Reuters offers talented students and graduates with an interest in journalism an opportunity to learn at the world’s largest international multimedia news agency.
About the role
Our global Reuters News Internship Program gives you the chance to fast-track your journalism career and develop your skills across a variety of subjects and media. We welcome passionate and curious reporters, producers and photojournalists who want to tell stories for a global audience. Reuters seeks diverse candidates from all backgrounds and is excited to work with emerging talent who can cover breaking news and tell in-depth stories from new perspectives.
We are looking for an intern to work in our Live Pages department in our London newsroom. Live Pages is a direct-to-consumer scrolling multimedia feed of text, video, pictures, graphics, and social media in a mobile-first presentation for the biggest stories of the day. Sometimes that will be coverage of scheduled events – elections, awards ceremonies and the like – and other times it will be breaking news.
About you
- Commitment to a career in journalism
- A keen interest in storytelling across text, video and pictures
- Emerging talent who can tell stories about finance, politics and people from new perspectives and in different formats
- Ambition to deliver journalism with real impact
- An international outlook and ability to work in a team and communicate across departments
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Good working knowledge of writing and reporting in English required
The role
- Paid 12-week internship, starting from 16th June, 2024
- An assigned Senior Editor as a mentor
- Formal training and coaching
- Interns are expected to bring ideas, energy, enthusiasm, and a start-up mentality to a versatile team
- Monitor Reuters TV, picture, and social media output to report on the biggest global stories
- Participants who excel may be considered for future opportunities at Reuters
Please note
- Applicants must be in their final or penultimate year of university to be considered for our summer internship programme
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the region/country to which they apply
Our application process
- The deadline for applications is Sunday 15th December 2024 at 11.59pm GMT
- Interviews will be conducted in February/March 2025
- Please apply with an up-to-date CV and answer our application questions
About Reuters
Founded 170 years ago, Reuters provides society with the news it needs to be free, prosperous and informed. Each day, 2,500 journalists in nearly 200 locations around the globe deliver unparalleled international and national news coverage in 16 languages with speed, impartiality and insight. Reuters stays true to the letter and spirit of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles, valuing independence, integrity and freedom from bias.
Reuters news is read and seen by billions of people worldwide every day. Our stories reach more than 750 broadcasters in 115 countries and 1,000 publishing clients, including eight of the world’s top 10 newspapers.
Our audience includes
- 35 million unique monthly visitors to Reuters.com.
- Hundreds of thousands of professionals using Thomson Reuters premium products.
Each year we deliver
- 2+ million unique news stories.
- 1.4+ million news alerts.
- 730,000+ pictures and images.
- 110,000+ video stories.
- 4,600+ expert views.
- Nearly 100 investigative reports.
What's in it for you?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
