Thomson Reuters Looking for Correspondent Professionals

Company Name:    Thomson Reuters India Pvt Ltd

Designation:    Correspondent Professionals

Job Description:

Responsibilities :

• Writes stories with accuracy, speed and independence, in accordance with Reuters principles and operating standards.

• Identifies market-moving figures and comments from sources including electronic news releases, conference calls, Webcasts, press conferences and produces news items based on them.

• Builds and maintains a set of contacts and sources. Manages news coordination with equities reporters in New York and Europe.

• Develops expertise and knowledge in relevant areas of sector specialization through research, networking with specialist reporters in other Reuters bureaux etc.

Company Profile:

Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare, science and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization.

Desired Profile:

Education Qualification :

• Should have a post graduation degree (Journalism).

Required Skills (Must have), Necessary industry experience and associated number of years of experience:

Must have:

• Ability to write clearly and quickly per Reuters reporting standards and principles.

• Sound command of grammar, spelling, punctuation.

• Comfort with handling figures and facts accurately and capability to digest financial data.

• Must be able to work under time pressure and willing to work in shifts.

Desired Skills (Nice to have in addition to the Required Skills), necessary industry experience and associated number of years of experience:

Prefer to have:

• Typically 0-8 years experience writing and reporting business news.

• Knowledge of corporate activity and stock markets, or ability to gain such knowledge quickly.

Additional Information (e.g. shift resource, % work that is development vs. maintenance, etc.)

Experience:      0 - 5 Years

Role:     Fresher

Functional Area:      Content, Journalism

Education:

UG - Any Graduate

PG - Integrated PG - Journalism / Mass Communication

Location:     Bengaluru/Bangalore

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