Nigeria Energy Correspondent at Thomson Reuters

Req #: JREQ169439

Description

• We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Energy Correspondent to join our team in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer.
• Based in Lagos, this role offers an enterprising reporter the opportunity to report on a wide range of topics, from how the country's new president grapples with industrial scale crude oil theft and perennial shortages of fuel and power, to moves by oil majors to sell shallow-water projects and shift offshore.
• Nigeria is an important OPEC producer, but its role has diminished together with its production.
• The successful candidate will help ensure that Reuters wins the biggest stories impacting the trade flows of the world’s most traded commodity. We need a reporter who can deliver scoops, shed light on the opaque energy market and develop deep sourcing in a secretive industry.
• As part of a small team, there will also be opportunities to help with other parts of the Nigeria file.

About the Role
As our Energy Correspondent, you will:

• Bring ideas, energy and enthusiasm.
• Produce agenda-setting coverage for both our core energy and commodity markets and our media, investor and financial professional audience.
• Cultivate high-level sources within the government and energy sector.
• Be fast and ensure Reuters clients get the news first while producing deeply reported, high-impact features.
• Work closely with the global energy team and colleagues across the file on subjects ranging from OPEC and the oil majors to energy policy, climate change and the transition to cleaner energy sources.

About You
To be our Energy Correspondent, you will likely:

• Be a self-starter and excellent team player.
• Have a proven ability to develop sources and break news.
• Have deep knowledge of Nigeria and its energy sector, including an understanding of the key issues and players, and a knack for explaining them to a global audience.
• Be comfortable covering breaking news at speed, even as you focus on delivering scoops and longer-form pieces.
• Have a knack for multimedia storytelling and be willing to produce visuals to accompany your stories when needed.
• Have at least three years of professional journalism experience, including experience covering energy or commodities.
• Be fluent in English with the ability to write with speed, clarity and accuracy; proficiency in one of the major Nigerian languages would be a plus.

What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
• Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency.  Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.