FT’s Kaplan departing to be head of news at ARTE
Renée Kaplan, head of digital editorial development at the Financial Times, is leaving to become head of news at ARTE, a European news channel based in France. Kaplan has been with the FT since May 2015 and is currently a Nieman Journalism Fellow. Before, Kaplan was chief content officer at Havas Worldwide in Paris, where […]
Financial Times moves Gross to political beat
The Financial Times has tapped Anna Gross to serve as a political correspondent. Her tweet reads: “I’ll mostly be covering the Lib Dems, and health, education, immigration, levelling up, tech, science and DCMS policy. Get in touch with ideas for stories and topics I should investigate.” Gross joined the FT in February 2019 as a […]
Washington Post hires FT’s Cocco as data reporter
Washington Post data reporting team director Meghan Hoyer and business editor Lori Montgomery sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re thrilled to welcome Federica Cocco to The Post, where she’ll be a data reporter on the business team. Federica for the past seven years has been a statistical reporter at the Financial Times in London, […]
FT launches markets podcast “Unhedged”
The Financial Times has launched Unhedged, a new podcast that will dissect market trends and discuss how Wall Street’s best minds respond to them. The podcast will drop every Tuesday and Thursday. “Unhedged” will be hosted by FT financial reporter Ethan Wu, who will be joined on Tuesdays by FT markets editor Katie Martin. The […]
FT seeks an accounting correspondent
The Financial Times has an opening for an accountancy correspondent to join the London Newsroom. The role of accountancy correspondent has grown in scope and profile in recent years as the world’s biggest accounting firms revisit their business models in response to regulatory pressure and the rapid growth of their consulting divisions. At the same […]
Why the FT killed a story about a British columnist
Jane Bradley write for The New York Times about how the Financial Times killed a story that documented unwanted sexual advances and groping by Guardian columnist Nick Cohen. Bradley writes, “But her investigation on Mr. Cohen, which she hoped would begin a broader look at sexual misconduct in the British news media, was never published. The […]
FT editor in chief Khalaf on how it will use artificial intelligence
Roula Khalaf, editor in chief of The Financial Times, writes about how the business newspaper will work with artificial intelligence. Khalaf writes, “However, while they appear to be very articulate and plausible, AI models on the market today are ultimately a prediction engine and they are learning from the past. They can fabricate facts — […]
FT Weekend Magazine seeks a deputy editor
FT Weekend Magazine is seeking an exceptional editor to work on some of the FT’s highest-profile journalism. This is a key position in a busy department, requiring an editor with strong storytelling abilities and a sharp eye for memorable, provocative and revelatory stories. We are looking for a senior journalist with a record of assigning […]
FT’s Alim moves to asset management and investing beat
Financial Times reporter Arjun Neil Alim is now covering asset management and investing. He had been on the media and consumer beat. Alim has been with the FT since May 2021. He previously worked at The Independent and Evening Standard in London. Alim holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. […]
Financial Times hires Keynes as podcast host and columnist
The Financial Times has hired Soumaya Keynes as an economics podcast host and columnist. Keynes is currently Britain economics editor at The Economist and will join the FT in the summer. In her column, Keynes will write about the new ideas, old arguments and current debates over the economy and how they are shaping our […]
