On Assignment

Covering Cannes

The red carpet. The stars. The parties. But behind the glamour and extravagance, it’s blood, sweat and tears. This week, Reuters showbiz reporter and Cannes veteran Rollo Ross takes us behind the scenes of the world’s most famous film festival. Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/privacy-statement.html] for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmegaphone.spotify.com%2Fabout-advertisements&data=05%7C02%7CGayle.Issa%40thomsonreuters.com%7Cfe333a929eb6465da87a08de37c5c566%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C639009519726192125%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CbwiztnuHRTVcO75TcnHBO5PXNQ16PeiutH4asitlKU%3D&reserved=0] to opt out of targeted advertising.

A conversation with Pulitzer winners

Reuters journalists received  Pulitzer prizes [https://www.pulitzer.org/news/2026-pulitzer-prize-announcement] for investigations into Meta [https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/meta-secrets-of-success/] and Trump's campaign of retribution [https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/trump-retribution/], and were finalists for Illustrated Reporting [https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SOUTHEASTASIA-SCAMS/mypmxwdwwvr/] and Breaking News Photography [https://www.reuters.com/pictures/reuters-named-finalist-pulitzer-prize-breaking-news-photography-coverage-trumps-2026-05-04-5/NLGYRI2V6JOXVJKM5X7J7WM4CE/]. We talk to the journalists and editors about the obstacles they overcame on their assignments in order to bring these stories to light.   Beat Reporting [https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/meta-secrets-of-success/] - Jeff Horwitz and Engen Tham of Reuters National Reporting [https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/trump-retribution/] - Staff of Reuters, notably Ned Parker, Linda So, Peter Eisler and Mike Spector Illustrated Reporting (Finalists) [https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SOUTHEASTASIA-SCAMS/mypmxwdwwvr/] - Adolfo Arranz, Poppy McPherson, Devjyot Ghoshal and Han Huang of Reuters Breaking News Photography (Finalists) [https://www.reuters.com/pictures/reuters-named-finalist-pulitzer-prize-breaking-news-photography-coverage-trumps-2026-05-04-5/NLGYRI2V6JOXVJKM5X7J7WM4CE/] - Photography Staff of Reuters   On Assignment - Meta’s flirty chatbot and the man who never made it home [https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/metas-flirty-chatbot-man-who-never-made-it-home-2025-08-16/]  On Assignment - Tracking Trump’s retribution targets [https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/tracking-trumps-retribution-targets-2025-11-29/] Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/privacy-statement.html] for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmegaphone.spotify.com%2Fabout-advertisements&data=05%7C02%7CGayle.Issa%40thomsonreuters.com%7Cfe333a929eb6465da87a08de37c5c566%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C639009519726192125%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CbwiztnuHRTVcO75TcnHBO5PXNQ16PeiutH4asitlKU%3D&reserved=0] to opt out of targeted advertising.

Inside Chornobyl

Forty years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chornobyl remains a place suspended in time — and newly exposed to danger. In this episode of On Assignment, Reuters correspondent Dan Peleschuk takes us inside the abandoned towns, sealed control rooms and vast confinement arc built to contain the radioactive remains of reactor four. Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/privacy-statement.html] for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmegaphone.spotify.com%2Fabout-advertisements&data=05%7C02%7CGayle.Issa%40thomsonreuters.com%7Cfe333a929eb6465da87a08de37c5c566%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C639009519726192125%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CbwiztnuHRTVcO75TcnHBO5PXNQ16PeiutH4asitlKU%3D&reserved=0] to opt out of targeted advertising.

On tour with Pope Leo

Joshua McElwee, who covers the Vatican for Reuters, has just returned from the pope's 10‑day journey across Africa. Joshua walks us through what it's like to cover America's first pope (Joshua is also a Chicago native) as he comes under increasing fire from the president. Plus, what it’s really like inside the Vatican and on the papal plane. Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/privacy-statement.html] for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmegaphone.spotify.com%2Fabout-advertisements&data=05%7C02%7CGayle.Issa%40thomsonreuters.com%7Cfe333a929eb6465da87a08de37c5c566%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C639009519726192125%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CbwiztnuHRTVcO75TcnHBO5PXNQ16PeiutH4asitlKU%3D&reserved=0] to opt out of targeted advertising.

Inside Lebanon: A journalist's perspective

In this episode, Reuters Beirut Bureau Chief Maya Gebeily helps make sense of a country in crisis. Lebanon has endured civil war, foreign occupation, economic collapse and political paralysis. Then came war with Israel. Hear how Maya and her team cover the complexities of this nation in conflict settings and daily life.   Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/privacy-statement.html] for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmegaphone.spotify.com%2Fabout-advertisements&data=05%7C02%7CGayle.Issa%40thomsonreuters.com%7Cfe333a929eb6465da87a08de37c5c566%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C639009519726192125%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CbwiztnuHRTVcO75TcnHBO5PXNQ16PeiutH4asitlKU%3D&reserved=0] to opt out of targeted advertising.