Breaking News Correspondent, China

Reuters is looking for a journalist with strong news judgement and at least two years’ experience working in a news organisation to join our Greater China Breaking News Hub in Beijing. The successful candidate will be part of a high-performing team covering China breaking news across a range of topics and across the story cycle.

The Breaking News Correspondent will be on the front lines of one of the most important, competitive and exciting stories of our time, and must be ready to quickly turn their hand to craft headlines and write newsbreaks and updates on any breaking news topic.

About the Role

In this opportunity as China Breaking News Correspondent, you will:

--Monitor and gather news across a range of sources, mostly in Chinese, for developments in regulatory, economic, corporate, commodities and energy, political as well as general news

--Use Chinese social media to identify and report stories on news and trends in China

--Write fast and accurate headlines as well as stories under time pressure across a range of topics

--Work with colleagues in Greater China and other countries across multiple areas of coverage

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Breaking News Correspondent, China if your background includes:

--Have strong news judgement

--Be able to filter quickly through complex information to identify and explain key news elements

--Have fluent or native Mandarin and English, with strong English writing ability

--Be a fast learner and team player with excellent communication and multi-tasking skills

--Have at least two years’ experience working in news

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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. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

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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.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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