Reuters Snatches Up Ex-NYT Editor Jim Roberts
The Twitter-obsessed newsman slated to become the executive editor of Reuters digital
Reuters has hired former New York Times managing editor Jim Roberts as executive editor of Reuters digital, per a company memo from Reuters digital editor Chrystia Freeland to staff this afternoon.
Roberts, who has amassed 80,000-plus followers on Twitter and remains a go-to resource for breaking news obsessives, took a buyout last month from The New York Times, where he worked as assistant managing editor. Freeland noted to staff that the position is newly created for Roberts and that he will "oversee the editorial work of Reuters.com
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