Peter Szekely has been President of The NewsGuild of New York for more than a year, following eight years as the Guild’s No. 2 officer. He is a journalist who spent most of his career working as a reporter in the Reuters Washington bureau. While at Reuters, he held several rank-and-file Guild offices, including Local Chair for 12 years, Unit Chair for 17 years and was a member of the TNG-CWA Executive Council for 12 years.