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Reuters Foundation is the charitable arm of Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news agency which is internationally respected for its fast, accurate and impartial reporting. Reuters Foundation has shared these reporting skills for more than two decades by providing training for journalists in a wide range of specialised reporting fields, including international news coverage, writing business news, working in conflict zones, and writing about environmental issues. It has also provided fellowships for mid-career journalists, at Oxford University, and has recently established a new centre for journalism excellence there, known as the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The Foundation’s special understanding of the work of relief workers and aid agencies is underscored by its funding of AlertNet, one of the world’s top humanitarian websites which provides fast and reliable information on emergencies and is widely used by NGOs, aid workers, journalists and the general public. Another way the Foundation shares its skills is by mentoring journalists as they build new independent services. An example is the formation in Iraq of a national news agency using a web-based newsgathering and distribution platform. The contributors received Foundation training and technical support, and their reports are edited by Reuters Arabic journalists until the agency becomes sufficiently established to work fully on its own. Launched with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Spanish International Cooperation Organisaton (AECI), the agency is named Aswat al-Iraq (Voices of Iraq). In addition to its regular programme of workshops for journalists, the Foundation also provides media training for non-media organisations whose staff need to deal with journalists regularly. And it also sets up customised training for clients wishing to offer their staff or journalists in their area some specialised skill development. Reuters news and television is now available through the Reuters RSS service. With Reuters RSS you can take Reuters world class news and television headlines, free of charge, for individual, non-commercial use and incorporate them into your preferred newsreaders and web logs. You can find more information about RSS and how to use it on the relevant page of the Reuters website: http://today.reuters.com/rss/newsrss.aspx Reuters AlertNet, the online news and communications service for the international disaster relief community , also offer news through the RSS service. Click here to find out more about customising your AlertNet feed.
Reuterslink editors Peter Mosley - editor of the international news and HIV/AIDS sections In the course of a long career with Reuters, Peter Mosley held positions including correspondent in Houston, Texas, during the Apollo moon landing programme, correspondent and chief representative in southern Africa, based in Johannesburg, and News Editor for Asia, based in Hong Kong. In London he was variously an editor-in-charge of the central news desk (World Desk), head of the U.K. reporting bureau, Science Editor, Projects Editor and Editorial Operations Manager with global responsibility. His last job was Features Editor. Since retiring from full-time work with Reuters in 1992, he has directed training programmes for the Reuters Foundation and remains active as a freelance journalist. To contact Peter, send an email to reuterslinkeditors@reuters.com. Roger Jeal - editor of the business news section Roger is a freelance editor, journalist, trainer and business English teacher. He worked for Reuters in London, several key European financial centres and Asia between the mid-1970s and 2000, mainly as a business journalist. From 1994 to 1997 he ran the Reuters Foundation's London-based Writing Business News workshops and has taken charge of them again since 2001. Training abroad, for the Foundation and other organisations, has taken him to Bulgaria, Dubai, North Korea, Russia and Trinidad & Tobago. Marking a change from the mainly spot news focus at Reuters, Roger has written a weekly column for a Russian weekly financial magazine, Kompania. Among other interests, he acts as editorial consultant for SeeNews, an English-language newswire covering mainly business news from southeast Europe, LiveWell, a Singapore-based health care magazine, and the UK-based Environmental Law Foundation’s newsletter, ELFline. To contact Roger, send an email to reuterslinkeditors@reuters.com
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