Graduate News Reporter with French
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 Graduate 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 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
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:
Kickstart your journalistic career with the opportunity to learn and be coached by experienced Reuters journalists and to build a global network
Develop understanding and knowledge of global business, industry and markets and receive training on how to report on them
Do work that matters for our global news customers: getting trusted information to outlets as quickly as possible, ensuring they don’t miss newsworthy information
Experience being part of a dynamic, multi-national, multi-lingual newsroom with diverse backgrounds
Get to know and utilize professional-grade financial software
Get access to multiple training sessions delivered by members of the global learning team
Performance based development and secondment opportunities with other bureaus and teams
Benefits: We offer competitive salary and benefits package including paid volunteering and mental health days, private healthcare and gym card