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About the Role
Reuters is seeking an experienced editor and newsroom leader to serve as Bureau Chief for Austria, Germany & Switzerland, based in Berlin. This role involves working with journalists across the region to drive original reporting, distinctive storytelling, and agenda-setting analysis, focusing on key political and economic stories.
Responsibilities
- Lead correspondents and selected visual journalists across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, setting clear priorities and delivering a distinctive file of enterprise journalism.
- Coordinate text, photo and video journalists as one team, ensuring stories are reported and published in the formats that best serve regional and global audiences.
- Identify and develop ambitious cross-border stories, analyses and exclusives.
- Uphold Reuters standards of speed, accuracy, fairness and independence across all our journalism.
- Build an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing culture, developing talent and supporting recruitment, succession planning and workforce needs across multiple locations.
- Maintain a strong focus on staff safety and risk management.
- Work closely with global and regional editing teams to align priorities.
- Champion innovation in news coverage and newsroom operations.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success in delivering distinctive, exclusive and impactful journalism.
- Outstanding news judgment and the ability to make confident decisions under pressure while upholding Reuters standards.
- Strong understanding of the political, economic, business and social landscape of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop journalists across multiple locations and cultures, set priorities and manage change.
- Deep expertise in text or visual journalism, paired with a strong understanding of integrated text, pictures and video newsgathering and production.
- Experience managing editorial budgets, staffing and freelance resources.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and organisational skills.
- A firm commitment to the Reuters Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias.
- An understanding of AI tools and their responsible application in newsroom workflows.
- Fluency in German and English.
Skills
- Editorial leadership
- Integrated coverage
- Standards and collaboration
- People leadership
- Safety
- Collaboration & Innovation
- Digital Innovation
- AI tools
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced editor and newsroom leader
Benefits
- Global Career
- Learning & Development
- Industry Competitive Benefits
- Paid volunteering days
- Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists
About the Company
- Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, founded in 1851 and committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias.
- Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions, supplying business, financial, national and international news.
- Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together trusted content and technology for professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media.
- Thomson Reuters products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions.
- Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
- 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.
- At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them.
Equal Opportunity
- As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business 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 Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
- We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.