FT reopens LA bureau, Grimes named bureau chief
The Financial Times is reopening its Los Angeles bureau after nearly a decade and has appointed veteran correspondent Christopher Grimes as the new bureau chief The reopening is the latest move by the FT and follows the reopening of the Houston bureau. In his new role, Grimes will cover entertainment giants such as Disney, but […]
FT taps Brackenrich as senior U.S. engagement editor
The Financial Times has appointed Fernanda Braune Brackenrich as senior U.S. engagement editor. Previously, she was an engagement editor, running the FT’s channels on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Telegram. She was also part of the team who strategized the launch of The New York Times’ Snapchat Discover channel as producer and editor. She has […]
Hsien Lin joins FT as a data reporter
Chia-Hsien Lin has joined Financial Times as a data reporter, writing data-led stories on Asian issues. Previously, Lin was a data journalist at CommonWealth Magazine. He was also a data visualization designer at Singapore Press Holdings and was a data product manager at Initium Media Technology Ltd. He was also a data editor at The […]
FT’s Foley joins Nikkei Asia as business editor
Stephen Foley has been named business editor at Nikkei Asia, the English-language version of Nikkei. He previously was deputy U.S. news editor at the Financial Times. Nikkei owns the Financial Times. Foley was a U.S. investment correspondent for the Financial Times, covering the asset management industry, hedge funds and institutional and retail investment issues. Previously, […]
Financial Times names Smith its U.S. economics editor
Colby Smith has been named U.S. economics editor at the Financial Times. She previously covered U.S. rates, foreign exchange rates and Latin America for the FT’s markets team in New York. She has also written for Alphaville. Prior to the FT, she worked at the Economist and Bloomberg, where she was a producer for “What’d […]
Nauman, producer of FT’s “Moral Money” newsletter, departs
Billy Nauman, who produced the “Moral Money” newsletter for the Financial Times for the past two years, is leaving the news organization. “I am leaving the FT to pursue a new career outside journalism,” he wrote in the latest edition of the newsletter. Nauman has been overseeing “Moral Money for the past two years. He […]
FT’s “Moral Money” newsletter seeks a reporter/editor
Moral Money, the FT’s award-winning newsletter on sustainability issues, is seeking a new Editor to lead coverage and further development. You will cover sustainability issues for the Moral Money newsletter and the wider Financial Times. The Moral Money platform was created two years ago to initiate coverage of the Environmental, Social and Governance world and […]
FT seeks a reporter for new markets and finance newsletter
Financial Times is hiring a Financial Reporter to work on Unhedged, our new daily email newsletter on markets and finance. The role is an entry-level position to work directly with the newsletter’s columnist, Robert Armstrong, the US financial commentator. It will entail digging into economic and financial data to build clear narratives using words, charts […]
FT hires Duguid from Reuters to cover Treasuries
The Financial Times has hired Kate Duguid from Reuters to cover the Treasuries market. She starts on Monday, Aug. 2. Duguid has been at Reuters on the New York financial markets team covering the U.S. Treasury and global foreign exchange markets. She previously was a columnist and production editor for Reuters Breakingviews in New York, writing on […]
FT to open bureau in Hollywood
The Financial Times plans to open a bureau in Hollywood as part of its U.S. expansion plans, reports Sara Guaglione of Digiday. Guaglione reports, “The FT is targeting “global Americans” or those involved in an industry or sector that is ‘global in scale,’ such as finance, energy and tech, Spiegel said. Or Americans that have […]
