FT launches US edition of FT Edit

The Financial Times has launched a U.S. edition of FT Edit, an app that offers readers eight hand-picked stories every week day.

The launch of the UK edition happened in early 2022.

The purpose of FT Edit is to provide an alternative to endless scrolling, allowing readers time to digest eight important stories selected for them each day.

Caryn Wilson has been appointed U.S. editor of FT Edit and will curate the app daily for an American audience.

“As a journalist, it’s a fascinating challenge,” Wilson said in a statement. “How do you curate eight stories for Americans who most likely haven’t read the FT before? I’m intrigued to see which stories our new American audience engages with and how this evolves over time. It’s a privilege to help introduce a new generation of readers to the FT.”

The app is available for download now in the iOS App Store. FT Edit is free for the first month, then 99 cents for six months, and $4.99 thereafter.

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.