Breaking News Reporter

Monitors incoming news. Makes fast decisions and ensures content is quickly edited and transmitted.
Refines and codes content and improves content where appropriate, ensuring correct balance, style, objectivity and reliable sourcing.
Liaises with journalists, other desks (including pictures, the Editorial Reference Unit, TV and graphics) and specialist editors and provides feedback as needed.
Monitors external media and other sources, identifying gaps in coverage and feeds into the news editing process.
May create content. May engage clients (through blogs, online chatrooms etc).
Alerts bureaux on beats picked up by competitors. Revises and packages content per product requirements (e.g. Top News, glances, wraps, photo montages, online communities, reuters.com, agency).
For local language services adapts, translates and codes international service stories per local client requirements. May directly inject to a local language service.
Originates and edits graphics to illustrate text stories.