Overview
Documentary Investigations Editor, Reuters. This position will be based in London, UK. Reuters seeks a visionary and innovative editor to drive its prize-winning investigative and explanatory journalism into the video realm. The Documentary Investigations Editor will drive the reporting, editing and production of short and long feature documentaries, working with other journalists from text, video, graphics, photo and visual verification to ensure true multi-platform delivery of our most ambitious journalism.
About The Role
As Documentary Investigations Editor at Reuters, you will:
* Work with reporters and editors across our global newsroom. You will marshal the right assortment of journalists in collaborations that produce engrossing and flawlessly executed short and long films.
* Weave together reporting from multiple disciplines. It may include satellite imagery or data analysis, user-generated video, or old-fashioned shoe leather reporting.
* Collaborate with other world-class editors skilled in investigative reporting, visual storytelling and news design to ensure our reporting maximizes its multi-media potential. We want you working on stories that capitalize on all of our strengths – text, photography, graphics, video and data journalism – and we seek to deliver these stories on multiple platforms.
* Help market our long-form video to potential clients. You will think innovatively, figuring out how to deliver it in ways that meet their needs and make them hungry for more.
About You
To be our Documentary Investigations Editor at Reuters, you will likely have:
* Demonstrable experience of producing ambitious, high-impact video investigations that make the best of traditional and OSINT reporting, video and data journalism.
* An eagerness to embrace data and an understanding of how it can deepen and enhance our storytelling.
* Impeccable news judgment, including the ability to bullet-proof the accuracy and fairness of investigative reporting.
* Expertise in transforming data-heavy OSINT investigations into coherent and impactful video products that can be understood by a wide audience.
* A pioneering spirit and a record of innovation.
* Experience launching new things and bringing the right stakeholders together.
* The market know-how and critical industry connections to market short and long documentary video successfully to broadcast, streaming and other platforms.
Please Note: Complete applications must be submitted by 23:59 (BST) on Wednesday 17th September 2025. Early applications are encouraged.
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.
About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation here.
Learn more on how to protect yourself from fraudulent job postings here. More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
* Financial Services, Legal Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Thomson Reuters by 2x
Get notified about new Editor jobs in London, England, United Kingdom.
London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago
London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago
London, England, United Kingdom 2 days ago
London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago
London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago
YouTube Editor (Long-Form Storytelling Specialist)
London, England, United Kingdom 16 hours ago
We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
#J-18808-Ljbffr