News Reporter (with English and Polish)
Reuters is looking for a candidate who can speak fluent English and Polish to join its real-time news operation in Gdansk. The reporter will get to produce headlines and write short stories about companies from the Central and Eastern European region. This job offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment for one of the world’s biggest and most trusted news organisations.
Why is this job important?
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. Your stories for Reuters will also be seen by our media clients, on Reuters.com and other extensions available to read for everyone. Reuters news and information reaches one billion people every day.
About the Role
In this opportunity as News Reporter, you will be:
Writing headlines and news summaries accurately, quickly and with high standards of credibility, in accordance with Reuters principles and operating standards
Searching through approved sources to grasp and translate news
Identifying market-moving figures and comments to filter out news stories from sources including electronic news releases, conferences calls, Webcasts
Covering economic data for Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary
About You
You’re a fit for the role of News Reporter if your background includes:
Fluency in English and Polish
Knowledge of Czech, Romanian or Hungarian languages will be an advantage
Strong news judgment
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
Knowledge of corporate activity, stock markets and financial vocabulary, or an ability to gain such knowledge quickly
An ability to work under time pressure
Willingness to undertake shifts
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