Financial Times tech correspondent Patrick McGee is leaving full-time employment at the publication.
He has three new contributor arrangements:
- After a decade-plus on staff with the FT, he’s shifting to become a features contributor;
- He will be a contributing writer at The Free Press, working under Mark Gimein who is leading a new Business and Tech vertical.
- McGree will be on CBS News as an on-air expert and consultant, creating video content on tech and US-China trade tensions.
McGee recently published, “Apple in China: the Capture of the World’s Greatest Company.”
He has been covering Apple and U.S. technology. He was previously in Frankfurt, writing about the Volkswagen scandal and the challenge to German carmakers from electric vehicles and self-driving tech. He joined the Financial Times in 2013 to cover Asian markets from Hong Kong.
He was previously a bond reporter at The Wall Street Journal in New York. He has a Master’s in Global Diplomacy from Soas, University of London, and a degree in religious studies from the University of Toronto.
