On Assignment

Chasing Ebola

This week On Assignment goes to eastern Congo to witness the unseen work of containing an Ebola outbreak. Reuters correspondent Clément Bonnerot follows a surveillance of

Behind the interview: Reza Pahlavi and the future of Iran

Reuters investigative reporters Steve Secklow and Gavin Finch recently sat down with exiled Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's last shah, for a rar

Wildfires: A photographer's perspective

Wildfires are blazing across the world. Veteran Reuters photojournalist Michael Blake shares his experience documenting wildfires over the last 40 years. Hear what it is

Data centers: Small town politics turn into a national fight

As AI transforms our lives, companies are racing to build data centers, the physical infrastructure needed to power such a technological revolution. On this week's episod

Collateral damage: The war comes for Iran’s ancient past

As U.S. and Israeli strikes hit targets across Iran, some of the country's most treasured cultural sites found themselves in the blast zone. Reuters reporters gained rare

Fourth of July from inside the White House

What's it really like to cover the most powerful office in the world when the news never stops, the facts are constantly in dispute, and access can be cut off without war

Understanding Europe’s heatwave

As a record-breaking heatwave scorches Europe, the scenes—children hosed down in London, shoppers scrambling for fans in Paris—offer a glimpse of a continent struggling t

Turkmenistan: A reporter’s rare journey

Felix Light is the first Reuters journalist to travel to Turkmenistan in more than 10 years. The former Soviet state, bordered by Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbeki

Exposing a massacre

In this episode of On Assignment, set against the backdrop of Sudan’s civil war, Reuters journalists Nafisa Eltahir, Suzanne Vanhooymissen and Reade Levinson investigate

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

A conversation with Pulitzer winners

Reuters journalists received  Pulitzer prizes for investigations into Meta and Trump's campaign of retribution, and were finalists for Illustrated Reporting and Breaking

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

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 Americ

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 an

Flying to the moon

Space reporter Joey Roulette takes us inside his day job to give a unique viewpoint of the Artemis II launch. Watch Joey unpack what's at stake for the astronauts trying

Inside Iran: A video diary

The whole world can see the missiles flying over the Middle East. But what does life actually look like inside Iran right now? Reuters correspondent Ahmed Jadallah and hi

In Search of Banksy

Follow two Reuters journalists Simon Gardner and Blake Morrison, on their international journey to unravel the true identity of Banksy, the enigmatic British street artis

Beyond Macron: What local French elections mean for the future of the republic

This weekend France is holding the second round of municipal elections which are seen as a key test ahead of next year's presidential race. The elections provide a glimps

The Oscars industrial complex

It’s the glitziest night of the year but behind the sparkle and the acceptance speeches lie big money and PR maneuvers. Entertainment reporters Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa

Iran's future: Listen to our journalists in the Middle East

John Davison and Edmund Blair have covered the Middle East for decades, reporting from Iran, Iraq and across the region. Hear them discuss how the U.S. and Israel’s most