Breaking News Correspondent, Australia & New Zealand Reuters is looking for an ambitious and dynamic journalist with excellent news judgment and a flair for writing to join our breaking news team in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, covering everything from politics and economic policy to companies and commodities.
The successful candidate will be part of a team that delivers breaking news coverage and helps plan and set our agenda for the day and week. Based in Sydney, the Breaking news correspondent will produce coverage across multiple topics and monitor a wide array of sources. They will be responsible for helping generate coverage across the story cycle, from news alerts and early quick hits on breaking developments, to anchoring updates on the bigger stories of the day and writing media-friendly news stories and features. As a member of the Sydney bureau, there will also be ample opportunity to pitch and execute initiative work.
In order to meet coverage demands, the team works with staggered start/end times. The start time for this role will be 10.30am on most days.
About the Role
As a Breaking news correspondent, Australia & New Zealand , you will:
Help drive our breaking news coverage across a wide range of sources and topics.
Ensure we are delivering fast and accurate headlines and updates.
Report and write major spot stories, as well as quickly pivot to initiative work when the need arises.
Plan coverage of events and prepare for the unexpected.
Work with reporters across regions and disciplines.
About You
To be our Breaking news correspondent, Australia & New Zealand , you will likely have:
Experience in fast-paced, breaking news situations, ideally across a range of subjects.
Excellent news judgment.
A self-starter skilled at idea-generation who can take a story forward.
Strong people and communication skills.
An understanding of politics, economics and the corporate sectors in Australia and New Zealand.
Skills with social media newsgathering and monitoring.
A willingness to experiment with emerging story formats, including visually led, interactive and AI-assisted journalism.
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.
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.
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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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