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Industry People: Sally Buzbee joins Reuters as News Editor – United States and Canada

Sally Buzbee at Reuters

Reuters made a great hire this week – Sally Buzbee will join the news organisation on 11 December 2024, as News Editor for the United States and Canada.

Reuters say: Sally is one of the world’s most distinguished editors and brings a wealth of experience to Reuters, having previously served as the Executive Editor of The Washington Post and as the Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of The Associated Press.

During her three years at The Post, Sally expanded the Post’s international investigations work, oversaw the creation of new consumer-facing election-night features and built out coverage of wellness and climate. Whilst at the Associated Press, Sally was a reporter and editor across the United States and ran the AP’s Middle East region from 2005-2010. She returned to the U.S. as Washington Bureau Chief, overseeing the 2012 and 2016 elections.

Sally was the AP’s top editor from 2017 to 2021, expanded the AP’s investigative work and created new journalism and funding partnerships with nonprofit foundations that bolstered AP’s impact. She helped create and lead a global newsroom structure that combines text, photo and video journalists into integrated teams led by common editors across regions, leading to storytelling relevant for digital platforms.

In her new role, reporting to Mark Bendeich, Global Managing Editor for Politics, Economics & World News, Sally will oversee all text and visual journalists in North America. Our financial journalists will continue to report to Tiffany Wu, Global Managing Editor, Business News. Sally will work closely with global visuals editors including Jo Webster, Tom Platt and Rickey Rogers.

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