Chief subeditor Conlon retiring from the FT
John Conlon, chief subeditor at the Financial Times, is retiring Friday after more than 20 years with the publication. He specialized in foreign and British news. Conlon previously was at The Times of London as an online production team leader and at the Press Association as an online editor. He also worked at the Cambridge […]
FT hires Bischof to be AME
The Financial Times has hired Jackie Bischof as an assistant managing editor. She has been senior managing editor of business and international at Insider, and before that she served as a managing editor of business. Previously, Bischof was at Quartz, where she worked for six years in various roles, including deputy editor for talent lab, deputy global news […]
Stacey joining FT’s markets team
Stephanie Stacey is joining the markets team at the Financial Times to cover equities, bonds and currencies. She will start her new position next week. Stacey has been a trainee at the FT since September. She previously worked at Tech Monitor and at Insider, both in London. She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.
How an FT team tries to leave readers with a “lightbulb” moment
Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette writes about how the visual storytelling team at the Financial Times works on providing “lightbulb” moments to its readers. Tobitt writes, “Joiner explained that having a dedicated investigations unit will also make it easier for the rest of the team to concentrate on the other types of stories that do well […]
FT seeks a data journalist for central banking team
The Financial Times is seeking a data journalist for its new central banking hub. Designed for professionals, the hub will offer users high quality data on monetary policy so that they are better able to do their jobs both in the form of permanent dashboards and articles showcasing data of relevance for monetary policy in […]
FT talks cooperation with Saudi news organization
Officials from the Financial Times visited the Okaz and Saudi Gazette newspapers at the headquarters of Okaz Organization for Press and Publication in Jeddah on Sunday. A story in the Saudi Gazette states, “During the visit, both sides discussed areas of joint cooperation between the two leading media organizations. On their part, officials of the […]
Muir to cover personal finance for the FT
Martha Muir, a reporter at the Financial Times ,will now cover personal finance and investment. Previously, she was a reporter at Trading Risk, a Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc title, where she covered the Insurance Linked Securities and reinsurance markets. In addition, Muir has interned at the Financial Times and the Daily Mirror. Muir has a […]
FT’s Bryan moves to the climate team
Kenza Bryan, a reporter covering sustainable finance and business for the Financial Times and its Moral Money newsletter, has joined the climate team. Prior to joining the Financial Times in July 2022, she was an investigative reporter at nonprofit Global Witness in London. Before that, she was a reporter at The Times and The Sunday […]
FT hires Foy to cover accounting
The Financial Times has hired Simon Foy to cover accounting. He will start next month. Foy as been at The Telegraph covering accountants, insurers, law firms, stock exchanges, workplace conduct, regulation, green finance, lending and asset management. Prior to joining The Telegraph, Foy was a political news intern at The Spectator. Before that, he was an intern news reporter at […]
FT’s Massoudi on looking for characters to tell stories
Russell Sherman spoke with Financial Times corporate finance and deals editor Arash Massoudi about covering business on his “Press Profiles” podcast. Massoudi broke the story about how the Saudi Arabian wealth fund bought 5 percent in Tesla even though he wasn’t actively covering the company by simply following the money. Tesla CEO Elon Musk eventually […]
