Agricultural Commodities Correspondent

GBR020 Reuters News & Media Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global Career

Learning & Development

Competitive benefits

Volunteering days

Award-winning journalism

Job summary

Reuters is seeking an ambitious Agricultural Commodities Correspondent to cover global grain markets from London, with travel to conferences and industry events. The role involves breaking news, enterprise reporting, and collaboration across Reuters teams to explain how market shifts affect governments, consumers and investors.

The ideal candidate has five years of experience in commodities or trade reporting, strong data skills, and the ability to work quickly under pressure.

Qualifications

• Five years of reporting experience covering commodities, agriculture and/or trade.
• Ability to develop deep sources and break exclusive news.
• Experience using data, trade statistics, analytics tools and multimedia tools.

Responsibilities

• Market coverage of global grain and agricultural commodity markets, from breaking developments to long-form stories.
• Break news on trade flows, export policies, government tenders, sanctions, tariffs, crop failures and supply disruptions.
• Generate and execute original ideas for enterprise and investigative stories on forces transforming global food markets.
• Build deep sources across governments, traders and food companies to report responses to market shifts.
• Collaborate with Reuters reporters across agriculture, trade, energy, commodities, shipping and geopolitics to deliver distinguished journalism.

Skills

Commodity reporting

Agriculture journalism

Breaking news

Data analysis

Global trade

Job description

Job Description

Reuters is seeking an ambitious and well‑sourced correspondent to cover global grain markets at a time when war, diplomacy, trade disputes and climate pressures are reshaping global food supply chains. The Agricultural Commodities Correspondent will break news and produce agenda‑setting coverage of supply from the world’s breadbasket nations to major buyers, explaining what changing market conditions mean for governments, consumers, investors and commodity market participants. Based in London, with other locations considered for the right candidate, this hybrid role reports to Global Softs Correspondent, sits within the Commodities & Energy team and requires travel to conferences and industry events.

Key Responsibilities

• Market coverage: Deliver world‑class coverage of global grain and agricultural commodity markets, from breaking developments to deeply reported long‑form stories.
• Breaking news: Break news on trade flows, export policies, government tenders, sanctions, tariffs, crop failures and supply disruptions.
• Enterprise journalism: Generate and execute original ideas for agenda‑setting enterprise and investigative stories on the forces transforming global food markets.
• Cross‑border reporting: Build deep sources across governments, traders, food companies and importers to report how they respond to rapidly shifting market conditions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Reuters reporters covering agriculture, trade, energy, commodities, shipping, geopolitics and emerging markets to deliver distinctive journalism for professional and global audiences.

Required Qualifications

At least five years of reporting experience covering commodities, agriculture and/or trade, with a proven ability to develop deep sources and break exclusive news. Experience using data, trade statistics, analytical tools and multimedia tools to uncover and tell stories. Strong understanding of global agricultural markets, food supply chains and international trade; a track record of ambitious enterprise, investigative or long‑form journalism; strong news judgement; the ability to write quickly, clearly and accurately under pressure; the ability to explain complex market and policy developments to broad and professional audiences; attention to detail; strong analytical skills; and a collaborative working style across teams and regions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Languages: German and/or French.

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What’s in it For You?

• 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.

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