Polling Correspondent

Thomson Reuters Corp.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 600.000 - 900.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Thomson Reuters Corp. is seeking a Polling Correspondent in Bengaluru to join a global polling team. You will help plan, execute and analyze polls covering macro trends, markets and central-bank policy, delivering timely journalism for a worldwide audience.

The role emphasizes accuracy, impartiality, and collaboration across time zones. You will monitor data releases, identify compelling story angles, and translate complex poll results into clear reporting while engaging economists and analysts.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in economics, journalism, or related field.
• 1-2 years of journalism experience.
• Intermediate Excel for data work and reporting.
• Ability to translate polling data into clear stories.

Aufgaben

• Support planning, execution, and analysis of Reuters polls on macroeconomic trends and market developments.
• Monitor data releases, events, and policy decisions to identify polling opportunities and angles.
• Analyze poll findings with economic context to produce concise, insightful stories for a global audience.
• Build relationships with economists, analysts and sources to strengthen polling panels.

Kenntnisse

Strong writing and reporting

News judgment

Data analysis

Excel

Collaboration across locations

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in economics, journalism, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Jobbeschreibung

## Polling CorrespondentApply: Hybrid: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: November 20, 2026 (16 days left to apply): JREQ204519**Job Description:**Reuters is seeking a Polling Correspondent to join its global polling team, which produces market-leading forecasts and exclusive stories on economic and financial-market developments across 50 key economies. This is an exciting early-career opportunity for a journalist to turn insights from economists, analysts, polling data and fast-moving events into accurate, timely reporting used by market participants, LSEG clients and policymakers around the world.Reporting to Hari Kishan, Editor In Charge, you will collaborate with colleagues across Reuters' globally distributed polling team. You will contribute to regular and ad hoc polls covering central-bank decisions, macroeconomic indicators, inflation, growth, unemployment, foreign exchange, bond yields and equity markets, while helping deliver high-quality journalism that informs a global audience.Relocation support is available, but the role doesn’t require travel.**Key Responsibilities:*** Support the planning, execution, and analysis of regular and ad hoc Reuters polls on macroeconomic trends, financial markets and central-bank policy, helping ensure timely and reliable results.* Monitor economic data releases, market-moving events, and central-bank decisions to identify timely polling opportunities and develop strong story angles.* Analyze poll findings alongside relevant economic and market developments to produce accurate, concise and insightful stories for Reuters' global audience.* Build and maintain professional relationships with economists, analysts and other relevant sources to strengthen Reuters' polling panels and reporting expertise.* Contribute ideas for survey questions, data-driven analysis and enterprise stories that maximize the value and impact of Reuters' exclusive poll results.* Collaborate closely with colleagues across locations and time zones to meet deadlines, support global coverage and maintain high editorial standards.* Use approved AI and digital tools to improve reporting workflows, data analysis, polling processes and storytelling while adhering to Reuters standards for accuracy and impartiality.* Editorial Judgment and Accuracy: Applies sound news judgment and handles economic, market and polling information with care, precision and impartiality. **Required Qualifications:*** Bachelor's degree in economics, journalism, or a related field, with one to two years of experience as a journalist, reporter or correspondent.* Strong writing, reporting and news judgment, with a demonstrated commitment to accuracy, fairness and impartiality.* Interest in, or basic knowledge of, economics, financial markets and central-bank policy.* Microsoft Excel - Intermediate proficiency, including the ability to organize, analyze and interpret data using spreadsheets.* Comfort working with data and translating polling results, economic indicators and market developments into clear journalistic insights.* Strong verbal communication skills and confidence engaging with economists, analysts and other professional sources.* Ability to manage competing deadlines, work effectively in a collaborative global environment and work the assigned rotational shift schedule.* Editorial Judgment and Accuracy: Applies sound news judgment and handles economic, market and polling information with care, precision and impartiality.* Analytical Thinking: Interprets data, poll results and market developments to identify meaningful trends and reporting opportunities.* Clear Communication: Produces concise, accessible stories and communicates professionally with sources and colleagues.* Collaboration and Global Mindset: Works effectively with colleagues across geographies, cultures and time zones.* Adaptability and Deadline Discipline: Responds effectively to breaking developments, changing priorities, rotational shifts and evolving newsroom tools. **Preferred Qualifications:*** Experience reporting on macroeconomics, financial markets and/or central-bank policy.* Prior experience conducting, supporting or analyzing polls, surveys or other structured data-collection projects* Python — Basic proficiency, particularly for data analysis, data cleaning or reporting-related workflows.* Familiarity with using AI-enabled tools responsibly to support research, data analysis, reporting or storytelling. #LI-BD1**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.