Description
Reuters is seeking an experienced editor and newsroom leader to serve as Bureau Chief for Austria, Germany & Switzerland. Based in Berlin, you will work with text, photo, and video journalists across the region to drive original reporting, distinctive storytelling, and agenda-setting analysis.
In Germany, you will help produce agenda-setting coverage on the rise of the AfD, the growing military threat from Russia, and the decline of its industrial base. In Switzerland and Austria, you will help oversee deeper coverage of the multilateral institutions based there, as well as the major political and economic stories facing the two countries.
Key Responsibilities
- Editorial leadership: Lead correspondents and selected visual journalists across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, setting clear priorities and delivering a distinctive file of enterprise journalism.
- Integrated coverage: Coordinate text, photo, and video journalists as one team, ensuring stories are reported and published in the formats that best serve regional and global audiences.
- Standards and collaboration: Uphold Reuters standards of speed, accuracy, fairness, and independence across all journalism.
- People leadership: Build an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing culture, developing talent and supporting recruitment, succession planning, and workforce needs across multiple locations.
- Safety: Maintain a strong focus on staff safety and risk management.
- Collaboration & Innovation: Work closely with global and regional editing teams to align priorities; champion innovation in news coverage and newsroom operations.
Required Qualifications
- Editorial track record: Demonstrated success in delivering distinctive, exclusive, and impactful journalism.
- Regional knowledge: Strong understanding of the political, economic, business, and social landscape of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
- Leadership and management: Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop journalists across multiple locations and cultures.
- Multi-format expertise: Deep expertise in text or visual journalism, paired with a strong understanding of integrated text, pictures, and video newsgathering and production.
- Financial and operational management: Experience managing editorial budgets, staffing, and freelance resources.
- Communication and innovation: Excellent communication, collaboration, and organisational skills.
- Standards: A firm commitment to the Reuters Trust Principles of independence, integrity, and freedom from bias.
- Languages: Fluency in German and English.
Preferred Qualifications
- Digital Innovation: Track record of driving innovation in digital news delivery, audience engagement, and editorial storytelling.
- Additional Languages: Proficiency in other European languages.
What's in it For You?
- Global Career: Opportunities for international career progression.
- Learning & Development: On-the-job learning and coaching, with a dedicated training team.
- Industry Competitive Benefits: Competitive salary packages and market-leading benefits.
- Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team providing unmatched coverage of the world's most important stories.