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London, United Kingdom

London

Editing and writing the biggest stories of the day in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and beyond. Making split-second decisions on the publication of breaking news. Assigning stories to a team of editors. Part of a core team that developed Reuters' multi-media production capacity across pictures, television, graphics and maps.

Ghana

Reporting on politics, economics and commodity production in Ghana. Knowledge and understanding of the country's policy processes, as well as its political, economic and business leaders. Reported on the country's macro-economic crisis that began in 2013 and its 2016 presidential election. Also, edited and wrote news from across West Africa on politics, economics, commodities and security working with a team of correspondents and operating in English and French. Developed and produced… Show more Reporting on politics, economics and commodity production in Ghana. Knowledge and understanding of the country's policy processes, as well as its political, economic and business leaders. Reported on the country's macro-economic crisis that began in 2013 and its 2016 presidential election. Also, edited and wrote news from across West Africa on politics, economics, commodities and security working with a team of correspondents and operating in English and French. Developed and produced multi-media stories. Conceived, reported and wrote Africa business stories with a team of journalists from around the continent. Show less

Indonesia

Led a team of 20 multimedia journalists and around 20 stringers in reporting Southeast Asia's biggest economy and the world's fourth largest country in terms of population. Responsibilities included staff training, development, recruitment and performance management. Editorial responsibilities involved assigning and coordinating news flow, reporting and editing, liaising with senior Asia and global managers, conceiving long term projects and bringing them to publication, assuring that bureau… Show more Led a team of 20 multimedia journalists and around 20 stringers in reporting Southeast Asia's biggest economy and the world's fourth largest country in terms of population. Responsibilities included staff training, development, recruitment and performance management. Editorial responsibilities involved assigning and coordinating news flow, reporting and editing, liaising with senior Asia and global managers, conceiving long term projects and bringing them to publication, assuring that bureau output met Reuters exacting standards in terms of ethics, accuracy, neutrality and freedom from bias. Particular focuses on the country's politics, macro-economics and the evolution of policies for its $93 billion mining sector. Show less

Atlanta

Part of a small team that won a Loeb Prize, a U.S. National Press Club award and a New York Press Club award for the Shell Games investigative series in 2011. Led a team of stringers who produced award winning work from across the Deep South. Developed a 'beat' reporting race and poverty in America. Reported in depth on the rise of Barack Obama and the 2008 presidential election. Reported extensively from Haiti, both before and after its 2010 earthquake, on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and on… Show more Part of a small team that won a Loeb Prize, a U.S. National Press Club award and a New York Press Club award for the Shell Games investigative series in 2011. Led a team of stringers who produced award winning work from across the Deep South. Developed a 'beat' reporting race and poverty in America. Reported in depth on the rise of Barack Obama and the 2008 presidential election. Reported extensively from Haiti, both before and after its 2010 earthquake, on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and on the Great Recession. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Writing and editing the biggest stories of the day in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Dealing with breaking news. Multiple reporting trips to Paris including for the death of Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat.

Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Trained and lead a team of television cameramen and producers, both staff and stringers. Reported on-the-ground on conflict, political upheaval, diplomacy and humanitarian emergencies in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Angola, Libya, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Guinea. Nominated for a Royal Television Society award. Made TV features for the Africa Journal programme.

Kenya

Reported on-the-ground on political upheaval in the Great Lakes region in the aftermath of Rwanda's genocide. This included civil war in Burundi and the international war against Zaire's then leader Mobutu Sese Seko. Reported from the scene at an al Qaeda attack on the U.S. embassy in Nairobi.