Dinesh
Bangalore, India
Working with the best
As the editor-in-charge for the finance and basic industries team in Bangalore, my job is to ensure we provide value to our clients while adhering to the company's strict standards of ethics and principles. Over the last few years, we have worked really hard to deliver financial news amid one of the worst financial crisis in years.
At Thomson Reuters, I have the opportunity to do something I am really passionate about.
“Being a journalist, I interact and work with some of the best names in the field.”
In an increasingly competitive environment, sticking to our core values is what sets us apart from the rest.
The competitive drive to win
While on a temporary assignment with the New York equities team, I was part of a group that secured a 50 percent win-rate against the competition for the first time in the Americas. I personally scored many wins against the competition during this period.
People, performance, success
At Thomson Reuters, you are rewarded for performance. I appreciate the fact that the company really cares for its people.
Kavita
Bangalore, India
Worldwide experience
I came to Thomson Reuters with more than 10 years of experience, with positions held in India and New York. While in New York, I received my master’s in Journalism from Columbia University. I have experience both onscreen and behind the scenes. I am currently a training editor, working out of Bangalore, in the offshore news location.
An expanding training role
I train reporters in Bangalore how to write news about companies in the United States, Canada and UK. I also run a week-long external course called “Reuters Business Plus” at a journalism college in Chennai, India. The role has expanded beyond Bangalore, and training now includes trips to the Mumbai and Delhi bureaus.
Inspiring international excellence
What inspires me? This organization is as international as it can get -- a cross-cultural mix of behaviors, philosophies, accents and ethos. And the beauty is
“We all follow the same philosophy when it comes to writing news: Get it first, but first get it right!”
Patrick
Mexico City, Mexico
Equipped to take on challenges
Currently, I am a reporter covering Mexico for Thomson Reuters. Our coverage includes the brutal drug war, trade and finance. It takes time to learn the byzantine rules that govern the developing world but that's just one challenge of explaining how Mexico works. But when so many media companies are pulling back,
“We have unmatched resources to get the big stories. It's exciting to be part of that team.”
There when news breaks
I had the good fortune to cover the housing market just as the crisis began. News was coming from everywhere in Washington -- the Treasury, the Fed and Capitol Hill. Thanks to my sources, I got my hands on a few big breaks and earned Scoop of the Year in 2008.
Explaining the headlines
For many of us, the reporter's life is a vocation. We might not be able to change the world, but we have a duty to explain how the world is changing -- and that's exciting. No one covers the world's events with the same heart that we do at Thomson Reuters.
Peter
London, UK
A leader in the news field
I was assigned to cover Sri Lanka just in time for the outbreak of a civil war. Together with my bureau chief and a strong and dedicated local team, we dominated coverage of major developments. While there, my neck was broken in a minibus crash on assignment, paralyzing me from the shoulders down. I returned to work in London nine months later in a wheelchair and using voice recognition software.
Global contributions
“Some of the stories I reported in both southern Africa and Sri Lanka helped to raise international awareness of difficult issues --”
food shortages and killings by government-linked forces. Now as the first political risk correspondent for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, I write big picture stories and work with bureaus on their coverage of individual stories. I strive to make political and general news stories more relevant to our financial clients.
Working through challenges
Dealing with my disability has not been easy, but I'm lucky to continue the kind of reporting from both home and overseas that delivers insight to Thomson Reuters customers. After initial skepticism, I've helped force something of a sea change in the way my managers and co-workers look at people with disabilities.