Matthew Keys

Matthew Keys is an entrepreneurial journalist and blogger currently employed as the deputy social Media editor for Reuters. Keys is best known for using social media platforms to advance developing news stories.

At Reuters, Keys publishes news to the organization's various social media accounts. As a journalist for the organization, Keys also occasionally contributes to reports (namely those with a social media-specific focus or where information May Be found on social media platforms). Keys reports to the company's lead social media editor Anthony De Rosa.

Early Work

Keys attended American River College in Sacramento, California. While at American River College, Keys signed on as the first online news producer for local television station KTXL. In 2011, Keys joined KGO-TV as a weekend web producer.

Accolades

In 2012, Time Magazine named Keys one of the Top 140 people to follow on Twitter. <ref name="Time Magazine's "140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012"">

That same year, the Huffington Post named Keys one of The 50 people to subscribe to for news on Facebook.