Legal Reporter (Level 1 Journalist)

Reuters is seeking a Legal Reporter to hit the ground running covering litigation in courts across the U.S. The Legal Reporter will have the instincts and sources to deliver distinctive coverage of high-stakes court cases, emerging trends in litigation and other news of interest to legal professionals, as well as a wider audience.

About the Role

As a Legal Reporter on Reuters’ growing legal news team, you will:

• Write about high-profile court filings, rulings, and hearings daily and identify broader trends and bellwether cases as they develop
• Have a deep understanding of the field, established sources and an ability to write quickly and accurately with valuable insight for legal professionals, as well as a wider audience
• Stay on top of spot news and be continually pitching deeper dives and enterprise pieces
• Demonstrate beat expertise and dominance
• Collaborate with our data and video teams to develop initiative and multimedia stories
• Work seamlessly with Reuters teammates

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Legal Reporter if you have:

• An ambition to break news, a commitment to accuracy and a keen attention to detail
• A minimum of five years of experience as a journalist
• Previous experience covering courts and/or demonstrated ability to understand legal issues and report and write about them clearly
• California, New York or Washington, D.C. area is preferred; location may be flexible for the right candidate

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: we have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our employees

Benefits: we offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits

Perks:  Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories

(Internal candidates: Please note this position is incorrectly listed as being in the EIC job family).

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.

To apply for this position, please include CV and cover letter. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

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As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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