and continues to decline, according to a new analysis by US pressure group Media Matters for America.

New Bloomberg terminal raises questions at Thomson Reuters

Monday 27 February 2012

Thomson Reuters staff prepared for client questions following its main rival's launch of a new flagship market data service. David Craig, who heads the financial & risk business that includes Reuters news agency, circulated a list of customer talking points following the announcement.

Reuters releases new-look apps for iPad, iPhone

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Reuters launched new versions of its applications for Apple's iPad and iPhone on Wednesday and offered a sneak preview of its re-designed Reuters.com website due to be rolled out this spring.

New Thomson Reuters desktop aims at Bloomberg

Monday 13 September 2010

Thomson Reuters' next generation desktop product for financial professionals (pictured above) incorporates social media features it hopes will help win customers from Bloomberg and others.

Senate scrutiny for Thomson Reuters data deal

Tuesday 16 July 2013

A senior US senator has launched an investigation into the early release of market-moving consumer sentiment data compiled by the University of Michigan to a select group of investors by Thomson Reuters.

Barry May remembered in donation to The Baron

Monday 17 June 2024

The Coriander Investment Club has made a substantial donation to The Baron in memory of Barry May, who was a leading light in the group.

'Strong commitment' to news but 2013 will be tight - Stephen Adler

Thursday 18 October 2012

There is a strong commitment to news within Thomson Reuters but things are going to be tight in 2013 given the environment the group's financial clients are operating in, Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler said on Thursday.

New desktop a 'fundamental shift' - Devin Wenig

Tuesday 14 September 2010

Eikon, Thomson Reuters' new flagship desktop launched on Tuesday, is a fundamental shift for the company and the industry, said markets chief Devin Wenig, pictured.

iKick for reporter who got too close to Apple supplier in China

Thursday 18 February 2010

Guards at a high-tech complex in China scuffled with a Reuters journalist taking photos at the factory gates. He escaped with threats and a kick to the leg to write about the encounter - and the obsession with secrecy of Apple, US producer of computers, iPods and iPhones.

Disappearing headlines and other faults of flawed terminal

Monday 22 August 2011

Problems with Thomson Reuters' flawed new flagship desktop platform, part of a $1 billion technology upgrade, have been highlighted in an internal memo that acknowledges faults and goes some way to explaining why it has not been a runaway hit with financial professionals.

China arrests ex-Reuters investigator and wife

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Shanghai police have formally arrested former Reuters correspondent Peter Humphrey, pictured, and his wife Yu Yingzeng, corporate investigators based in China, on suspicion of breaking Chinese laws related to purchasing personal information.

Refinitiv blocks Reuters stories on Tiananmen

Monday 3 June 2019

Under pressure from China's government, Refinitiv has removed from its Eikon terminal Reuters news stories related to the 30th anniversary of the bloody suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

Thomson Reuters aims to click with the Internet generation

Sunday 30 August 2009

Thomson Reuters is gearing up for what markets division chief Devin Wenig calls Reuters' first proper product launch - a new flagship platform for financial products for the Google, YouTube and Twitter generation.

Too soon, Reuters kills off financier George Soros

Thursday 18 April 2013

Reuters accidentally killed off billionaire financier George Soros on Thursday when it published an obituary prematurely.

Thomson Reuters turns to web for major product revamp

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Thomson Reuters is overhauling its markets division in the biggest technological change since the 2008 merger.

Earnings up, Thomson Reuters forecasts higher revenue this year

Thursday 10 February 2011

Thomson Reuters' 2010 Q4 profit jumped 27 per cent higher than a year ago and the company said it expects revenue to rise this year by a "mid-single-digit" percentage. Analysts on average expect that figure to be about four per cent.

Reuters restructures: sales jobs go

Thursday 17 November 2016

Reuters reorganised its sales operation and made some executives redundant in another restructuring aimed at coping with a rapidly changing media market in which people turn increasingly to digital platforms and social media for news.

Thomson Reuters begins search for successor to James Smith

Sunday 20 October 2019

Thomson Reuters is looking for a new chief executive to succeed James Smith (photo), the Financial Times reported.

Thomson Reuters launches staff supervision software

Friday 25 October 2013

Thomson Reuters has launched a web-based solution for streamlining employee supervision and code of conduct management.

Reuters TV app, website to close, merge with reuters.com

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Reuters is closing its four-year-old Reuters TV app and website and folding them into its text and pictures offerings online.

Reuters to provide news to Amazon for artificial intelligence applications

Friday 15 November 2019

Reuters is to provide access to news and data to Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers. AWS Data Exchange is a new service that enables AWS customers to use third-party data.

'Orphan asset' Reuters 'not for sale'

Friday 1 November 2019

Thomson Reuters has rebuffed takeover interest in Reuters, the Financial Times reported on Friday, betting instead on the agency's new president to turn it round.

More change at Reuters as some senior editors leave, others move

Friday 12 July 2019

Some senior editors are leaving Reuters, some of them today, and others are moving in further fallout from the Refinitiv transaction. Those affected are veterans with decades of Reuters service.

New website trumpets firsts and exclusives

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Reuters has launched a new website to showcase news firsts and exclusives. Reuters Firsts promotes market-moving coverage where Reuters was first or alone with the story.

Reuters launches new safeguards for initiative journalism

Friday 3 February 2012

Reuters is instituting a new system of story proposals for initiative journalism. Reporters must tell editors in advance of writing what kinds of sources and statistics or data will be used and whether the story will need to be read for legal reasons or potential risk to the organisation's reputation.

Monday 19 July 2010

Three Reuters people past and present are among this year's MediaGuardian 100 - defined as the most powerful people in television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, media business, advertising, marketing and PR.

Reuters TV, now free, seeks more viewers

Friday 13 November 2015

Two months after abandoning its pay model, Reuters TV is going for scale with its personalised video app.

In challenging media market, Reuters appoints new commercial chief

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Reuters appointed chief financial officer Claudia Palmer (photo) as chief commercial officer following a period in which she held the role on an interim basis after the resignation of chief executive Andrew Rashbass last April.

Editorial automation set to advance

Tuesday 22 July 2008

Automatically-generated financial news and data is set to increase, freeing up journalists to develop exclusives or write analyses.

'Organisational turmoil' hits Thomson Reuters brand value

Wednesday 12 June 2013

The value of the Thomson Reuters brand slipped from a peak of $9.5 billion in 2011 to $8.4 billion last year, the brand consultancy Interbrand said on Wednesday.

Coders: Thomson Reuters offers $20,000 for Eikon filter

Tuesday 15 July 2014

Thomson Reuters is offering $20,000 for help to improve Eikon, its flagship desktop data terminal.

Tom Glocer's radical ideas about newspapers

Tuesday 7 April 2009

Tom Glocer has weighed in on the crisis in US newspapers with some trenchant ideas - The New York Times could get by with 60 journalists instead of 10 times that number, he says.

Staff given job search tips

Monday 26 May 2008

Thomson Reuters staff have been sent guides on how to apply for internal jobs, UK Press Gazette magazine reported.

Thomson Reuters names new editor-in-chief

Monday 7 February 2011

Thomson Reuters appointed a new editor-in-chief on Monday to oversee the entire group's news strategy and operations.

Reuters to unveil new TV product in November, release to subscribers in January

Saturday 11 October 2014

Reuters is working towards a November launch for advertisers and media and a January release to consumers for its latest subscription-only television product. Editorial teams are being prepared for production of Reuters TV.

News ethics light shines on paid Reuters article

Friday 25 January 2019

A report on Reuters' website raises questions about the ethics of paid stories that look and feel like journalism and on news providers' broader relationships with governments, Columbia Journalism Review said.

Refinitiv said to be exploring sale of financial media unit

Friday 26 October 2018

Refinitiv, the Thomson Reuters terminals and data business now controlled by private equity investors, is exploring the sale of its International Financing Review media division, according to Bloomberg.

TV app aims to make Reuters 'greatest, most objective' as well as largest

Friday 6 February 2015

Reuters' new TV app for Apple's iPhone launched this week is part of a strategy to make it "the greatest, the most objective" in addition to being the largest news the organisation in the business, the product's executive editor said.

Mark Wood's digital Future shock

Thursday 27 October 2011

Mark Wood, pictured, former Reuters editor-in-chief, was appointed chief executive of Future Publishing, a UK-based international special-interest media group, on Thursday after its CEO and finance chief resigned suddenly.

Exciting times ahead for Reuters, says Stephen Adler

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Reuters is trusted to be fast, accurate and fair but still has a way to go to be the dominant news organisation worldwide, editor-in-chief Stephen Adler, pictured, told former staff members. Those at the top of Thomson Reuters want to own the world's best news organisation and they want to invest in it, he said at a special meeting of The Reuter Society on Monday.

Reuters' new TV service for mobiles aims at tech-savvy professionals who don't watch TV

Friday 3 October 2014

Reuters' new digital television news service will target educated professionals aged between 27 and 47 who use Apple mobile devices. They are tech savvy but also the least interested in news.

Online news: the Millennials take over

Wednesday 25 November 2015

At a seminar on online news organised in Oxford on 23 November by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, the participants were the Huffington Post, Buzzfeed and Facebook.

David Schlesinger: all a-twitter and scooping Reuters

Friday 30 January 2009

Editor-in-chief David Schlesinger has started a debate over his twitterings.

Reuters re-thinks its editorial training

Sunday 21 December 2014

Reuters is changing the way it trains journalists to give more importance to on-the-job learning and reduce emphasis on the agency's stand-alone training operation. Starting on 1 January, the training team will be smaller.

Richard Nixon's role in creating Thomson Reuters

Monday 3 November 2008

The former Bretton Woods agreement is a topical subject in these uncertain economic times. But when UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a new Bretton Woods agreement at our Canary Wharf office in London recently, he would have been unaware of the pivotal role of the original agreement - or, rather, its ending in 1971 by President Nixon - in the creation of Thomson Reuters.

Reuters links with Adobe to extend use of its photo and video libraries

Thursday 3 November 2016

Reuters video and photography are to be made available to customers of a new editorial service offered by digital media company Adobe.

Reuters TV reaches one million monthly viewers

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Reuters' TV video streaming service now has one million monthly users, but only a fraction of them still pay $2 for the service.

Sir Peter Job under fire over executive pay at Shell

Sunday 24 May 2009

Sir Peter Job, former Reuters CEO, is under fire for his handling of a controversial executive pay decision he made as a non-executive director at oil group Royal Dutch Shell.

Reuters boosts support for staff with mental health issues

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Reuters has appointed a veteran journalist experienced in working in hostile environments to help colleagues affected by mental health issues.

Reuters drops TV app fee, aims for wider audience

Wednesday 26 August 2015

Reuters video news app for people too busy to watch television is now free.

Reuters offers multimedia news free to digital publishers

Tuesday 9 June 2015

Reuters for the first time will offer a subset of its text, pictures, video and multimedia news free to digital publishers for redistribution.

Reuters unveils TV app for news junkies

Tuesday 11 November 2014

Reuters launched its new TV product - a $1.99-a-month smart video app aimed at young professionals hooked on news - at a glitzy party at its New York headquarters on Monday.

Thomson Reuters close to naming new CEO - Reuters

Thursday 20 February 2020

Thomson Reuters is close to naming former Nielsen president Steve Hasker (photo) as its next chief executive, succeeding James Smith, Reuters reported.

Reuters launches video app for people too busy to watch traditional TV news

Wednesday 4 February 2015

Reuters rolled out what it billed as the world's first mobile TV news service designed for "on-the-go, globally-minded consumers who don't watch traditional TV news".

Reuters names former magazine editor as Americas editor

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Reuters has appointed a former editor of Time, Life and People magazines to oversee the work of all of its journalists in North America and Latin America.

Reuters editorial desk shake-up in drive for quality

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Reuters editorial's global desk structure is being re-organised with the aim of "becoming the world's leading provider of news and insight".

Discordant notes on the economic crisis

Wednesday 17 December 2008

Reuters has been indulging in navel-gazing over the global economic crisis to try to discover whether the media has been doing its job in reporting the story.

Thomson Reuters closes upstate New York office

Friday 16 November 2018

Thomson Reuters is closing its office in Rochester, New York with the loss of about 425 jobs.

Reuters editor-in-chief to step down

Wednesday 6 January 2021

Stephen Adler (photo), editor-in-chief of Reuters for the past ten years, will retire in three months' time.

Thomson Reuters to review contracts, including data used to track immigrants

Saturday 30 April 2022

Thomson Reuters is to align with UN principles on business and human rights and conduct an independent, company-wide human rights impact assessment of its products and services, including contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Refinitiv vision: the Netflix of data

Thursday 25 October 2018

Refinitiv aims to become the Netflix of data in the battle for the multi-billion dollar global financial data market, says chief executive David Craig (photo).

The new Reuters - ruled from New York

Thursday 6 June 2019

Editor-in-chief Stephen Adler added more detail to Reuters "newsroom of the future" initiative with a plan to increase centralisation and reduce regional autonomy.

Reuters names executive editor for editorial strategy

Tuesday 25 July 2017

Reuters has promoted Asia regional editor Jean Yoon (photo) to a new strategic editorial role in New York.

Myanmar police searched Reuters reporter's home 'for news'

Wednesday 7 March 2018

Police searched the home of Reuters reporter Wa Lone looking for material "related to news" the night after he and colleague Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested, an officer told a court.

Thomson Reuters Foundation launches pro bono legal service

Tuesday 22 June 2010

The Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday launched what CEO Tom Glocer called "an ambitious and transformative global service" for lawyers to promote pro bono legal work around the world.

Microsoft staff demand end to US Border Patrol contract

Wednesday 20 June 2018

Microsoft employees have called on the company to stop working with US immigration enforcers because of the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the Mexican border.

Reuters hires Harold Evans as editor-at-large

Sunday 12 June 2011

Reuters has hired veteran journalist Sir Harold Evans, 82, as editor-at-large in its latest attempt to widen the agency's reach and journalistic aspirations.

Robo-journalism could replace hundreds of jobs at Thomson Reuters - study

Sunday 5 March 2017

Artificial intelligence technology is to be rolled out more widely in media organisations and has the potential to replace "hundreds" of journalists at Thomson Reuters alone, according to an academic study.

Search for Reuters CEO continues

Friday 12 February 2016

Thomson Reuters is still looking for a chief executive to run Reuters ten months after Andrew Rashbass quit the job.

Thomson Reuters names analyst as next head of investor relations

Tuesday 4 January 2022

Thomson Reuters announced its next head of investor relations in succession to Frank Golden who is retiring in July after 18 years in the role.

Change to Google mobile searches 'will hit Reuters'

Tuesday 23 January 2018

Reuters is one of the slowest news publishers for mobile searches and will be affected when Google changes the way it ranks page speeds, according to US media and marketing industry website Digiday.

Reuters, still without a CEO, loses second top executive

Wednesday 16 September 2015

Five months after the departure of Andrew Rashbass, Reuters remains without a chief executive and now another top executive is leaving.

Reuters instructs staff concerned about travel under Trump ban

Monday 30 January 2017

Reuters issued instructions to its journalists and other staff on what to do about changes to US border controls and practices ordered by President Donald Trump.

David Schlesinger: What I want from the Pentagon

Wednesday 21 April 2010

David Schlesinger on Wednesday demanded justice for journalists killed covering war and called for acknowledgment, transparency and accountability from the Pentagon.

Speed over accuracy: ex-correspondents raise concerns

Monday 26 October 2009

Former correspondents criticised Reuters' reporting standards, raising doubts about the primacy of speed over accuracy in an increasingly competitive market.

ICE used Thomson Reuters database to pursue immigration violations

Saturday 27 February 2021

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers tapped a Thomson Reuters database containing hundreds of millions of utility records while pursuing immigration violations, according to public documents uncovered by university researchers and shared with The Washington Post.

Reuters president steps down

Monday 13 September 2021

Reuters president Michael Friedenberg (photo) today announced his departure in December after exactly three years in the job.

Obituary: Peter Jackson

Friday 16 December 2016

Peter Jackson (photo) achieved distinction in two careers - as a Reuters correspondent and as a leading wildlife conservationist.

Two senior editors to depart Reuters

Tuesday 15 March 2022

Two members of Reuters editorial leadership team are leaving for new opportunities, editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni announced.

Obituary: James Forrester

Monday 25 January 2016

Jim Forrester (photo), formerly Reuters overnight editor known affectionately as the Prince of Darkness, died at home in Edinburgh on Sunday aged 89.

Reuters cracks down on reader comment

Monday 27 September 2010

Reuters is installing a new system aimed at blocking inappropriate comments filed by readers of stories on its website.

Thomson Reuters improves brand ranking

Thursday 16 September 2010

Thomson Reuters edged higher in a survey of the world's 100 best global brands, rising to 39th place from 40th last year and 44th in 2008.

Reuters still 'adroit and adaptable' - CEO Andrew Rashbass

Friday 12 September 2014

The inaugural meeting of the Reuter Society of America on Wednesday drew around 35-40 people and in the process signed up the first tranche of members.

Thomson Reuters 'one of best firms for work-life balance'

Wednesday 22 July 2015

Thomson Reuters is one of the 25 best companies for work-life balance, according to a US rating.

Thomson Reuters 'one of world's most admired companies'

Saturday 20 February 2016

Thomson Reuters is one of the world's most admired companies, receiving high marks for people management, social responsibility and global competitiveness but lower scores for long-term investment value and use of corporate assets, according to Fortune magazine.

Obituary: Arthur Spiegelman

Saturday 20 December 2008

Arthur Spiegelman, global entertainment editor, died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles aged 68. After a Reuters career of 42 years, he went on permanent medical leave only a few weeks ago and his health declined rapidly on Wednesday. He had suffered from cancer for several years.

Obituary: Patrick Massey

Tuesday 17 March 2009

Patrick Massey, one of the most seasoned correspondents of his era, died in hospital on Tuesday, two days after his 81st birthday.

LSE expects final approval for Refinitiv takeover

Thursday 10 December 2020

The London Stock Exchange said it expects the green light from outstanding regulatory scrutiny of its $27 billion takeover of Refinitiv.

Tiffany Wu appointed Reuters Americas editor

Wednesday 8 November 2017

Reuters promoted Tiffany Wu (photo) to be editor, Americas. She takes up the job immediately in succession to Kevin Krolicki who is moving to Singapore as Asia editor.

Obituary: Diane Stormont

Thursday 15 March 2012

Diane Stormont, who worked for Reuters in Asia from 1986 to 1997, died in Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong on 14 March, succumbing to cancer.

The origin of Reuters dot-matrix logo, by Michael Nelson

Saturday 6 February 2010

Reuters old dot-matrix logo, one of the world's most recognised brands for over 40 years, was not based on the ticker tape of newswires, as some believed, but rather on the holes in teleprinter tape.

Thomson Reuters seeks new London base

Saturday 25 January 2014

Thomson Reuters is looking for a new London base and is in talks on two potential sites. It has instructed a property firm to find up to 700,000 square feet (65,000 square metres) of office space " one of the biggest requirements in the British capital since the downturn.

Reuters adds conservative writer to its opinion roster

Thursday 30 August 2012

Reuters has added to its roster of columnists with the appointment of a conservative writer and policy analyst. Reihan Salam, pictured, a lead blogger and contributing editor for conservative magazine National Review, will write a weekly column for Reuters Opinion.

Court to rule next week on whether to charge jailed Reuters reporters

Monday 2 July 2018

A Myanmar court will rule next week on whether to charge two Reuters reporters accused of obtaining secret documents, after prosecutors and defence lawyers delivered final arguments on Monday in the pre-trial phase of the landmark case.

News honcho champions 'link economy'

Tuesday 4 August 2009

Thomson Reuters' head news honcho has emerged as a champion of the link economy - welcoming the linkage of online news reports by bloggers and other third parties.

Obituary: Jonathan Gould

Friday 4 November 2016

Jonathan Gould (photo), a Reuters correspondent in Frankfurt, died on Sunday after a complicated heart operation. He would have been 54 on 6 November.

Reuters tops accuracy and impartiality scores - study

Monday 1 July 2019

Reuters has the highest "accuracy score" of all publications in a recent study and tracks almost dead centre on a "bias score", showing neither left- nor right-wing bias.

Reuters plans to put many articles behind a paywall

Friday 3 July 2020

Reuters will put many of its articles behind a subscription paywall and redesign its homepage to highlight digital advertising.

Thomson Reuters names new CTO

Monday 21 July 2008

Thomson Reuters named James Powell as its chief technology officer. He replaces Michael Wilens who is leaving to head asset management at Fidelity Investments. At Thomson Reuters Wilens was executive vice president for strategy, technology and innovation.

'Don't drag out case against Reuters reporters' - embassy

Wednesday 14 March 2018

Myanmar was urged on Wednesday not to drag out legal proceedings against two Reuters journalists, as they appeared in court for the tenth time since their arrest three months ago on charges of possessing secret government papers.

Obituary: Allan Barker

Monday 9 January 2017

The Sarge is dead. Allan Barker (photo), a 35-year veteran Reuters journalist who retired in 1995, died in hospital on Monday after a short illness. He was 83.

Obituary: David Skinner

Sunday 14 August 2022

David Skinner, whose commodities expertise took him to senior editorial positions in London, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Sydney and whose wit, dry humour and kindness earned him friends everywhere, died on 31 July after a fall at his home south of Sydney. He was 81.

Obituary: Gaby Sommer

Thursday 11 October 2018

Former Reuters photographer Gaby Sommer (photo), who in the 1980s was a trailblazer for female photo journalists in what was a tough male-dominated profession, died on Wednesday of cancer. She was 58.

Obituary: Gordon Martin

Friday 29 July 2016

Former Reuters journalist Gordon Martin (photo) died from a heart attack at his home in Geneva on Wednesday. He was 88.

Reuters journalists charged, trial begins next Monday

Monday 9 July 2018

Two Reuters journalists held in Myanmar since December were formally charged on Monday under the country's colonial-era Official Secrets Act.

Pension increase in 2009 'uncertain'

Thursday 25 September 2008

Prospects for an increase in Reuters UK pensions next year to keep pace with sharply rising prices are still very uncertain, the Pension Review Group said.

Tom Glocer, blogging again, defends lawyers

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Tom Glocer, criticised for publicly supporting a major Thomson Reuters client under investigation by US authorities for alleged fraud, returned to his blog on Tuesday to argue in defence of lawyers.

Thomson Reuters shares top five leading publishers

Thursday 16 September 2010

Thomson Reuters tops a list of the five leading companies in the publishing industry as measured by their shares' relative performance, the website SmarTrend said on Thursday.

Obituary: Issam Abdallah

Monday 16 October 2023

Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah (photo), killed in southern Lebanon by missiles fired from the direction of Israel, had a reputation among his peers as careful and cautious in difficult environments.

Obituary: John Hopper

Tuesday 13 November 2018

John Hopper (photo), who died from cancer in London on 9 November aged 84, began a 40-year career with Reuters as a telegraphist in the days before video-editing and computers.

Nazanin ends Iran hunger strike after 15 days

Saturday 29 June 2019

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the Thomson Reuters Foundation project manager jailed in Tehran for alleged spying, has ended her hunger strike after 15 days.

Obituary: Diana Drayton

Sunday 29 November 2015

Diana Drayton (photo), who has died, was for the whole of her 40 years with Reuters at the centre of its direction and saw at first hand its growth from a news agency serving mainly media to a global information organisation indispensable to financial markets.

Reuters extends search for new president, names stopgap

Thursday 9 December 2021

Reuters is still looking for a successor to president Michael Friedenberg and has appointed another senior executive to take on his duties while the search continues.

Thomson Reuters wins India trade mark - seven years after asking

Monday 29 September 2014

Thomson Reuters has been formally granted the right to use the name Thomson Reuters as a trade mark in India six years after the merger that formed the company and nearly seven years after filing its application.

Obituary: Helen Alexander

Monday 7 August 2017

Dame Helen Alexander (photo), who died on Saturday aged 60, was chairman of Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company which acts as guardian of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Obituary: Roger Jeal

Wednesday 1 September 2021

Roger Jeal (photo), who died on Wednesday aged 72, was a Reuters journalist who put a natural talent for teaching to beneficial use on editing desks and later with the Reuters Foundation and a university.

Reuters shares in £2.5 million insider dealing case

Thursday 22 April 2010

Reuters shares traded in the run-up to the 2008 takeover by Thomson were among those involved in a £2.5 million insider dealing investigation, Britain's largest, a London court heard on Thursday.

Union pledges $500,000 for 'fair contract' campaign at Thomson Reuters

Thursday 22 May 2014

The Newspaper Guild of New York said it would commit $500,000 if necessary for its campaign for a fair contract at Thomson Reuters.

Reuters website hacked in Syrian cyberwar attack

Saturday 4 August 2012

In the latest cyberattack to strike a news organisation covering Syria's civil war, a Reuters website was hacked on Friday and used to disseminate fake stories about the country's rebel movement.

Obituary: Claude Salhani

Wednesday 24 August 2022

Claude Salhani (photo), an Arab-American photo-journalist who has died at home in Paris aged 70 after a prolonged illness, was inside a news media building in Beirut in 1981 when an Israeli heavy artillery shell struck. He escaped with a sprained ankle.

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