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Sunlight Foundation’s new plagiarism-detection software launches, claims a bust

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:19:12 +0000

A press release for Sunlight Foundation’s new plagiarism-detection tool Churnalism claims a bust right out of the gate: Reuters’ prematurely published obituary for George Soros “includes a number of references from his Wikipedia page,” it says.… Read more

Jim Roberts joins Reuters

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:56:51 +0000

The New York Observer
Former New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Jim Roberts will become executive editor of Reuters Digital, Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke reports. Roberts took a buyout from the Times last month.

He’ll “oversee the editorial work of Reuters.com … Read more

The story behind that Reuters storm photo featured on four major front pages

Julie Moos — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:25:58 +0000

Brian Snyder had no idea his storm photo appeared on the front pages of four major newspapers this weekend until people started sending him links about it, he said by phone Sunday afternoon.

: These four papers (and a few more)

New York Times news apps team ventures into product development with Olympics syndication

Steve Myers — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:19:40 +0000

The New York Times has built an impressive online home for its Olympics coverage, with instantly-updated results, medal counts, athlete bios, and of course stories and photos. And because the Times has joined with Reuters to syndicate that data and content… Read more

Reuters corrects misquote that said Facebook COO suffers from anxiety

Craig Silverman — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:57:25 +0000

Reuters corrects a misquote that said Facebook’s COO suffers from anxiety:

This story corrected paragraph 6 to show Sandberg said she sometimes gets anxious, not that she suffers from anxiety

Reuters photog who took ‘Texts from Hillary’ picture says viral meme was ‘a mystery to me’

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:09:42 +0000

Reuters | Storify
Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque tells the story behind his now-famous photo of Hillary Clinton wearing sunglasses and checking her BlackBerry:

“On a secretive trip by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Tripoli, only days before the capture … Read more

Reuters journalists in the U.K. call off strike after management offers bigger raises

Steve Myers — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:50:22 +0000

Reuters journalists in the U.K. call off strike after management offers bigger raises… Read more

Reuters issues multiple corrections for much-criticized Rubio story

Craig Silverman — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:12:36 +0000

Reuters published a story on Thursday that looked at the “unlikely” vice presidential prospects of Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio.

The headline said “Florida’s Rubio a star, but an unlikely VP pick” for the GOP nominee’s running mate. The story … Read more

Reuters considers magazine after producing issue for Davos

Steve Myers — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:56:39 +0000

Reuters is seriously considering getting into the magazine business after producing a slick, 64-page proof-of-concept issue for next week’s World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Reuters printed 5,000 copies for Davos and another 6,000 for clients and others.… Read more

Reuters hires investigative reporter, deputy social media editor

Steve Myers — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:34:08 +0000

Investigative journalist Steve Stecklow will work for Reuters in London; Matthew Keys will work with Social Media Editor Anthony De Rosa in New York. Related: Eric Carvin’s social media goal: ‘To get to every last journalist at AP’

The announcement … Read more