Description
Reuters is seeking a Polling Correspondent to join its global polling team, which produces market-leading forecasts and exclusive stories on economic and financial-market developments across 50 key economies.
This is an exciting early-career opportunity for a journalist to turn insights from economists, analysts, polling data and fast-moving events into accurate, timely reporting used by market participants, LSEG clients and policymakers around the world.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the planning, execution, and analysis of regular and ad hoc Reuters polls on macroeconomic trends, financial markets and central-bank policy, helping ensure timely and reliable results.
- Monitor economic data releases, market-moving events, and central-bank decisions to identify timely polling opportunities and develop strong story angles.
- Analyze poll findings alongside relevant economic and market developments to produce accurate, concise and insightful stories for Reuters' global audience.
- Build and maintain professional relationships with economists, analysts and other relevant sources to strengthen Reuters' polling panels and reporting expertise.
- Contribute ideas for survey questions, data-driven analysis and enterprise stories that maximize the value and impact of Reuters' exclusive poll results.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues across locations and time zones to meet deadlines, support global coverage and maintain high editorial standards.
- Use approved AI and digital tools to improve reporting workflows, data analysis, polling processes and storytelling while adhering to Reuters standards for accuracy and impartiality.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in economics, journalism, or a related field, with one to two years of experience as a journalist, reporter or correspondent.
- Strong writing, reporting and news judgment, with a demonstrated commitment to accuracy, fairness and impartiality.
- Interest in, or basic knowledge of, economics, financial markets and central-bank policy.
- Microsoft Excel - Intermediate proficiency, including the ability to organize, analyze and interpret data using spreadsheets.
- Comfort working with data and translating polling results, economic indicators and market developments into clear journalistic insights.
- Strong verbal communication skills and confidence engaging with economists, analysts and other professional sources.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines, work effectively in a collaborative global environment and work the assigned rotational shift schedule.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience reporting on macroeconomics, financial markets and/or central-bank policy.
- Prior experience conducting, supporting or analyzing polls, surveys or other structured data-collection projects.
- Python , Basic proficiency, particularly for data analysis, data cleaning or reporting-related workflows.
- Familiarity with using AI-enabled tools responsibly to support research, data analysis, reporting or storytelling.
What's in it For You?
- 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.