Chief Correspondent, Brazil

Reuters is seeking an experienced journalist to serve as Chief Correspondent in Brazil, leading our enterprise reporting efforts and driving coverage of Latin America’s largest economy.

The successful candidate will work with colleagues in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília to develop ambitious, deeply-reported stories exploring the health of the world’s fourth-largest democracy, investigating corruption and corporate malfeasance, and building on the bureau’s award-winning coverage of threats to the Amazon rainforest.

About The Role

As Chief Correspondent in Brazil, you will:

• Help define and deliver on the bureau’s enterprise priorities
• Develop key sources to break news on strategic coverage areas
• Serve as deputy in the bureau, running the Brazil file when the bureau chief is out
• Mentor colleagues and develop their reporting initiatives into high-impact stories
• Collaborate with correspondents across Latin America on regional coverage
  
  
  

About You

The successful candidate will likely have:

• A record of agenda-setting enterprise journalism
• Talent for working with exclusive sources, documents and data
• Examples of effective teamwork in breaking news environments
• Excellent news judgment and outstanding English writing skills
• At least five years of journalism experience
• A knack for multimedia storytelling
• Strong Portuguese
  
  
  

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

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.

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