Graduate News Reporter (French Speaking)

Reuters is seeking a graduate who can speak fluent English and French to join its real-time news operation in Gdansk, Poland.

The reporters will work in fast paced, international environment to produce headlines, write short stories about companies from one of Europe’s biggest economies, produce multimedia packages, translate international news for Reuters’ French-speaking audience, and become part of Reuters’ global network.

Trading desks, hedge funds and asset managers at major multinational banks use subscription-based Eikon terminal to get fast & accurate information to base their investment decision on. Your stories for Reuters will also be seen by our media clients, on Reuters.com and other websites read by the public. Reuters news and information reach one billion people every day.

About the Role

As our French Speaking News Reporter, you will:

Scan press releases from companies and regulators in English and French to quickly identify key information

Write headlines and news summaries in both languages

Monitor stock price changes and writing short English-language news summaries explaining the moves

Write short alerts on French, Belgian, and Dutch macroeconomic data, such as GDP and inflation, quickly and accurately

Translate market reports, general, political, economic and company news stories from English to French

Apply news judgment to pick relevant Reuters news and package it with pictures and videos for Reuters News online clients

About You

To be our French Speaking News Reporter, you will have:

Fluency in English and French

Strong translation skills

Strong news judgment and the ability to write with speed, clarity, accuracy and freedom from bias

A sound command of grammar, spelling, punctuation

Comfort with handling financial data and facts accurately and quickly

Openness to gain knowledge of corporate activity, stock markets and financial vocabulary

An ability to work under time pressure

Willingness to work in shifts and on weekends