Reuters has named Joan Biskupic, a former U.S. Supreme Court Correspondent for USA Today, as its new Legal Affairs Editor-in-Charge. Biskupic has covered the Supreme Court for USA Today and The Washington Post for 20 years. She is also a published author, having penned biographies on Justice Antonin Scalia and former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Biskupic’s first day is February 21.

Here’s a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week.

1. Sarah Palin Dislikes Newsweek, Kooks, January 18
2. And Your Choice for All-Team Anchor Team, January 13
3. WFAN Loses Mike’d Up to WNBC, Settles for Mike’s On as Title, January 18
4. Another Newsweek Cover Controversy?. January 17
5. Reuters and YouTube Join Forces to Launch Reuters TV, January 17
6. New York Post Launches New Kindle Fire App, January 17

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Reuters and YouTube have teamed up to launch Reuters TV, a site packed with video analysis and commentary much more educational than what you typically watch online. While the videos featured probably won’t be as funny as a cat reading a book (that’s silly! Cats can’t read!), they’ll definitely be worth checking out.

A sampling of the videos:

• Media Bite — an exploration of the changing media world, with Peter Lauria
• Tech Tonic — a look at the latest tech news, with Anthony De Rosa
• Freeland File — interviews with newsmakers, with Chrystia Freeland

“This deal with YouTube gives Reuters a way to showcase our collection of talented journalists and compelling video from around the world,” commented Dan Colarusso, Reuters’ Global Head of Programming. “It will offer unique insights and images that other media companies simply can’t match.”

Reuters has named Matthew Keys its new Deputy Social Media Editor. Keys most recently worked at Sacramento-based KTXL Fox40 as an Online Content Producer and Manager and an Online News Producer for KGO-TV in San Francisco. During this time Keys was nominated for an Online News Association Award for his coverage of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

At Reuters he will be responsible for expanding the organization’s social media presences and training other Reuters journalists.

Keys will be based in New York and report to Anthony De Rosa, Reuters’ Social Media Editor.

Reuters has hired Sharon Begley to be its new Senior U.S. Health and Science Correspondent. Begley comes to Reuters from Newsweek/The Daily Beast, where she had been a contributor and science columnist since 2007. Prior to Newsweek/The Daily Beast, Begley wrote the “Science Journal” column for The Wall Street Journal.

Begley has won awards for her work from such organizations as the National Association of Black Journalists, The Humane Society of the United States and the American Statistical Association.

Begley’s first day is today.

Duff Wilson and Megan Twohey are joining Reuters expanding Global Enterprise Team. Wilson, most recently a reporter at The New York Times, will be an investigative reporter and associate editor at Reuters. Twohey comes to Reuters from the Chicago Tribune, where she was a reporter. In her new role, Twohey will be an investigative reporter.

Dan Colarusso is joining Reuters as its new Global Head of Programming. Colarusso was most recently Managing Editor of Bloomberg Television, and prior to that he was Portfolio.com’s editor, and had earlier stints editing the New York Post’s Business and Metro sections.

Steve Adler, Editor-in-Chief of Reuters, said in an internal memo that Colarusso will be tasked with growing the company’s “increasingly influential financial video service into a broader video offering, serving our diverse customers on all delivery platforms.”

Colarusso will report directly to Chrystia Freeland, Editor-in-Chief of Thomson Reuters Digital.

John Shiffman, an investigative reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer since 2003, is joining Reuters’ investigation team on December 19.

At the Inquirer, Shiffman gained notoriety as the lead writer on a piece documenting how the Environmental Protection Agency was putting politics over science. The article was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2009.

Shiffman will be based in Washington and report to Investigative Projects Editor Blake Morrison.

Reuters’ Op-Ed section, helmed by James Ledbetter, is still growing. Today, two new columnists  — Bethany McLean and Geraldine Fabrikant — join the team. McLean was a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and has written several books. Fabrikant was most recently a Media Reporter for the New York Times, where she had worked since 1985.

At Reuters, McLean will cover the world of finance, and Fabrikant will focus on the big time names in business.

Jack Shafer, everybody’s favorite media critic, has a new gig. According to Daily Intel, Shafer is going to Reuters, where he’ll cover media for the site’s opinion section. There aren’t many details as of now, but he will apparently be cranking out content a few times a week, like he did for Slate.

Congats to Reuters, grabbing Shafer is a huge score.