Binham named UK companies news editor at FT

Caroline Binham

The Financial Times has named Caroline Binham its UK companies news editor.

She has been on the opinion team for the past two years.

Binham previously was team leader for professional services at The Financial Times, leading coverage of law, tax, accountancy and regulation. She also reported on financial regulation and joined the FT in May 2011.

Binham spent three years working for Bloomberg News as a UK financial regulation correspondent. Before Bloomberg, she worked at The Lawyer as a reporter.

She holds a master’s degree from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Bristol.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.