Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-Saharan Africa

Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, is looking for a Sub-Saharan Africa Breaking News Correspondent, based in Johannesburg.

About the Role

As a Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-Saharan Africa, you will:

• Become a key player in Reuters breaking news team, producing real‑time headlines, newsbreaks, updates, sidebars, and visually-driven human interest stories.

• Cover major breaking stories from Southern Africa and other Sub‑Saharan African countries, winning timings and making our stories stand out against our main competitors.

• Collaborate closely with text and visuals colleagues across the region, showing sharp news judgment.

About You

To be a Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-Saharan Africa, you are likely to bring:

• At least one year’s experience in a fast-paced breaking news environment, demonstrating a track record of working in a diverse newsroom and excelling under pressure. 

• Skill at processing complex information quickly.

• Ability to filter information from multiple news sources including social media to identify and report on key political and economic developments, and viral trends across Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Fast, succinct and accurate writing under intense time pressure.

• Working knowledge of the region’s currency and stock markets, and how they are driven by moves elsewhere in global financial markets.

• Fluent English; other languages (e.g. French, Spanish or Portuguese) a plus.

The application deadline is Sunday, August 23rd, 2026.

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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.

• Industry Competitive 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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