Michael Stott
Reuters names new regional bureau chiefs and editors
Wednesday 22 June 2011
The new job “is firmly focused on delivering memorable news stories and overseeing a strong and competitive news file,” said newly-appointed EMEA editor Michael Stott, pictured.
“Our regional bureau chiefs/editors will lead from the front, writing stories and conducting high-level interviews which showcase their expertise and set the news agenda,” he said in a message to staff. “They will be in the forefront of delivering the enterprise stories and big-picture analytical stories which will distinguish us from competitors. They are also tasked with leading news coverage from their regions, running the bureaux, recruiting, promoting, rewarding and retaining the best journalistic talent we can find.”
The initial appointments are
● Samia Nakhoul as Middle East editor, initially based in London but likely to move to the region in due course. The Middle East, Gulf, Arab nations of North Africa, and Turkey report to her. Caroline Drees is Middle East/North Africa editorial region general manager.
● Alex Smith as financial industry editor, based in London.
● Noah Barkin as bureau chief, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, based in Berlin and Frankfurt. Olaf Zapke is general manager, based in Frankfurt.
● Tim Heritage as bureau chief, Central and Eastern Europe and CIS based in Moscow. Bureaux in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria report to him. Olaf Zapke is general manager.
● Geert de Clercq as bureau chief, France/Benelux, based in Paris. Bureaux in Belgium, France, Netherlands and Luxembourg report to him. Mike Bergmeijer is general manager.
● Barry Moody as bureau chief, Southern Europe and Balkans, based in Rome. The region includes Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and the Balkans. Mike Bergmeijer is general manager.
● Paul Taylor – European affairs editor, based in Paris, reporting to EMEA news editor Janet McBride.
Stott said further announcements covering the remainder of the EMEA geography, London desks and EMEA news editing, would follow.
● SOURCE Reuters
Reuters editorial: back to the future
Sunday 22 May 2011
Rob Doherty, pictured, former Washington bureau chief, is returning to Reuters to head up the operation in the US capital. He left in 2008, since when he has been working for the Hatcher Group, a public affairs and communications firm that connects non-profit organisations and foundations to policymakers and the media.
Michael Stott, global editor for the Top News Desk, is appointed regional editor for Europe-Mideast-Africa. He will oversee text journalists in the region with the exception of commodities and energy staff and the International Financing Review, which will continue to report to Richard Mably and to Dayan Candappa, respectively, on a global basis.
Announcing the moves, deputy editor-in-chief Paul Ingrassia said Stott would continue in his present role on an interim basis, pending moves to further integrate the Top News Desk into the regional news structure.
“The sum of these moves means that we are returning, in some respects, back toward the regional text news structure that Reuters had in years past,” Ingrassia said in a note to staff last week.
Region-specific general managers will report to Stuart Karle, chief operating officer and former Wall Street Journal general counsel, who joined Reuters last month in an editorial restructuring announced by new editor-in-chief Stephen Adler. They will focus on “the critical role of supporting editorial operations, unencumbered by the demands of the file”. They will supervise operations, logistics, and safety, and coordinate editorial’s partnership with teams from human resources, public relations, legal, real estate and facilities, finance and security. Their role will include budgets, technology, and representing Reuters.
The general managers are
● Sarah Edmonds – UK, Ireland and Nordic states
● Olaf Zapke – Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Balkans,
Russia/CIS and Turkey
● Michael Bergmeijer, a new hire – France and Benelux
● Barry Moody – Southern Europe
● Christina Pantin – Bangalore
● Duncan Pitcairn – South Asia
● Phil Smith – North Asia
● Jean Yoon – South East Asia and Pacific
● Caroline Drees – Middle East
● Matthew Tostevin – Africa
● Saul Hudson – Latin America
● Michael Christie – Northern Latin America and US states on the Mexican border other than California
● Richard Baum – New York and Canada
● Rob Doherty – Washington DC and bureaus not covered by Baum and Christie.
● SOURCE Reuters
This item has been corrected to make clear that the general managers report to Stuart Karle, chief operating officer, not Paul Ingrassia, deputy editor-in-chief – Editor.
