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Ashworth to join the FT for Alphaville blog

Louis Ashworth

The Financial Times has hired Louis Ashworth as a reporter/writer for its financial blog FT Alphaville.

Ashworth begins in September.

Recently, he was a markets reporter at The Telegraph, where he ran a daily live blog, covering the latest business, markets and economics news. Previously, he was at City A.M., where he worked as a reporter/deputy night editor and night editor.

Ashworth worked at Varsity Publications Ltd., The i Paper, Sky, The Times, The Sunday Times and The Independent. He was an editorial assistant at The Week U.K.

Ashworth has a B.A. in English literature from the University of Cambridge.

Be sure to congratulate Ashworth on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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