News Reporter with French, Reuters

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

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

Trading desks, hedge funds and asset managers at major multinational banks use subscription-based Workspace 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 predominantly in French
• Monitor stock price changes and writing short French-language news summaries explaining the moves
• Write short alerts and news summaries mostly on French and international 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
• 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 work in shifts and on weekends

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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:

• Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.
• Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.
• Industry Competitive Benefits:  We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.
• Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world’s media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.