Thomson Reuters Hiring for Middle East Energy Correspondent, Reuters Job at Dubai Full Time

We are seeking an experienced journalist with excellent reporting and writing skills to be Energy Correspondent covering the Gulf, based in Dubai.

This is an exciting opportunity to help drive Reuters’ energy coverage from the world’s top oil producing region – working closely with the Chief Energy Correspondent for the Middle East, the wider energy team as well as the Gulf team.

The successful candidate will help cover energy policy and break news on the energy corporate file and wider industry. This include major investments, divestments, deals to monetise assets, as well as outages and attacks on energy installations and infrastructure.

You will report on how governments and energy companies around the region grapple with the energy transition and its consequences for their oil and gas revenues and the economies that depend on fossil fuel exports.

About the Role

As our Energy Correspondent in the Gulf, you will:

• Bring enthusiasm, energy, stamina, commitment and the desire to win on breaking news on a vital file

• Be a team player. You need to work closely, collaboratively and collegially with the global Reuters oil team

• Bring original ideas for stories on governmental policy and on trends and changes in the industry

• Deliver a first-class initiative file that will include ambitious investigative pieces

• Be a strong all-round journalist comfortable breaking news and filing at speed as well as reporting and writing deeply reported enterprise stories

• Contribute to stories across the file that require regional input on energy

To be our Energy Correspondent you will likely have:

• At least three years’ experience covering energy

• Strong news judgement, writing and story-telling skills

• A proven track record of breaking major stories

• Exceptional contact building skills

• The ability to explain complex industry and market issues to a wide business audience

• Wider experience covering finance or business

• Experience using data and analytical tools to highlight trends

• Spoken Arabic is preferred

Please note, the deadline for applications is Sunday 12th March 2023.

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:

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  Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities

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  Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists

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  Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days

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

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. Reuters: The Real World in Real Time

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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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