Title: Enterprise Desk Editor
ID: NEW00002843

Description

Thomson Reuters is the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. Through its more than 50,000 people across 93 countries, Thomson Reuters delivers this must-have insight to the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, and is powered by the world's most trusted news organization. More information about Thomson Reuters and its financial performance can be found on www.ThomsonReuters.com

Overview:

Reuters is looking for skilled editors to join our expanding Global Enterprise Desk.
We're seeking experienced editors who can spearhead the execution of deeply reported, revelatory and high-impact enterprise journalism.
Editors must be able to help a reporter conceive a project, guide her or him through the reporting if necessary, and elevate the story into a highly polished article that engages, enlightens and sings.
The ideal candidates will have a proven track record as editors or writers of long-form enterprise journalism.
We need people who are both deep and broad:
Our editors will be able to handle a rich variety of enterprise work: high-impact investigative journalism, moving narratives, revelatory profiles, quick-hit exclusives, brainy works of explanatory reporting.
They must have an eye for a great, hot story, and they must know how to help reporters give real edge to their work: We are looking for stuff that is truly revelatory, that tells the world important things that it didn't know, that has a real impact on the world.

Responsibilities:

Editors must be comfortable handling both longer-term projects and run-and-gun enterprise work that complements our coverage of big ongoing stories. Assignments might include editing a sensitive 2,500 word financial investigation and an 800 word scoopy initiative piece on, say, the British phone-hacking controversy.
They must be strong bullet-proofers--capable of helping writers deepen and harden up their reporting, of unearthing errors of fact and logic, stripping stories of bias, making sure that all premises are truly backed by hard facts, and giving alternative truths their due.
They must be wordsmiths capable of turning a poorly written story into a great read. They must turn out letter-perfect prose-no typos, misspellings, grammar glitches or other infelicities. When dealing with a reporter who is a really fine writer, they must be smart enough to leave well enough alone.
They also must help drive our visual journalism, which is every bit as important as text, working with the reporters and our colleagues in graphics, photos, video and design to produce stuff that illuminates and wows.
Numeracy is prized. Data-driven journalism is part of the future and we need people who are comfortable with numbers (or at the very least can spot basic arithmetical errors in the copy!).

Qualifications

Required Skills:

At least 3 years as an accomplished editor or reporter of long-form enterprise journalism.
Strong writing skills: flawless English prose; the ability to explain complex issues not only clearly and succinctly, but also entertainingly.
Project management skills: The ability to coordinate with other editors, reporters and visual journalists in the newsroom and globally to deliver sophisticated work.
A gung-ho attitude: This is an ambitious and challenging endeavor; we need enthusiasts with a can-do mentality.

Desired Skills:

At least 3 years as an accomplished editor or reporter of long-form enterprise journalism.
Strong writing skills: flawless English prose; the ability to explain complex issues not only clearly and succinctly, but also entertainingly.
Project management skills: The ability to coordinate with other editors, reporters and visual journalists in the newsroom and globally to deliver sophisticated work.
A gung-ho attitude: This is an ambitious and challenging endeavor; we need enthusiasts with a can-do mentality.

Thomson Reuters employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive - we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work.

Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law.

Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Job: News/Editorial
Primary Location: US-NY-New York
Organization: Markets Editorial Ops
Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No