New US West Coast bureau chief straight out of the bay

He will lead Reuters’ file from the West with a special focus on covering technology, the entertainment industry and the region's political and economic story, a Reuters announcement said. He will be based in San Francisco.

Among previous roles Weber worked for the Los Angeles Times for eight years and was co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Industry Standard, launched in 1998 as a business magazine covering technology and the Internet. There he worked with James Ledbetter, now Reuters op-ed editor.

San Francisco bureau chief Peter Henderson, who joined Reuters in 1996 as a correspondent in Moscow, will remain in San Francisco in the new role of West Coast enterprise editor. ■